Lee Viajero and the Edgy Drifters

Lee came fairly late in life to music, starting with guitar and bass guitar when he was 20, but didn't really get serious until he went to Africa 5 years later. There he ended up living with some Rastafarians for several months, and in this time learned to sing. Viajero had his first gig in Cotonou, Benin on Fete de la Musique (June 21).



After returning to the States, Lee played in a few bands (including a traditional Haitian drumming group). But it wasn't until coming to Berlin that he really began in earnest, musically speaking. He began a regimen of busking in the subway for hours each day, and which forced him to write and perfect songs in about the most difficult setting imaginable- you have to catch and keep someone's attention in seconds, and there is no stage to seperate the musician from the audience.



After a few months he started playing in other people's bands as well as numerous solo shows, slowly and surely learning the craft. Lee played bass in two bands (Weed, L.S. Daisy) and guitar/voice in others (Glasgow Kiss, Los Super Coolos, Beautiful Losers).



Some of the music is straight-ahead country blues, some is rock, and some is a bit more difficult to categorize. But it is always music, always raw and live. Enjoy.