Funky Uncle Lester

For over thirty years Funky Uncle Lester has been thrilling crowds all over the world with his smash novelty hits "I'm In Love With A Hefty, High Yellow Heifer I Hate", "Y'all Want Some Mo?” and his biggest hit "I’ll Toss Yo Salad” He was born in St. Joseph, Louisiana as Lester McBoutte. The exact date of his birth has been in contention for years. At the age of about eight he moved to the French Quarters in New Orleans where got a job as a dishwasher at The Hairy Canary strip club. Fascinated by the assorted novelty acts performing in the club Lester decided that he would become an entertainer. He went through several instruments before realizing that he was a natural born singer. He then joined with Luckless Willie Ray Walls to form Funk Family Kollective, whose members include pianist Michael Skloff, who wrote the theme songs for the television shows Friends and HBO's Dream On, Bassist Juan Nelson of Ben Harper’s Innocent Criminals, and former Maze and Watts 103rd Street guitarist Werner Schuchner. The musical collaboration and friendship between Funky Uncle and Luckless unraveled when Lester accused Luckless of cheating him in a game of bid whisk one night in Amsterdam. A trivial disagreement between friends over a simple card game escalated into a full-fledged melee a few weeks later in England at a performance for the Royal family. The Royals sat stunned as they watched Lester and Luckless engaged in what one music critic called "…pure tomfoolery". The pair went their separate ways and hadn't spoken to each other since trading offensive messages on each other's answering machines in the early 90’s. The Funky Uncle is back and there are rumors swirling around that he and Luckless have buried their grudges and are about to go on a world tour. There is also musical stage play in development and talk of a feature film documenting the reunion of one of the music world's true enigmas. Stay tuned for further developments.