In March 2011, Lester Chambers was inducted into the West Coast Blues Hall of Fame.
12 Facts About Lester Chambers
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Lester Chambers has reported that despite the group's success, he did not receive any royalty payments from 1967 to 1994.
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In 2002 his wife, Lola Lester Chambers, testified before the California Senate hearings on Label Accounting Practices that "Time Has Come Today" earned the group under $250 in royalties for the European market over 16 years.
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Lester Chambers said that Columbia Records told them that "there were no overseas sales to report because The Chambers Brothers records were never licensed to an overseas distributor".
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In 2003, the home of Lola and Lester Chambers was broken into and their record collection, consisting of more than 60 Chambers Brothers albums and over one hundred singles, was stolen.
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Lola Lester Chambers had spent 25 years collecting Lester Chambers Brothers records at various venues to leave these for their sons.
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Lester Chambers developed a number of medical problems that went untreated because he lacked insurance.
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Lester Chambers later became homeless, sleeping in a rehearsal hall in Novato, California, until Yoko Ono paid to rent a home for him and his son Dylan.
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In March 2012, Lester Chambers started an Internet campaign that went viral to publicize what he claims to be a lack of equitable royalty payments.
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On July 13,2013, Lester Chambers was assaulted onstage during a performance at the Russell City Hayward Blues Festival after dedicating a performance of "People Get Ready" to Trayvon Martin, the day the jury found his killer not guilty of a criminal offense.
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Lester Chambers was reported by his son Dylan to be in "ok" condition later the same evening.
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Lester Chambers spoke with Reddit users on December 13,2012, at an AMA event and to mention the Kickstarter project to those interested.