[4] Lester penned and sang lead on the Chambers Brothers 1971 hit, "Funky" which appeared on their New Generation album.
[7] Along with Maxayn Lewis and Carlena Williams, Chambers added vocals to the song ""About to Make Me Leave Home" which appears on Bonnie Raitt's 1977 Sweet Forgiveness album.
[11] In 2002 his wife, Lola 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.
He 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.
[15] In March 2012, Chambers started an Internet campaign that went viral[16] to publicize what he claims to be a lack of equitable royalty payments.
[17] His Facebook posting received more than 2,500 "likes" and more than 2,000 "shares" in the first 15 hours on his "Wall";[18] it was featured on the front page of Reddit[19] and there were hundreds of tweets about the story.