We lost Lazy Lester the human being yesterday, and that's a very sad thing. The musical world will not be the same. He left us his music, of course, and that's forever. I met him at Amanda's Roller Coaster in Tucson in 2010. (That's a photo of me and Junior Watson with Lester from that week.) Lester was definitely not lazy--he accomplished so much over his long career--but I think it's true to say that his upbeat nature, his sense of humor (he tossed off down-home one-liners--"I only drink when I'm alone or with somebody"--all day long) and his understanding of how life worked enabled him to go through his life with far less friction that most of us put ourselves through. Lester was a killer musician, vocalist and songwriter and one of the founders of Louisiana swamp pop, one of those rare musical genres that EVERYBODY loves. One of the true blues greats is gone.