Lester Slade Wears His Pride on His Guitar

LGBTQIA+
By
Rachel Cholst
December 9, 2024
Rainbow Rodeo
Interview

Lester Slade is country country – he lives in Nunavut, one of the northernmost communities in Canada. His new split, Time/Old Machine, combines the raw edge of his punk rock past and the high lonesome of his present. Slade took some time to reflect on his hard-won experience touring through rural Canada as a queer man, punk houses, sobriety, and the best venues he's played in.

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Lester Slade a man with red hair playing an electric guitar and singing into a microphone on a dark stage, wearing glasses and a floral shirt.
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