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Title: R. I. P. Jerry Lee Lewis - This time for real
Post by: Rocker on October 28, 2022, 10:21:24 AM
After last day's fake reporting about Jerry Lee's death, it looks like now The Killer is indeed gone.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/jerry-lee-lewis-free-wheeling-wild-man-rock-n-roll-dies-87-rcna4456



I'm kinda surprised that Death would dare crossing Jerry Lee's path again. But here we are.
If I had to name just one person as the purest musical genius of the 20th century it'll be the Killer. Few people have understood how great he was. Rock on, Jerry Lee!




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EDIT:



"Would you take another Chance on me?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90pHhkbNYpQ



"That lucky old Sun"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjN04p81l4A



"High School confidential"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5skpFrheD0I



 "She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye" on The Ed Sullivan Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTdfNLX_w6g



"I can't seem to say goodbye"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JviKx6NIVwU



"Whole lotta shakin' goin' on" (live Toronto Peace Festival)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ3I8lIIhp0






Title: Re: R. I. P. Jerry Lee Lewis - This time for real
Post by: Rocker on October 29, 2022, 02:23:42 PM
Posted by Al on facebook:


RIP Jerry Lee Lewis aka The Killer! I remember that Jerry made our show in Spain in 1990 very special. He refused to perform unless he closed the show. We had a great show!

Here you can see some footage of that show. First it's the Beach Boys' set (without Carl), then you'll see one song by Jerry Lee (he did perform more of course):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC5yLO33qPE


There used to be a video of a talk show online that features exclusively Marily Wilson and Myra Lewis and was about teenage wifes of Rock stars.



Brian Wilson at the Great Balls of Fire Premiere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VukniYAus0






In tribute of the Killer a couple of channels put up some archive material:


Austin City Limits 902: Jerry Lee Lewis - "Great Balls of Fire" (and "Whole lotta shakin' goin' on")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eapZFb0LXCg



Jerry Lee Lewis • Interview (Touring/Hit Songs/Greatest Moment) • 1970 [RITY Archive]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS3UTv5LvvM



Jerry Lee Lewis Performs "Great Balls Of Fire" | Letterman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiE_KwoGX68

"Redemption" turned out to be "Last Man standing"


That last video was shot at the Ed Sullivan theatre. JLL played Ed's show in '69 and put on a power house performances:





Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls Of Fire, What'd I Say & Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" | Ed Sullivan Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h90cfSZ65sg


Jerry Lee Lewis "She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye" on The Ed Sullivan Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTdfNLX_w6g


Title: Re: R. I. P. Jerry Lee Lewis - This time for real
Post by: JK on October 30, 2022, 03:15:51 AM
Posted by Al on facebook:


RIP Jerry Lee Lewis aka The Killer! I remember that Jerry made our show in Spain in 1990 very special. He refused to perform unless he closed the show. We had a great show!

Here you can see some footage of that show. First it's the Beach Boys' set (without Carl), then you'll see one song by Jerry Lee (he did perform more of course):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC5yLO33qPE

Wow, Rocker -- thanks for that. Rest in peace, that man.


Title: Re: R. I. P. Jerry Lee Lewis - This time for real
Post by: Rocker on November 01, 2022, 12:05:54 PM
From the L. A. Times:


Jerry Lee Lewis' teenage bride speaks out: 'I was the adult and Jerry was the child'

When Myra Williams looks back on her life — her marriage to her cousin, singer Jerry Lee Lewis, in 1957 when she was just 13 years old, their good and bad times together, the two children they had, the permanent damage that their relationship inflicted on Lewis’ career and legacy — she sometimes wonders whether it was all a dream.


https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-10-29/jerry-lee-lewis-myra-brown-williams-marriage-13-cousin


Title: Re: R. I. P. Jerry Lee Lewis - This time for real
Post by: Rocker on November 02, 2022, 09:04:24 AM
Jerry Phillips On the Unhinged Genius of Jerry Lee Lewis


https://www.memphisflyer.com/jerry-phillips-on-the-unhinged-genius-of-jerry-lee-lewis?fbclid=IwAR137jPco7gsDNNW5a27c6QpJKl2ZMNcXUPL0dME2tMs5RpyuZ5rJoLjfIM




Title: Re: R. I. P. Jerry Lee Lewis - This time for real
Post by: pixletwin on November 04, 2022, 10:30:19 AM
He was a terrible person but a great rock n roller. I hope he does rest in peace.


Title: Re: R. I. P. Jerry Lee Lewis - This time for real
Post by: Rocker on January 25, 2023, 10:04:30 AM
Dennis Quaid Remembers Working With The Late Jerry Lee Lewis: ‘He Was One Of My Piano Teachers’


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBoOOwZaXiA