Leslie Johnson, the architect of Louisiana swamp-blues who was better known as "Lazy Lester," died Wednesday afternoon at his home in Paradise, California. He was 85. In the 1950s and ’60s, Johnson ...
Germany’s Bear Family Records, probably the world’s greatest reissue label, has given swamp blues artist and West Baton Rouge Parish native Slim Harpo the star treatment. James Moore, the singer and ...
Blues Fest Spotlights Luther Kent: 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Visit Baton Rouge Swamp Blues Stage New Orleans native Kent moved to Baton Rouge when he was 13 years old. But by then, he’d soaked up the ...
No need to wonder what kind of music the roots-based Selwyn Birchwood plays. He describes it for us as “Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues.” That distinctive gumbo continues on this, his fourth album for ...
Renowned swamp blues vocalist, pianist, and songwriter Carol Fran, best known for a string of single releases in the 1950s and ’60s, died on September 1 in Lafayette from post-COVID complications. She ...
Louisiana-based guitarist and harpist Leslie Johnson got the nickname “Lazy Lester” in 1957, ostensibly because Excello Records producer Jay Miller thought it suited Johnson’s relaxed style, ...
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