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Lester Chambers
Lester Chambers (born April 13, 1940) is an American recording artist, and former member and lead singer of the 1960s soul rock group The Chambers Brothers, who had the hit single, "Time Has Come Today".
Lester was born into a sharecropping family in a poor part of Mississippi. In addition to the parents, there were eight brothers and five sisters in the family. Lester and his three brothers started out singing at the Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Lee County. Older Brother George was drafted into the army in 1952. After his release he headed to California. And the other brothers followed him and by 1954, the four brothers were together in California.
As a member of the Chambers Brothers, he sang lead on the Chambers Brothers songs "All Strung Out Over You", "People Get Ready", "Uptown", "I Can't Turn You Loose", and "Funky". He also sang lead on "I Can't Stand It" and "A New Time – A New Day".[citation needed]
As a solo artist he released singles and albums,[citation needed] and teamed up with ex-Electric Flag bassist Harvey Brooks to form the Lester Chambers Harvey Brooks Band.
Chambers performs with his son Dylan as The New Chambers Brothers as part of the band Moonalice which is led by Roger McNamee.
The Chambers Brothers' album, The Time Has Come was released in November 1967. It Featured the tracks, "All Strung Out Over You", "People Get Ready", "I Can't Stand It", "Romeo and Juliet", "In the Midnight Hour", " So Tired", "Uptown", "Please Don't Leave Me", "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and "Time Has Come Today". It was one of the Pop Best Bets in the 25 November issue of Cash Box.
Lester Chambers composed the songs, "I Can't Stand It" and "Romeo and Juliet", and sang lead on both.[citation needed] Decades later, Robert C. Gilbert of Listening Sessions said that the Chambers Brothers song had the feel of Motown at its edgiest.
The group Spirit recorded "I Can't Stand It" in 1967. It was later included on their Chronicles, 1967–1992 album, released in 1991. Some four decades later, Prog Archives reviewer, Clem of Nazareth called it "a west-coast treatment on a Motown type of tune that would not have been out of place at a Dead concert". The group Pacific Ocean covered "I Can't Stand It". Backed with "I Wanna Testify", it was released on the VMC label. It had a positive review in the 16 November 1968 issue of Cash Box, with the reviewer calling it a blistering rock rendering of the Chambers Brothers’ song with probable heavy discotheque and top forty response. The Easybeats recorded their version of the song which was included on their 1968 album, Vigil. Producer Dan Liebhauser worked with a group, The People who recorded the song. Backed with "Ode to Billie Joe", it was released on the Tee Pee label in October 1968. Spanish group, Los Crich recorded the song which was the B side to their version of "All Strung Out Over You". The group, The Brass Buttons worked with producer Dale Hawkins, recording "I Can't Stand It", which was the B side of their 1970 single, "Before My Time".
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Lester Chambers
Lester Chambers (born April 13, 1940) is an American recording artist, and former member and lead singer of the 1960s soul rock group The Chambers Brothers, who had the hit single, "Time Has Come Today".
Lester was born into a sharecropping family in a poor part of Mississippi. In addition to the parents, there were eight brothers and five sisters in the family. Lester and his three brothers started out singing at the Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Lee County. Older Brother George was drafted into the army in 1952. After his release he headed to California. And the other brothers followed him and by 1954, the four brothers were together in California.
As a member of the Chambers Brothers, he sang lead on the Chambers Brothers songs "All Strung Out Over You", "People Get Ready", "Uptown", "I Can't Turn You Loose", and "Funky". He also sang lead on "I Can't Stand It" and "A New Time – A New Day".[citation needed]
As a solo artist he released singles and albums,[citation needed] and teamed up with ex-Electric Flag bassist Harvey Brooks to form the Lester Chambers Harvey Brooks Band.
Chambers performs with his son Dylan as The New Chambers Brothers as part of the band Moonalice which is led by Roger McNamee.
The Chambers Brothers' album, The Time Has Come was released in November 1967. It Featured the tracks, "All Strung Out Over You", "People Get Ready", "I Can't Stand It", "Romeo and Juliet", "In the Midnight Hour", " So Tired", "Uptown", "Please Don't Leave Me", "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and "Time Has Come Today". It was one of the Pop Best Bets in the 25 November issue of Cash Box.
Lester Chambers composed the songs, "I Can't Stand It" and "Romeo and Juliet", and sang lead on both.[citation needed] Decades later, Robert C. Gilbert of Listening Sessions said that the Chambers Brothers song had the feel of Motown at its edgiest.
The group Spirit recorded "I Can't Stand It" in 1967. It was later included on their Chronicles, 1967–1992 album, released in 1991. Some four decades later, Prog Archives reviewer, Clem of Nazareth called it "a west-coast treatment on a Motown type of tune that would not have been out of place at a Dead concert". The group Pacific Ocean covered "I Can't Stand It". Backed with "I Wanna Testify", it was released on the VMC label. It had a positive review in the 16 November 1968 issue of Cash Box, with the reviewer calling it a blistering rock rendering of the Chambers Brothers’ song with probable heavy discotheque and top forty response. The Easybeats recorded their version of the song which was included on their 1968 album, Vigil. Producer Dan Liebhauser worked with a group, The People who recorded the song. Backed with "Ode to Billie Joe", it was released on the Tee Pee label in October 1968. Spanish group, Los Crich recorded the song which was the B side to their version of "All Strung Out Over You". The group, The Brass Buttons worked with producer Dale Hawkins, recording "I Can't Stand It", which was the B side of their 1970 single, "Before My Time".