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Lazy Lester
Sign in to saveAmerican blues harmonica player (1933–2018)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1933-06-20
- Active to
- 2018-08-22
blueslouisiana bluesswamp blues
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 30,144
- Total plays
- 182,476
Tags
bluesharmonica bluesswamp bluesharmonicalouisiana blues
Lazy Lester (Leslie Carswell Johnson, Torras, Louisiana, U.S., June 20, 1933 - August 22, 2018) was an American blues singer, harmonica player, guitarist and songwriter. His career has spanned the 1950s to 2018. Best known for regional hits recorded with Ernie Young's Nashville-based Excello Records, Lester also contributed to songs recorded by other Excello artists, including Slim Harpo, Lightnin' Slim, and Katie Webster. Cover versions of his songs have been recorded by (among others) the K
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leslie
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of death
- Paradise
- Occupation
- multi-instrumentalist
- Award
- Blues Hall of Fame
- Genre
- swamp blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Excello Records
- Image
- Lazy Lester in 2004.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1933-06-20
- date of death
- 2018-08-22
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- stomach cancer
- birth name
- Leslie Johnson
- pseudonym
- Lazy Lester
- Commons category
- Lazy Lester
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