I meant http://www.amazon.com/Sun-Essentials-Jerry-Lee-Lewis/dp/B000H8SEAS/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1363750310&sr=1-1&keywords=jerry+lee+lewis+sun+essentials7.55
― Vol. 3: The Life & Times of E. "Boom" Carter (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 March 2013 03:37 (eleven years ago) link
good deal. that live comp from last year is pretty rad, some good bonus stuff on the vegas disc.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 20 March 2013 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
Saw this on fb: A postcard from '65 showing him in the kind of place he was getting booked into at the time:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/431996_203737946441906_1825785831_n.jpg
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 20:38 (ten years ago) link
haha, holy shit
― tylerw, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 20:58 (ten years ago) link
haviin fun w/the killer on tv 1976
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pMerbObbcQ
― screen scraper (m coleman), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 11:05 (ten years ago) link
Really love the slinky version of Rambling Rose I have by him. Sounds like it should be used as an ideal model for the song. But I bet most people are used to the falsetto sung MC5 one.
Also love the use of guitar on his material, remember thinking it sounded about a decade early when I was first listening to it, but don't have recording dates for the material I have.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
OTOH, tell me you would not love to see a show at tarry town
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 18:06 (ten years ago) link
i assume everybody has heard that long theological conversation between JLL and sam phillips that's on the bear family box set?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 18:12 (ten years ago) link
I'm still trying to wrap my head around that photo. Is the band stationed down the hill because the club is too tiny? It's definitely narrow, but who knows how far it goes back? Or is the band just too loud for the diners? (xpost)
― New Authentic Everybootsy Collins (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 18:13 (ten years ago) link
it's an outdoor thing. terry town was an amusement park in southern tennessee. kind of fair grounds type of thing.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 18:15 (ten years ago) link
also JLL is a fine-looking man. check him out at about 11:10 in that video posted above
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 18:20 (ten years ago) link
one show i saw with jerry lee he had trouble getting his foot on the keyboard. god bless him for keeping on.
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 18:40 (ten years ago) link
i assume everybody has heard that long theological conversation between JLL and sam phillips that's on the bear family box set?― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, May 29, 2013 1:12 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, May 29, 2013 1:12 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Stanley Booth used a transcript of this dialogue as the epigraph for the chapter chronicling Altamont in The True Adventures of The Rolling Stones.
And yes, i would have loved to have seen Jerry Lee at Terry Town (w/ a taco plate at La Casa Restaurant afterwards too).
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link
oh yeah, he's probably a murderer too...
http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/12/19/bgs-the-strange-and-mysterious-death-of-mrs-jerry-lee-lewis/
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 23:07 (ten years ago) link
(he is defo a serial abuser)
was so tempted to get a ticket for his london show next month, but then i saw that prices were over £200! what is he like these days?
― StillAdvance, Thursday, 13 August 2015 14:42 (eight years ago) link
Jesus, he must be like a hundred years old at this point.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 13 August 2015 15:02 (eight years ago) link
crazy 18-disc bear family jerry lee sun sessions box forthcoming:
Jerry Lee Lewis at Sun Records The Collected Works 'What the hell else do you need?' 18-CD box (28 x 28 x 6 cm) with 2 cloth-bound books (add. 300 pages) in large-format clothbound slipcase, 623 individual titles. Total playing time approximately 23 hours and 30 minutes. • So now. Finally. The only truly complete compilation of all recordings of Jerry Lee Lewis for Sun Records! • Almost 60 years ago this story began in Sun Studio. It has taken years to gather each received record and any ever recorded version. • All previous issues have now become obsolete! • In this box puts years of work with meticulous compare and elaborate search for the original tapes! • 18 brimful CDs, 616 individual titles ... including more than 100 never heard before versions! • All mono versions! All stereo versions! All overdubs made by Sun! • Two large bound books: one with a discography and commentaries, the other with pictures, many of which are first shown!
