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13 Featuring Lester Butler
12+ albums
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Harp player/singer Lester Butler sang blues with conviction and blew a mean harmonica. In the early 90's he led The Red Devils, a hot blues band who tore up the L.A. club scene. Their Rick Rubin produced live album called "King King" led to their nationwide endless touring schedule. Many famous names used to sit in with him: Mick Jagger, Bruce Willis, Lenny Kravitz, Peter wolf and ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons. He opened for such bands as The Allman Brothers and Los Lobos and was known for playing at local L.A. venues including the House of Blues in Hollywood, Killian's in Torrance, The Blue Cafe in Long Beach and at many of the worldwide Planet Hollywood opening events. Hightone records recently released his second album called "13 features Lester Butler" with his current band "13" and he had just returned from a European tour. Lester, who grew up in Santa Monica, began playing harmonica at the age of six and has loved it ever since. He said "It's a hard life playing music for a living, but on the other hand, I'd rather be happy poor and playing music for the rest of my life" and credits "the healing force of the blues" See Also: http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Lester+Butler http://www.last.fm/music/The+Red+Devils User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
