Member since: 2026-01-23
Home: Half Moon Bay, CA, US
Frequently Tours: West Coast year round, East Coast and Eu
# of Members:
1 or 2
Sound Equipment:
Available if needed
Main Instrument:
Vocals, Upright bass, baritone guitar
Other Instruments: nylon & bass guitar, ukulele
Genre:
singer-songwriter, pop/rock, Americana, jazz, Latin
Style:
Varied
Content: Mainstream
Rating: G - PG
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Bio
John Lester is an award winning songwriter who has, throughout his career, had one foot in the folk/rock/acoustic music scene and the other in improvised music. After years as a professional bassist, John stepped onto the stage at San Francisco’s Hotel Utah open mic in the early 90’s and performed a little blues tune he’d written with just his 100 year old upright bass. The overwhelmingly positive response led John to continue developing his solo bass singer-songwriter show which now also ...
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Trying to fill these important dates
CA/US: Jun, 2026 (dates: June 13, 20, 27) - Booking shows from Santa Barbara, San Francisco Bay Area, to Santa Rosa/Napa. This is my home area and I'd love to play for you and your guests. Solo or duo.CA,OR/US: Jul, 2026 (dates: July 23,24,26) - I am building a short tour of Northern California and Oregon between 23rd and 26th with a booking already in Portland on Saturday the 25th.
CA,OR,WA/US: Sep, 2026 (dates: 11,12,18,19, 26) - Building West Coast Tour for September. I'd love to play for you and your guests.
NY,NJ/US: Nov, 2026 (dates: Nov 6,7,13,14) - I am now booking for short tour in New York/New Jersey area in November 2026. I'd love to play for you and your guests on this trip.
Germany: Mar, 2027 (dates: March 15-30) - Booking dates for my annual European tour with Irish guitarist-singer-songwriter Paul Tiernan. Paul and I are an acoustic duo working together since 2006.
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