Read more at: https://www.bear-family.de/detail/index/sArticle/518284
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 August 2015 15:09 (eight years ago) link
i saw him maybe eight years ago; his band played for forty minutes, he came out and did three songs and then left. they were a solid three songs though. he got his foot up on the piano!http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/08/jerry-lee-lewis-interview-heaven-hell
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 13 August 2015 15:41 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGmyHivWyN8&sns=tw
― (please no long guns of any kind) (Eazy), Monday, 28 December 2015 04:29 (eight years ago) link
89 and still performing live:
http://www.villages-news.com/villagers-thrilled-at-chance-to-see-comic-legend-jerry-lewis-at-the-sharon/
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 23 January 2016 22:26 (eight years ago) link
85 today
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 01:00 (three years ago) link
Damn, he’s getting younger!
― I Hate the Aedes (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 01:05 (three years ago) link
That prior link was about JERRY LEWIS (now dead).
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 01:19 (three years ago) link
p much the same haircut his whole life
― Josefa, Wednesday, 30 September 2020 01:23 (three years ago) link
I saw Jerry Lee Lewis at Riot Fest in 2018. My favorite moment as we waited for him was when one fan yelled out "we want JERRY LEWIS!" and someone next to us responded (with a hint of irritation and no humor) "HE DIED TWO YEARS AGO."
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 30 September 2020 01:48 (three years ago) link
lmao
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 30 September 2020 01:52 (three years ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jerry-lee-lewis-dead-obituary-1234616945/
― Indexed, Friday, 28 October 2022 17:12 (one year ago) link
Not someone who will ever rest in peace, IMO. Good remembrance here:https://variety.com/2022/music/news/jerry-lee-lewis-dead-singer-great-balls-of-fire-1235415340/
Still recall the first time I heard him in the 80s on a cable feature (with Fats Domino, I believe). I was utterly transfixed by how aggressively he played the piano. I can hardly imagine what that must've been like in the 1950's.
The Dennis Quaid movie was an abomination.
See you on the other side, Killer.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 28 October 2022 17:15 (one year ago) link
Go play "Live At The Star Club" really loudly!! RIP Jerry, almost certainly not wearing a halo but his art will live for quite some time.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 28 October 2022 17:54 (one year ago) link
Amazing that he and Little Richard outlived all their supposedly less xtremo peers. Some more fave sets:Jerry Lee Lewis & Linda Gail Lewis: Togetherhttps://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nHbofHlcJ-OkdSuFPW0OOBN3eUaDroZtIThe (Complete) London Sessions (not seeing one link for the whole thing, but looks like all or most tracks are on youtube)Rock & Roll Timehttps://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_keIMZyXcZ0EvpiB9_bwVseM1gnfl_b4r0That's from 2014, might be his last all-new album. Better title: Country Piano Boogie TimeNote that here he covers a version (birdistheword indicates that there are several) of Dylan's "Stepchild," real good Think there's a wild live JLL performance of that somewhere on the 'Tube, not seeing it just now.
He also covered this Dylan:"Rita May"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfsQIVgf3Yg
Could have sworn I've also seen a cover of "To Be Alone With You," which always sounded like it was written with him in mind, of course.
― dow, Friday, 28 October 2022 18:03 (one year ago) link
Go play "Live At The Star Club" really loudly!!
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 28 October 2022 18:04 (one year ago) link
So that's it: everyone on Mount Rushmore (whether 5, 6, or 7 faces) dead. My favourite is "Lewis Boogie," second "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"--never really cared for "Great Balls of Fire."
― clemenza, Friday, 28 October 2022 20:40 (one year ago) link
No members of the inaugural 1986 Rock Hall of Fame left; Smokey Robinson the only one left from 1987.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 28 October 2022 21:11 (one year ago) link
I heard "Great Balls of Fire" so many times in so many (usually innocuous) contexts when I was a kid that it seemed like background music for a while. I love it now and I grew to appreciate it immensely when I tried playing it at home. That's when I realized how much was put into it - like you really have to pound the shit out of the piano and at warp speed, to the point where it's almost chaotic. But on top of that, Jerry Lee's singing seems to be in a different gear. There's a lot of passion underneath, but he phrasing is so smooth and completely in control, letting just enough to bubble up to the surface when needed. It's a pretty amazing performance.
