Lewis "Scan" Tester (7 September 1887 – May 1972) was an English folk and English country musician.

Overview

Lewis Tester was born in Chelwood Gate, near Horsted Keynes, Sussex, England. The album had 48 tracks with 51 tunes. They were not made in the recording studio. However they did capture a style that was nearly lost altogether. Hall ran a folk club at The Fox in Islington, London, and frequently invited Tester to play there. When Rod Stradling heard him play, he was inspired to form a series of bands to play the old style music. Of these, the Old Swan Band still thrives.

The accompanying book to the Topic Records 70 year anniversary boxed set Three Score and Ten has a picture of Scan with Reg Hall on the cover and Jenny Lind played with Rabbidy Baxter from the album Boscastle Breakdown is track ten of the seventh CD in the set.

Tester's death was reported in the Mid Sussex Times on 11 May 1972.

See also

  • Music of Sussex

References

  • Article on Scan Tester