Lazy Lester

Lazy Lester
Lazy Lester
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Datos generales
Nombre real Leslie Johnson
Nacimiento 20 de junio de 1933
(78 años)
Origen Torras (Luisiana),
Bandera de los Estados Unidos Estados Unidos
Información artística
Género(s) Blues, Swamp blues
Instrumento(s) Armónica, cantante

Leslie Jonhson,[1] conocido como Lazy Lester (Torras, Luisiana, 20 de junio de 1933[2] ) es un cantante y armonicista de swamp blues, con una trayectoria de más de medio siglo. En sus comienzos colaboró como músico de sesión en algunos trabajos de Slim Harpo, Lightnin' Slim y Katie Webster.

Más allá de su capacidad vocal, Lester probablemente sea recordado como autor de algunos clásicos del género, como: "I'm a Lover Not a Fighter", "I Hear You Knockin", "Sugar-Coated Love" y "Bloodstains on the Wall". Temas suyos han sido interpretados, entre otros, por The Kinks, Freddy Fender, Dwight Yoakam, Dave Edmunds, Raful Neal, Anson Funderburgh y The Fabulous Thunderbirds.

En su vuelta a los escenarios a finales de los años 1980, grabó nuevo material junto a músicos como Mike Buck, Sue Foley, Gene Taylor, Kenny Neal, Lucky Peterson y Jimmie Vaughan.

Actualmente sigue en gira e interpretando sus canciones, recibiendo honores por su condición de ser una leyenda viviente del blues.

Discografía

  • Lazy Lester Rides Again (1987)
  • Poor Boy Blues (1987)
  • Harp & Soul (1988)
  • Rides Again (1988)
  • All Over You (1988)
  • Blues Stop Knockin' (2001)

Referencias

  1. Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books Limited. p. 133. ISBN 1-85868-255-X. 
  2. About.com biography - accessed January 2008

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