everybody loves your little melody - House Concert in Berlin, Germany - with Paul Tiernan (guitar & mouth trumpet)
Performance recorded on March 21, 2026 - John Lester & Paul Tiernan Double-Bill European Tour
On My Own - House Concert - Acoustic guitar and fretless bass - Live Looping
Performance recorded on March 1, 2025 at The Alpaca Barn Sound Stage Series, Montara, CA
I SAW YOU - house concert - solo bass & vocal
Performance recorded on March 1, 2025 at The Alpaca Barn Sound Stage Series, Montara, CA
LIVE Song & Story: The beautiful princess of never come true
Live performance on guitar at The Bluebird in Nashville. Includes the story/introduction to “The Beautiful Princess of Never Come True” while on an in-the-round show with Gretchen Peters, Craig Caruthers, and Don Henry.
Recorded August 19th, 2017
boxcars in the sky (official lyric video)
the beautiful princess of never come true (official video)
So Many Reasons - Live looping
Live looping featuring Rick Turner custom 6 string half-fretted, half-fretless bass-guitar.
SO MANY REASONS
Live performance from Nov 17, 2019 at Alten Bahnofshalle, Berlin, Germany
European Acoustic Tour with Paul Tiernan (guitar)
THEY COME AND THEY GO
Live performance at Angelicas, Redwood City Ca on Sept 24, 2017.
With Michael Manring, Baxter Robertson, and Daniel Berkman
I SAW YOU
Live performance on upright bass at The Bluebird in Nashville while on an in-the-round show with
Gretchen Peters, Craig Caruthers, and Don Henry.
Recorded August 19th, 2017
MONEY (PINK FLOYD COVER)
My cover of "Money" with Rick Vandivier on guitar and Celso Alberti on drums. This was recorded on an iPad by an audience member at Angelicas in Redwood City, CA on January 17, 2015
Recorded on iPad by an audience member at Angelicas in Redwood City, CA on January 17, 2015 John Lester - vocals & upright bass Rick Vandivier - acoustic and electric guitar Celso Alberti - drums Song Writer: Roger Waters/ASCAP Publishers: Hampshire House Publishing Corp Check out the John Lester Quartet jazz cover version from the album "Jazz?"
BOTH A BLESSING AND A CURSE (SOLO BASS/VOICE)
A solo performance of "Both a Blessing and a Curse" with just my 100 year old upright bass, Sarah,
at one of my favorite NYC clubs, The Bitter End.
A solo performance of "Both a Blessing and a Curse" with just my 100 year old upright bass, Sarah, at one of my favorite NYC clubs, The Bitter End. Thanks to: Larry Oakes at The Singer-Songwriter Sessions, The Bitter End. Ryoji Hata at The Bitter End for recording the audio.
SO Many Reasons
This is an older performance of "So Many Reasons" from the Rocheforte en Accords Festival in France back in 2006. Paul Tiernan and I met at this festival and have been touring together ever since. Austin singer-songwriter Darden Smith is also sitting in with us on this one.
There are so many reasons to catch John lester in concert as well as for going to the Rochefort en Accords festival. Here are 4 of them, John plus Paul Tiernan, Darden Smith and a great song from Lester's excellent album of the same name. www.johnlestermusic.com www.anythingmatters.com/rochefort
THE HAPPY MAN
6.16.13 / John Lester Trio featuring Joel Frahm (sax) and Tim Bulkley (drums) / The Living Room, NYC
WHIRLPOOL (SEAL COVER FROM "JAZZ?")
2.26.13 / John Lester "Jazz?" Quartet featuring Michael Wolff (piano), Joel Frahm (sax), and Tim Bulkley (drums)
Zinc Bar, Greenwich Village, NYC