HESTER plays Aug. 19 Rockin’ For Vets show at Fairhope Legion

HESTER plays Aug. 19 Rockin’ For Vets show at Fairhope Legion

Gulf Coast veteran rocker Larry Hester will lead his namesake band to the beach stage at American Legion Post 199 in Fairhope on Saturday, Aug. 19 for a Rockin’ For Vets concert beginning at 5 p.m. The tiki bar at the Legion’s beach under the Fairhope bluffs opens at noon and food will be available.
Raised in rural South Alabama on the Mississippi line, Hester began his musical journey singing in the North Oak Grove Church near his birthplace of Waynesboro, Mississippi. He hated every minute of the piano lessons his mother made him take, but somewhere in the middle of all those lessons he became interested in the guitar adn rock and roll. He started writing songs at the age of ten. By 14, he was performing at local events. At 19d, he moved to Los Angeles.
In LA, Hester wrote for and appeared in both film and television.The song “Burning” can be heard in the skateboarding cult film “Thrashin.” The song also made the soundtrack of “Can’t Buy Me Love.” The Hester penned “Love on the Radio” also made that smovie, and “Gross Anatomy” featured both songs.
Hester’s catchy melodies are backed by pure rock, pop and blues foundations. After the destruction South Mississippi suffered due to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Hester felt that he had abandoned his roots and lost his way musically. He decided to return to Mississippi only a couple of years later and write new material based on his life time experiences of love and loss. He reunited with his longtime friend and drummer Tommy Noland in Biloxi, Mississippi in 2008 to form HESTER along with Chris Loepke on guitar and Rick Gamard on bass.
The group is currently in the studio recording their third album due out in this year. Their sounds has been describd as a unique display of original rock, and blues with an alternative Southern flair. Their interpretation of the familiar classics they cover leaves no doubt this band is talented and seasoned.