Lester Butler feat. 13 live performing "Automatic" at the Moulin Blues 1998 festival in Ospel, the Netherlands. Appeared to be his last live gig ever ...
Great harpist. Died way too young. Saw both his gigs at Moulin Blues, the first one with the Red Devils in '93 and this one. Got the memorial DVD too, published ten years after (pun intended). It was "13 ft. Lester Butler" btw and not the other way around. Look here for the DVD: watch?v=CYATCvT-WWI
How I miss this badass ! They don't make them like this anymore. This summer the band will go on Tour. Go for it Big Pete !!! We will bring a huge hommage to lester best harp player ever existed on this planet !!!
This Lester "Last Automatic Gig"...is one of my first great bluesharp "Lesson-learningproject" where i can practice and discover great new skills all over the 10 hole diatonic, it has lift me up to a higher level of play...incredible bluesharpsong by Lester and his band!
Great harpist. Died way too young. Saw both his gigs at Moulin Blues, the first one with the Red Devils in '93 and this one. Got the memorial DVD too, published ten years after (pun intended). It was "13 ft. Lester Butler" btw and not the other way around.
Look here for the DVD: watch?v=CYATCvT-WWI
How I miss this badass ! They don't make them like this anymore.
This summer the band will go on Tour.
Go for it Big Pete !!!
We will bring a huge hommage to lester best harp player ever existed on this planet !!!
This Lester "Last Automatic Gig"...is one of my first great bluesharp "Lesson-learningproject" where i can practice and discover great new skills all over the 10 hole diatonic, it has lift me up to a higher level of play...incredible bluesharpsong by Lester and his band!
Awesome licks, sold his soul to someone for sure..... Rock On ........
Alex Shultz on Guitar, Mike Hightower on Bass, Lester Butler on Harmonica, great song,...........that's the Blues,.
You forgot the great Eddie Clark on Drums...
Lester had the band so dialed in they were just relaxing and having a good time up there.
Damn...seems like yesterday we were watching him down the King King.Still sounds good after all these years! You're missed Les :(
amo Blues.....
Wel. da Gaita !!!
the show must go on................... ;-)
Moulin Blues in Ospel the Netherlands in the South,...............
Mariska has the original tape
MISSISSIPPI MIKE HIGHTOWER ON BASS
Tha Automatic...Red Devils tune from album King King.
Did he write this? Where is he now?
richard brown hi , yes this was written by Lester. Unfortunately this was his last gig. A couple of days later he got murdered. May he rest in peace.
"automatic"