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Lester Young is featured here. If you look closely you might see violinist Stuff Smith in the audience clapping along and guitarist Teddy Bunn on the side lines diggin' the band.
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72 year old Leslie Johnson aka the mighty Lazy Lester still goin' great!
Filmed at the 2006 blues festival held in Alta, Norway, way north of the arctic circle. Backed by Norwegian band Myrhen's Dam & Mike Adcock from The Cadillac Kings guesting on some great N.O. style piano.(apologies for the crazy camerawork in the middle, too much apple juice)
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Lester Brown visits Google headquarters to discuss his book, "Plan B 2.0" This event took place on January 11, 2006, as part of the Authors@Google series.
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After a recent presentation at Demos in New York, our very own Simran Sethi sat down with Lester Brown to talk about his latest book "Plan B 2.0', what gold and bottled water have in common and what we can do to help the new economy rise. Brown is a renowned environmental thinker and president of the Earth Policy Institute which is a nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C.
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Lester "Roadhog" Moran and his backup band, the Cadillac Cowboys, are the legitimate talents of country music vocalists the Statler Brothers and are arguably the most successful lampooning of country music ever. This is from their 1975 appearance on "Pop Goes the Country" with Ralph Emery.
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Here's Holland's entry to the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest, held in London. Heddy Lester sings "De Mallemolen". It remains one of my favourite songs, if only because 1977 was the first year my parents let me stay up and watch the contest. For Dutch addicts, enjoy the original NOS TV-commentary by Ati Dijkmeester.
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Lester Lave, University Professor of Economics at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon, says U.S. policy should aim to stop its reliance on foreign oil. Instead of trying to make gasoline cheap, Lave urges enactment of a steep gas tax. Lave argues such a tax would boost national security, encourage purchase of fuel efficient vehicles and provide a stimulus to the economy.
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Here's a clip from the Dutch National Final 1977, held in The Hague. Host Ati Dijckmeester introduces the winning song "De Mallemolen", sung by Heddy Lester.