Did Anyone Catch It?

[cabinetman]

Last night on PBS (Perform) there was one of those specials on CD's to get donations. It was a fairly current performance by Jerry Lee Lewis. For all the whipper snappers here, he is one of the original rock-n-rollers. I gotta say, at 72, he still has the voice and wild delivery, and bangs it out on the piano. The show was a toe-tapper. Sure brought back some memories.
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[southernbob]

For $150 you can re-live alot of old memories.

http://www.timelife.com/webapp/wcs/s...roductId=75007

My favorite song from those PBS specials.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKxX1tNhpuU

[Bruce Cohen]

Hey Cab,

Didn't he marry his 13 year od cousin, now that;s a TRUE red-neck.

Bruce

[shoottx]

If you haven't heard his last man standing cd it is well worth the listen


How do you drum up interest in a Jerry Lee Lewis record, since the Ferriday Fireball is 71 and hasn't put out an album since 1996? First, you pair him with 22 of the biggest stars of rock (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards), country (Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard), and blues (Buddy Guy, B.B. King), to show how he put his stamp on nearly every genre. Then, you hire the dean of music chroniclers, Peter Guralnick, to give the liner notes heft. And--oh, yes, you also make sure the piano-pounding pioneer displays the best finger form he's shown in 25 years. Throughout, the Killer crows, struts, and self-mythologizes with the brio of youth, and who could resist him? At times, one may question the wisdom of turning an obvious guitar tune (Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll") into a piano-dominated performance, just as it seems odd to not make the best use of such guests as Toby Keith or Delaney Bramlett. But Lewis never yields the throne for a second, even surrounded by the likes of Robbie Robertson, Neil Young, and Eric Clapton. For that reason, most of these aren't true duets--the star instrumentalists take their solos, and the harmonies of some of the most legendary vocalists (Don Henley, Little Richard) stay too far in the background. But when things really work--as they do with Bruce Springsteen (the rave-up "Pink Cadillac"), Neil Young (a crackling rendition of "You Don't Have To Go"), Kid Rock (an even blacker "Honky Tonk Woman"), George Jones (the novelty-framed "Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age"), and Kris Kristofferson (an especially poignant take on "The Pilgrim: Chapter 33"), the rock of ages cleaves for thee and me. Last Man Standing refers to the famous cover of Million Dollar Quartet, on which he's pictured with fellow Sun artists Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins, all now jamming in the great beyond. Yet in a spoken-word reprise at the end of the Kristofferson song--"From the rocking of the cradle / To the rolling of the hearse / The going up was worth the coming down"--the Last Man seems to suggest his own fine epitaph. It's hard to argue with a h***raiser extraordinaire.

[LinuxRandal]

Didn't see it, but a concert with him and a few others that I would have liked to see (still can via the dvd, just not the same thing):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_k-CL3dJ8k

DVD is Fat's and friends for those interested.

Looking at the links when searching for it, found one with Fat's and the MONKEY'S? LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMhld1nRuBY

[RAFlorida]

Yes many memories.

Jerry Lee Lewis, Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, and all the rest. THOSE were great performers of great music.

[germdoc]

Since you brought it up, there is ONE classic performance from the early days of rock n roll that blows just about every one else away. James Brown at the Apollo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5aVh...eature=related

That set the standard for showmanship. Boy, to be in that auditorium that night--what a rush!