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"the killer" turns 77
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29-09-2011, 07:06
yes, The Killer aka Jerry Lee Lewis turns 77 today and is the last surviving member of the now famous "million dollar quartet" from the old Sun Record days of 1955/56.
he released his most recent album just last year, a duets album entitled "last man standing" and still tours to this day(allbeit an embarrassment to his former glory days.

he has always been controversial and his private life puts his music in the shade, from marrying his 13 yo cousin, to shooting his pistols at the windows of Graceland in the 1970s, through to the mysterious deaths of a couple of his ex-wives, for which there was never enough evidence to charge him with their untimely end...

that aside The Killer churned out several of early rock n roll's classic performances including:

[video=youtube;lidFipyLG8k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lidFipyLG8k[/video]

[video=youtube;FjOLpNxaupU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjOLpNxaupU&feature=related[/video]

[video=youtube;VTHTyMvZQA4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTHTyMvZQA4&feature=related[/video]

[video=youtube;QLH5F6CU7b0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLH5F6CU7b0&feature=related[/video]
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29-09-2011, 08:55
Crazy..................The quartet from Sun: Jerry Lee, Elvis , Johnny Cash and .....................? Whose the 4th ?
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29-09-2011, 10:59
Carl Perkins is the 4th

Happy Birthday Jerry Lee, you crazy SOB
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29-09-2011, 11:04
Hb Jerry
Loved his country more than his rock
saw him on something a couple years back
yes he was a shell of his former self
voice was terrible, but he could still bang the shit out of them keys.
my favorite all time pianist

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29-09-2011, 14:12
gryphon Wrote:Crazy..................The quartet from Sun: Jerry Lee, Elvis , Johnny Cash and .....................? Whose the 4th ?

i think Trace just nailed it...Carl Perkins, but there's a quintet if you count Roy Orbison also....

also if you didnt know Carl's brother Luther was part of Johnny's Tennessee Three until he died in a house fire in 1968, after the Folsom album but prior to the San Quentin album...
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29-09-2011, 14:16
Happy Birthday, JL!!!!!...you crazy sob ....lol
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29-09-2011, 14:17
Music Head Wrote:Hb Jerry
Loved his country more than his rock
saw him on something a couple years back
yes he was a shell of his former self
voice was terrible, but he could still bang the shit out of them keys.
my favorite all time pianist

i love his country material better than his rock n roll material also...same goes for Elvis with me(much prefer his 1970s stuff)
recently saw Chuck Berry on youtube also from the last couple of years....both are an embarrassment to what they were. so im glad in a way Elvis went when he did for that reason
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29-09-2011, 18:13
Happy Bday Jerry-Lee.

If you want to hear an incendiary live Rock & Roll album, check out his Live at The Star Club, Hamburg release...
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29-09-2011, 19:53
Going to watch Peter Gabriel's 'Secret World' DVD for the umpteenth (sp) time tonight. Probably the most innovative visual solo artist of the last 20 years. His music for 'Rabbit Proof Fence' & 'The Passion' are brilliant soundtracks. And 'Ovo' is another fave of mine.
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29-09-2011, 20:08
I have the Live in Chicago and it doen't disappoint !!! Great live album !!!!
Tiggi Wrote:Happy Bday Jerry-Lee.

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