― birdistheword, Friday, 28 October 2022 23:03 (one year ago) link
*but his phrasing
I should also emphasize, you can't just play the song, you have to try replicating the performance that's on the record to really appreciate what Lewis is doing.
― birdistheword, Friday, 28 October 2022 23:07 (one year ago) link
Probably my issue too, hearing it too many times before I was 15 (especially as a soundbite on commercials for K-Tel and similar '50s compilations). I kind of group "Great Balls of Fire" with "All Shook Up" and "Chantilly Lace"--goofy novelties. (And if you love them, believe me, I understand; there are goofy novelties I love too, like Nervous Norvus's "Transfusion.") "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," by way of contrast, sounds really sinister to me, like "Who Do You Love."
― clemenza, Friday, 28 October 2022 23:12 (one year ago) link
The Book of Rock Lists, from 1980, had Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard tied for best rock keyboard player, but Lewis was a lot more adept and adaptable a player.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 28 October 2022 23:24 (one year ago) link
Here's Harry "The Hipster" Gibson in 1945, think Jerry Lee must have been a fan.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Swpw9yZ5w
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 29 October 2022 07:16 (one year ago) link
Listening to Live at the Star Club, so tuff
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 29 October 2022 15:17 (one year ago) link
I don't know if it's apocryphal or not, but I wish they'd included that story about Jerry Lee Lewis showing up at Graceland and screaming "I'm the King!" in Elvis. (I can't remember, but I don't think Lewis turned up anywhere in the film.)
― clemenza, Saturday, 29 October 2022 16:11 (one year ago) link
The Greatest Live Show on Earth from 1964 is not quite as wild as Star Club but well worth hearing
For those who haven't already read it, the long 1984 Rolling Stone article about the death of Shawn Stevens Lewis is important for understanding how fucked up and evil JLL was and how his milieu enabled his worst behavior: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-strange-and-mysterious-death-of-mrs-jerry-lee-lewis-179980/
― Brad C., Saturday, 29 October 2022 16:45 (one year ago) link
For Spotify users, if you want to hear the complete original Star Club album, go straight to The Killer Live: 1964-1970, which begins with all of Star Club and then continues with all of The Greatest Live Show On Earth and his other period live sets.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 29 October 2022 16:58 (one year ago) link
A great blues number
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0REuVsNVBk4
― birdistheword, Saturday, 29 October 2022 17:06 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu740yz-cOI
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 29 October 2022 17:07 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h90cfSZ65sg
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 29 October 2022 17:14 (one year ago) link
Not pictured: The Parents of America losing their collective shit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs_bkhqJmRI
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 29 October 2022 17:18 (one year ago) link
There's a whole movie in this four minutes of dialogue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-wsEcmwJK0
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 29 October 2022 17:33 (one year ago) link
The Sequel: Having Fun With Jerry Lee On Stage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeNk5hE4cGY
"the live tapes from the very spartan 77 tour of Europe where Jerry tells the Germans to fuck off about 28 times"
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 29 October 2022 17:42 (one year ago) link
This is weird. Scroll down to "Lewis performs at Guilfest, Guildford, in 2012"
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/28/jerry-lee-lewis-obituary
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but that guy don't look a thing like Lewis.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 29 October 2022 18:09 (one year ago) link
We mark the life of Lewis, who died Oct. 28, by listening to archival interviews with his sister, pianist/singer Linda Gail Lewis, and with Myra Lewis Williams, who married Jerry Lee when she was 13.
How country music allowed Jerry Lee Lewis to vary his wild-man personaNovember 8, 20222:06 PM ETHeard on Fresh AirthumbnailKEN TUCKER
― dow, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 02:01 (one year ago) link