yler Chester was headed south on the I-5 to San Diego, where he would join indie-rock eminence Andrew Bird’s road band for a brief tour. Touring is an activity Los Angeles–based Chester pursues with decreasing frequency, he told me in a recent phone chat. After years as a busy sideman and recording-session musician—he is equally proficient on bass, guitar, and keyboards—Chester finds himself spending less and less time as a player and more as a producer. His rapidly expanding clientele includes Sara Bareilles, with whom he produced the album in 2020, and Madison Cunningham, whom he nurtured from a teenage
Somewhere in a burst of glory
Nov 08, 2022
4 minutes
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