sonnymax Posted October 28, 2022 Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 Jerry Lee Lewis, free-wheeling 'wild man' of rock 'n' roll, dies at 87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted October 28, 2022 Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 Not fake news anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted October 28, 2022 Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 The Last Man Standing has fallen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted October 28, 2022 Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) The life he lived, drugs and alcohol, you would think he would’ve been the first of the big time rock ‘n’ rollers of the 50s to die. He outlasted them all. RIP. Edited October 28, 2022 by Hardbopjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optatio Posted October 28, 2022 Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted October 28, 2022 Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 it is, apparently, an unpopular opinion, but I never particularly liked his rock and roll singing. However I think he is one of the greatest country/country and western singers ever. He just squeezed the sentimentality out of every one of these songs that he sang. Miraculous (and the son of a bitch is burning in hell even as I write this). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopkins Posted October 28, 2022 Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JSngry Posted October 28, 2022 Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 One stubborn motherfucker until the end. Gotta respect that. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted October 28, 2022 Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted October 28, 2022 Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 1 hour ago, AllenLowe said: it is, apparently, an unpopular opinion, but I never particularly liked his rock and roll singing. However I think he is one of the greatest country/country and western singers ever. He just squeezed the sentimentality out of every one of these songs that he sang. Miraculous (and the son of a bitch is burning in hell even as I write this). Yes, he would be an important figure in American music even if he never did Rock and Roll. His Rock and Roll records could be a lot of fun but I also prefer the Country albums. They are timeless. RIP Killer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 28, 2022 Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 You need to watch a Jimmy Swaggart show and hear Swaggart's singing to get the full context of Jerry Lee. The later shows after Swaggart's "fall from grace" where he's older and slower and less showy are the ones to look for. Seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 18 hours ago, AllenLowe said: it is, apparently, an unpopular opinion, but I never particularly liked his rock and roll singing. However I think he is one of the greatest country/country and western singers ever. He just squeezed the sentimentality out of every one of these songs that he sang. Miraculous (and the son of a bitch is burning in hell even as I write this). Confirmed by how seamlessly his Sun recordings were repackaged and marketed for Country sales way back in the 60s and 70s and did not sound out of place one bit but in fact added a special touch - like you describe it. So in the end it doesn't matter if you listen to his recordings as rockabilly or country- they do fit in each time because he always (well, almost always) was himself. And somehow I can even understand that fan author who (back in the late 70s) wrote in a R'n'R/roots music fanzine here "I'd gladly shell out for a 10-LP box set of Jerry Lee brushing his teeth." RIP - Time to read "Hellfire" by Nick Tosches again, I guess ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Duckworth Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 19 hours ago, AllenLowe said: He just squeezed the sentimentality out of every one of these songs that he sang. Miraculous I saw him perform after a nearer than usual death experience some 40 years ago-confronting death, man and God on stage at the fairgrounds here in Memphis. It was a much heavier experience than the average attendee likely anticipated! That's how I will remember him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadman Posted December 8, 2022 Report Share Posted December 8, 2022 He was a one trick pony. It worked really well for a while... and then it was over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted December 8, 2022 Report Share Posted December 8, 2022 Actually a 2 trick pony in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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