Jerry Lee Lewis - Live At Star-Club Hamburg

Artist:

Lewis, Jerry Lee

See Also:

Million Dollar Quartet Johnny Cash/Jerry Lee Lewis - Sunday Down South/Sing Hanks Williams Fats Domino/Jerry Lewis - Rock `n` Roll Never Forgets [7/28] * Original Soundtrack - Great Balls Of Fire Elvis Presley/Carl Perkins/Jerry Lee Lewis/Johnny Cash - The Complete Million Dollar Quartet [9/19] *

Description:

Personnel: Jerry Lee Lewis (vocals, piano); Pete Shannon, John Allen (guitar); Ray Phillips (bass); John Hanken (drums); The Nashville Teens.
Recorded live at the Star Club, Hamburg, Germany on April 5, 1964. Originally released on Philips (842 945). Includes liner notes by Art Fein.
By 1964, Jerry Lee Lewis` career was in a downward spiral. He had never been able to bounce back from his scandalous marriage to his teenage cousin, and the Beatles hadn`t yet reintroduced the world to the rock & roll heroes of the `50s through their own interpretations. Lewis` creative fire, though, would never go out. He continued to record and to perform for the rest of the century, his power utterly undiminished. This live album, then, catches his star in the ascendant, at least aesthetically.
Accompanied by the then-unknown Nashville Teens (who would later score with "Tobacco Road"), he pays tribute to his Sun records pals Roy Orbison ("Mean Woman Blues") and Carl Perkins ("Matchbox") in addition to delivering definitive versions of his own classics ("Whole Lotta Shakin`," "Great Balls of Fire"). Lewis performs with such an unhinged fervor, it`s a wonder he didn`t dislocate something on that night in Hamburg. LIVE AT THE STAR CLUB represents that point where rockabilly, country and R&B meet, in a blueprint laid out by one of the original rock & roll architects. After the original Sun recordings, this is the Lewis album to own.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Mean Woman Blues
2. High School Confidential
3. Money
4. Matchbox
5. What`d I Say (Parts 1&2)
6. What`d I Say, Part II
7. Great Balls of Fire
8. Good Golly Miss Molly
9. Lewis Boogie
10. Your Cheatin` Heart
11. Hound Dog
12. Long Tall Sally
13. Whole Lotta Shakin` Goin` On
14. Down the Line

Album Information

Release Date:

07/24/1989

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

Rock `N` Roll

Label:

Bear Family (Germany)

Catalog Number:

BCD15467

Original Release Year:

1964

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Live

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Nashville Teens

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