Jerry Lee Lewis, Still Rockin' On!

[Damaged Goods]

Jerry Lee is a mean fellow when drunk.
In my youth these folks were referred to as hillbilly singers.
The record companies searching for a name with broader appeal called it Country and
Western.
Call it as you will, it still consist of songs of heartache, mommy, trucks, getting drunk...

Living in a redneck conclave for five years I begin to like it

Popular music went to hell when hip hop (does rap fall into that group or is it a separate genre ?)
I listen to music when driving, hillbilly or classical (the two don't mesh);
popular music appears to have changed to a different style which I've yet to define.

Consequently, I'm sticking to hillbilly of classical.

Jerry's "Middle age crazy" is in my all-time top ten

My first musical love was early 50s ballads, but my true love was mid and late 50's rock 'n' roll. I guess my favorite artists were Buddy Holly and Elvis, followed by Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and Jerry Lee.

 

[Damaged Goods]

Married his cousin when she was 14. No one was more entertaining to watch.

The sanctimonious Dick Clark ostracized him for his 1st marriage partly because of Myra Brown's age but mostly because she was JLL's 2nd or 3rd cousin. "Mr. Clark done me wrong; these types of marriages are common in the South," said JLL.

He couldn't buy a hit for a couple of years but in 1960 or 1, he returned as "The Hawk" with an instrumental "In The Mood." Even someone who was tone deaf could tell it was either Jerry Lee or his clone pounding out the song. It was really no secret.

Then he went country, scored big there, and came back big with rock 'n' roll for both his old fans and new ones, regardless of how "Mr. Clark" felt.

 

[Damaged Goods]

The Killer recovering from a stroke.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/new...-never-play-again/ar-BB10auyZ?ocid=spartandhp

 

[Meanderer]

Jerry Lee Lewis -Another place, another time (1968-69)

 

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[Wren]

 

[Wren]

‘Little Queenie’ Jerry Lee

 

[Meanderer]

‘Little Queenie’ Jerry Lee

A Chuck Berry Gem, as you can maybe tell! The Killer kills it!

 

[Meanderer]

Jerry Lee Lewis & Kris Kristofferson - Live in Nashville (1982)

 

[Meanderer]

Jerry Lee Lewis - Danny Boy (1969)

 

[Meanderer]

Easter Parade Jerry Lee Lewis

 

[win231]

My mother said he was a cradle-robber but I loved his music!

Well, he married his 13-year-old cousin.............

 

[Pappy]

Not, Jerry, but darn good:

 

[DaveA]

Had little respect for him as a person in his younger days, but always enjoyed his music. I could have skipped the piano smashing.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

I never really cared for him, jumping around on the piano didn't appeal to me.
I didn't know he sang In the Garden. It was my grandmas favorite hymn.
He changed some of the words as he did in a many of his songs but I guess a lot of singers do that.

 

[Meanderer]

Jerry Lee Lewis & Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven (Live 1986)​

 

[terry123]

Loved him and his cousin, Mickey Gilley! Never cared for their other cousin Jimmie Swaggert((sic).

 

[Meanderer]

 

[Meanderer]

Mona Lisa Jerry Lee Lewis

 

[win231]

 

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[Meanderer]

Jerry Lee Lewis - Pledging My Love - Kinodrom Bocholt (Germany) 2006)

 

[Lewkat]

Who doesn’t like Jerry Lee’s music?

I never did. I could not stand his antics either. Not my cup of tea at all.

 

[Alligatorob]

I really like Jerry Lee, jumping around on stage and all. Like his cousin Mickey Gilley also, tried to ride the mechanical bull in his bar near Houston, once. My ride lasted maybe 2 seconds...

His cousin Jimmy Swaggart, not so much...

An interesting family.

 

[Meanderer]

Jerry Lee Lewis & Keith Richards - Your Cheatin' Heart & Little Queenie