For the fifth year, No Fightin’ showcases an unseen video for Black Friday, this time featuring 13 performing “So Low Down” in 1997.
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Another look at Rens Horn’s 13 portraits
Photographer Rens Horn shared several of his distinct mixed media-style images with Jasper Heikens for the original Lester Butler Tribute Site.
13 in 2023: All-star lineup plays tribute to Lester Butler
The music of Lester Butler was again summoned in a November European tribute with a rogues gallery of former Lester Butler and 13 musicians.
Lester Butler in Sneek: ‘Blues the way it should be’
In early 1998, 13 completed a successful week of European performances, including a well-received show in Sneek, NL. Highlights from the gig were captured on video .
The final days of Lester Butler
Twenty-five years after the death of Lester Butler, No Fightin’ tells the story of those last days, using archival interviews, court documents and new sourcing.
Lester Butler in 1997: ‘Blues is a healing thing’
Read this classic interview, “Blowin’ out reeds with Lester Butler,” from the March 28, 1997, Los Angeles Daily News.
Lester Butler and 13 on AllMusic
Jasper Heikens captured biography and review material from All Music for the original Lester Butler Tribute Site, including from Char Ham and Cub Koda.
13’s day off at North Sea, February 1998
Eddie Clark provided these photos of an off day on the North Sea from 13’s second to last tour of the Netherlands and Belgium in February 1998.
Paris on fire: Hook Herrera joins Lester Butler at Chesterfield Cafe, 1996
A look at Lester Butler’s 1996 residency at the Chesterfield Cafe in Paris.
Lester Butler & 13 reviews, collected
Reviews for 1997’s “13 featuring Lester Butler” were collected at the time by Jasper Heikens for the Lester Butler Tribute Site. These long-lost reviews provide a snapshot of a moment in time when Butler was still breaking ground, “the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion meets Little Walter.”
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