Lazy Lester

About the artist

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 Kinks

Top songs

  1. Sugar Coated Love
  2. I'm a Man
  3. I'm A Lover Not A Fighter
  4. I Done Got Over It
  5. I Hear You Knockin'
  6. Alligator Shuffle
  7. I'm Your Breadmaker, Baby
  8. They Call Me Lazy
  9. You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby
  10. Take Me In Your Arms
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  1. I Made Up My Mind
  2. Tell Me Pretty Baby
  3. The Same Thing Could Happen To You
  4. Strange Things Happen
  5. Patrol Wagon Blues
  6. Go Ahead
  7. I Love You Baby
  8. Bye Bye Baby
  9. Raining In My Heart
  10. Bloodstains on the Wall
  11. Dark End of the Street
  12. Lester's Stomp
  13. Sad City Blues
  14. If You Think I've Lost You
  15. Ya Ya
  16. I Told My Little Woman
  17. I'm Gonna Leave You Baby
  18. I'm Gonna Miss You (Like The Devil)
  19. Five Long Years
  20. Gonna Stick To You Baby
  21. Ponderosa Shuffle
  22. I'm a lover, not a fighter
  23. Hello mary lee
  24. Nothing But the Devil
  25. Rooster Blues
  26. Irene
  27. No Special Rider
  28. The Sun Is Shining
  29. I need money
  30. My Home Is A Prison
  31. Whoa Now
  32. The Sun Is Shinning
  33. Blues Stop Knockin'
  34. Sugar Coates Love
  35. Patrol Blues
  36. Through The Goodness Of My Heart
  37. Lonesome Highway Blues
  38. I'm So Glad
  39. You Got Me Where You Want Me
  40. A Real Combination For Love
  41. I'm So Tired
  42. I Love You, I Need You
  43. A Woman
  44. If You Think You've Lost Me
  45. You Better Listen
  46. Late, Late In The Evening
  47. Because She's Gone
  48. Blue Stop Knockin'
  49. Bye, Bye Baby
  50. Courtroom Blues
  51. Pondarosa Stomp
  52. Scratch My Back
  53. Sugar Coated Love - Original vinyl version: Take 1
  54. Travelling Days - Original vinyl version: Take 3
  55. Back A La Maison
  56. I Hear You Knockin
  57. Patrol Wagon
  58. What You Want Me To Do
  59. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
  60. Ethel Mae
  61. Sugar Coated Love (Original vinyl version: Take 1)
  62. Bright Lights Big City
  63. St Louis Blues - Original vinyl version: Take 1
  64. O.J. Shuffle
  65. Sugar Coated Love [*]
  66. Jambalaya
  67. A Word About Women
  68. Late In The Evening
  69. When My First Wife Left Me
  70. The Same Thing Could Happen To You - Original vinyl version: Take 2
  71. Paradise Stomp
  72. Blues Stop Knocking
  73. Ponderosa Stomp
  74. Travelling Days - Previously unreleased: Take 1
  75. Jail House Wall
  76. Can't Stand To See You Go - Original vinyl version: Take 1
  77. The Same Thing Will Happen To You
  78. Port Allen Jail
  79. I’m A Lover Not A Fighter
  80. Poor Boy Blues
  81. That's Alright
  82. I Hear You Knockin' - Original vinyl version: Take 4
  83. Out On The Road - Original vinyl version: Take 1
  84. Been Walking By Myself
  85. Instrumental Alley Rock
  86. Sugar-Coated Love
  87. I Hear You Knockin' (Original vinyl version: Take 4)
  88. Dream Club
  89. Nothing In This World
  90. Ain't Nothin' In This World

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