the last of the great rock-and-roll pioneers has died; Jerry Lee Lewis passed away at the age of 87, but he’s playing a big concert for WEJB/NSU readers from heaven, hell, or purgatory! (video)

By Jerry PDX
friday, october 28, 2022 at 3:30:00 p.m. edt

The last of the great rock-and-roll pioneers has died. Jerry Lee Lewis passed away at the age of 87:

https://news.yahoo.com/jerry-lee-lewis-outrageous-rock-165214217.html

Lewis and his then-13-year-old cousin-wife, Myra Gale Brown, also known as Myra Lewis Williams. The couple eloped in December, 1957. She was the musician's second cousin. However, the union was reportedly illegal, as Lewis was still married to his first wife, thus making him guilty of bigamy, like the Kenyan father of the John Doe calling himself "Barack Hussein Obama."


Amazing he survived as long as he did. Even by rock-star standards, he lived a wild and self-destructive lifestyle.

For me, there was always something real, authentic, and earthy about the way he sang and played, elements that seem to be absent in modern music. Here is an upload of an entire concert he played in Bristol back in 1983 (see below).





richard van keulen
8 months ago

Thank you, Chuck the Shmuck, for working out the set list and posting it. That makes it much more easy to add the time stamps.

01. “Move on Down the Line” – 00:34

02. “Trouble in Mind” – 03:20

03. “I Don’t Wanna be Lonely Tonight” – 06:28

04. “The One Rose That’s Left in My Heart” – 10:57

05. “Mona Lisa” – 15:01

06. “Come on in” – 18:54

07. “Cold, Cold Heart” – 21:52

08. “Lucille” – 24:35

09. “I’m so Lonesome, I Could Cry” – 28:08

10. “Chantilly Lace” – 31:29

11. “Me and Bobby McGee” – 34:09

12. “I’ll Make It All Up to You” – 38:25

13. “Little Queenie” – 40:45

14. “You Win Again” – 44:00

15. “Great Balls of Fire” – 47:37

16. “Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin’ on” – 49:34


By Grand Rapids Anonymous
Saturday, October 29, 2022 at 3:39:00 a.m. edt

Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis—the original four of Sun records, I believe.

A long time ago—when we had a pretty good country—a lot of talent.

We have twice the number of people now, and one-tenth the talent—not just music, but movies, TV, comedians.

What happened—any theories?

--GRA