# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lazy-lester
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:39:57.804Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lazy-lester"
name: "Lazy Lester"
slug: "lazy-lester"
description: "Leslie Johnson, known as Lazy Lester, was an American blues musician who sang and played the harmonica and guitar. In a career spanning the 1950s to 2018, he pioneered swamp blues, and also played harmonica blues, rhythm and blues and Louisiana blues."
tagline: "American blues harmonica player (1933–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lazy_Lester_in_2004.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1933-06-20"
deathDate: "2018-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3283582089552239
  historical:           10.09157866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1540081/"
    handle:    "nm1540081"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "لازى ليستير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_Lester"
    title: "Lazy Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_Lester"
    title: "Lazy Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_Lester"
    title: "Lazy Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_Lester"
    title: "Lazy Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "レイジー・レスター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B7%D0%B8_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Лейзи Лестер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_Lester"
    title: "Lazy Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_Lester"
    title: "Lazy Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1809563"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Lazy Lester"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump