Cheryl Lescom

Legendary blues belter Cheryl Lescom began her career in 1975 fronting several of her own bands before becoming a back up singer for Ronnie Hawkins and touring with Long John Baldry. Cheryl also sang on many national jingles in the 1980's. She has toured and performed with some of Canada's elite rock and blues artists, including Jeff Healey, Matt Minglewood, Dutch Mason, the Downchild Blues Band, Jack de Keyzer, Mel Brown, Paul James, Women’s Blues Revue and toured with the Detroit Women. Each August, Lescom is the MC on the main stage at the Kitchener Blues Festival.

A multi-award winner, she has received The Advertising Music Producers Best Female Vocal Performance, The Kitchener Blues Festival Mel Brown Award, Kitchener Waterloo Arts Award for Music and nominations for The Maple Blues award. As the late, great Long John Baldry once said, "Cheryl Lescom has one of the best and biggest voices in Canada. I've had many great singers with me over the years and Cheryl is by far one of my favourites!"

Her soulful, road weary, yet sweet and sophisticated vocals perfectly and convincingly deliver the emotion, rawness and double-entendre that blues and soul music fans enjoy. To date, Cheryl has released seven albums, with four being mostly original music she writes with the Tucson Choir Boys. "I’m retiring from recording music but my biggest joy Is from playing live which I will continue to do", says Lescom. "The Tucson Choir Boys are my soul's inspiration for the music we’ve recorded and written together."

Lescom has just released her final recording with the Tucson Choir Boys, aptly titled Last Call.  “I love writing songs and making music, it’s therapy. I’ve been doing it for 50 years”,says Lescom " ..but these days with streaming and downloading and no CD players in cars or any f@#*in’ way to make recorded music profitable. It's not a good retirement plan, so I can’t see myself doing too many more albums. Maybe a “ Best Of “ or if I win the lottery.”

The songs on Last Call  are written from some understanding of life’s changes and unfortunately, endings. When you’re young it’s about tomorrows and hellos. When you’re older it’s about yesterdays and goodbyes.

Bring on tomorrow. 

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