Jerry Lee Lewis, Still Rockin' On!
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AZ Jim
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I personally did not like him or his music. To each his own.
Babs
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Jerry Lee Lewis had a decent voice, but he sure was a fantastic piano player.
terry123
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I have the cd and play it a lot. They all were great on their own but together they were super cool and sexy!!"Million Dollar Quartet" is a recording of an impromptu jam session involving Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash made on December 4, 1956, at the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
Left to right: Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash
Raven
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I will always be a fan of Jerry Lee's music and a huge fan of Elvis who was the most talented
artist ever.
artist ever.
Real Hazy on this post
I think, it was a locally produced PBS program: After Lewis was banished from 'respectable' appearances due to marrying his 14 year old cousin.
His climb back to acceptance was hampered by his alcoholism and combativeness, playing in honky tonks and dives is a good place to
get your head knocked in. He almost made it back when he recorded 'Middle Aged Crazy,' but continued to have his problems with the bottle.
They had a clip of him singing, drink on piano, close up of face,' This guy is drunk, drunk, drunk. .'
I think, it was a locally produced PBS program: After Lewis was banished from 'respectable' appearances due to marrying his 14 year old cousin.
His climb back to acceptance was hampered by his alcoholism and combativeness, playing in honky tonks and dives is a good place to
get your head knocked in. He almost made it back when he recorded 'Middle Aged Crazy,' but continued to have his problems with the bottle.
They had a clip of him singing, drink on piano, close up of face,' This guy is drunk, drunk, drunk. .'
terry123
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Love everything he sang. He and his cousins could sing anything and I enjoyed all of their music and bought their music. Still listen to a cd they did together.
Haven't heard him on hillbilly radio stations for years and years...He was no longer rock and roll, rather sang those 'hurting' type songs...
I liked him because he would not take any gruff from audience when he performed in bars... will goggle him and see if he is still active.
Goggled him, he is 84 years old HARD to Believe! that answers questions as to why he is no longer active.
I liked him because he would not take any gruff from audience when he performed in bars... will goggle him and see if he is still active.
Goggled him, he is 84 years old HARD to Believe! that answers questions as to why he is no longer active.
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My favorite Jerry Lee song.
fmdog44
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Married his cousin when she was 14. No one was more entertaining to watch.
RadishRose
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I guess she shook his nerves and she rattled his brain.
CrackerJack
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Love Jerry Lee for his talent and energy and sheer entertainment factor and his naughtiness when young and recall the hoo-hah when he wed his 13 year old cousin and it caused a storm
Meanderer
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Welcome to Senior Forums, Crackerjack!
CrackerJack
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Thank you very much. I am enjoying my time on here and pleased I joined the forum
AnnieA
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He did a show in Jackson MS earlier this year. Voice has declined, but he can still play that piano! I saw him in the early 90s and he was still amazing then.
OneEyedDiva
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Never liked him. His music was okay.
Damaged Goods
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"Million Dollar Quartet" is a recording of an impromptu jam session involving Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash made on December 4, 1956, at the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
Left to right: Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash
Add Roy Orbison and make it a quintet.
And if you had asked me back in the day, which of the five would live the longest, the last person I would have bet on would have been ol' Jerry Lee.
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
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