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Lazy Lester I'm A Lover Not A Fighter

I'm A Lover Not A Fighter
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if you love Slim Harpo and his special blend of Louisiana style blues you just will love this...more

Lazy Lester: I'm A Lover Not A Fighter

if you love Slim Harpo and his special blend of Louisiana style blues you just will love this one, too. A beautiful compilation of his greatest recorded material, including a whole bunch of previously unavailable takes. His hit records are included (see above).

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  • Interpret: Lazy Lester

  • Album titlle: I'm A Lover Not A Fighter

  • Genre Blues

  • Label Ace Records

  • Artikelart CD

  • EAN: 0029667151825

  • weight in Kg 0.107
Lazy Lester - I'm A Lover Not A Fighter CD 1
01I'm A Lover Not A FighterLazy Lester
02Sugar Coated LoveLazy Lester
03Lester's StompLazy Lester
04I Told My Little WomanLazy Lester
05Tell Me Pretty BabyLazy Lester
06Whoa NowLazy Lester
07I Hear You Knockin'Lazy Lester
08Through The Goodness Of My HeartLazy Lester
09I Love You, I Need YouLazy Lester
10Late, Late In The EveningLazy Lester
11A Real Combination For LoveLazy Lester
12Bloodstains Of The WallLazy Lester
13You Got Me Where You Want MeLazy Lester
14I'm So TiredLazy Lester
15Patrol BluesLazy Lester
16I'm So GladLazy Lester
17Sad City BluesLazy Lester
18If You Think I've Lost YouLazy Lester
19I Made Up My MindLazy Lester
20Lonesome Highway BluesLazy Lester
21You're Gonna Ruin Me BabyLazy Lester
22The Same Thing Could Happen To YouLazy Lester
23Take Me In Your ArmsLazy Lester
24You Better Listen To What I SaidLazy Lester
Lazy Lester Lazy Lester, born Leslie Johnson on June 20, 1933 in Torras, Louisiana, played... more
"Lazy Lester"

Lazy Lester

Lazy Lester, born Leslie Johnson on June 20, 1933 in Torras, Louisiana, played harmonica and guitar and recorded for producer Jay Miller. His fantastic 1950s and 1960s sides were released on the famous Nashville-based Excello Records label, owned by Ernie Young.

Besides recording under his own name, Lazy Lester contributed to recordings by Lightnin’ Slim, Slim Harpo and Katie Webster, a.o. He will always be remembered for writing such beautiful Louisiana blues classics as ’I'm a Lover Not a Fighter,’ ’I Hear You Knockin', ’ and ’Sugar Coated Love. ’

By accident, Lazy Lester found himself a seat on a bus sitting next to Lightnin’ Slim who was on his way to a 1956 Excello recording session. The scheduled harmonica player for the session didn’t show up, so Lazy Lester could step in. Jay Miller was impressed by Lester’s cool, laidback style of playing the harmonica and recorded him as solo artist. He also used the multi-instrumentalist – Lester could play guitar, harmonica, bass and percussions - in sessions for other Excello artists.

Lazy Lester wrote great tunes, but most of his songs were credited to Jay Miller, or to Miller and Lester. He only only received few royalties, he stated and gave up on the music industry by the late 1960s and he took over manual work. In 1971 promoter Fred Reif organized a show with Lightnin’ Slim, and Lester was brought in to perform with his former partner. Lazy Lester was back on the scene! For the next three decades or so he played in the US and Europe, usually backed by pick-up bands. Record labels like Alligator, Telarc and Ace Records (UK) recorded him again, and once again Lester became an integral part of the international blues circus. 

Among others the Fabulous Thunderbirds, the Flamin' Groovies, Dave Edmunds, Dwight Yoakam, the Kinks, Anson Funderburgh and Freddy Fender recorded his songs. Most recently, Lester lived with his girlfriend in Paradise, California, he occasionally appeared at festivals and in documentary films. Lazy Lester died of cancer August 22, 2018. He lived to be 85.

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