| 8th September 2006 05:07 PM |
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| Gazza |
Jerry Lee Lewis' long awaited album (originally scheduled to be released under the title "The Pilgrim") gets a US release on September 26th
here's the track listing - check out the line up of guests :
1. Rock & Roll with JIMMY PAGE
2. Before The Night Is Over with B.B. KING
3. Pink Cadillac with BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
4. Evening Gown with MICK JAGGER & RONNIE WOOD
5. You Don’t Have To Go with NEIL YOUNG
6. Twilight with ROBBIE ROBERTSON
7. Travelling Band with JOHN FOGERTY
8. That Kind Of Fool with KEITH RICHARDS
9. Sweet Little Sixteen with RINGO STARR
10. Just A Bummin Around with MERLE HAGGARD
11. Honky Tonk Women with KID ROCK
12. What Made Milwaukee Famous with ROD STEWART
13. Don’t Be Ashamed Of Your Age with GEORGE JONES
14. A Couple More Years with WILLIE NELSON
15. Old Glory with TOBY KEITH
16. Trouble In Mind with ERIC CLAPTON
17. I Saw Her Standing There with LITTLE RICHARD
18. Lost Highway with DELANEY BRAMLETT
19. Hadacohl Boogie with BUDDY GUY
20. Irish Heartbeat with DON HENLEY
21. The Pilgrim Chapter 33 with KRIS KRISTOFFERSEN
No news on a release outside the US, however its available in the UK from Badlands for £14.99. See here :
http://stores.channeladvisor.com/badlands-pre/Items/JLLlms06?
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| 8th September 2006 05:29 PM |
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| Saint Sway |
some damn fine songs on that! |
| 8th September 2006 05:41 PM |
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| Nellcote |
Here ya go Gazza, thread earlier this week on page two
http://www.clearchannelmusic.com/cc-common/mfeatures/jerryleelewisOD/
LP drops here 26 September
He's live on "Imus in the Morning" on MSNBC on 27 September |
| 8th September 2006 05:46 PM |
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| Saint Sway |
anyone heard any of this yet?
I'm excited to hear Delaney Bramlett doing Lost Highway |
| 8th September 2006 07:11 PM |
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| Throwaway |
SS, check out clips @ IORR. Evening Gown is quite good!! |
| 8th September 2006 07:39 PM |
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| Nellcote |
You folks need to click the link I provided, as you are able to hear every track, in their entirety!
Give it up to Larry Dallas on pg 2.....The Killer Is Streaming.... |
| 8th September 2006 08:01 PM |
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| glencar |
Don Henley must die! but the rest looks hot! |
| 8th September 2006 08:49 PM |
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| stonedinaustralia |
yes, don henley and kid rock aside, this look promising |
| 8th September 2006 08:55 PM |
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| Gazza |
Thanks Nellcote and Larry..I missed that thread
Sounds terrific! |
| 8th September 2006 09:04 PM |
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| PartyDoll MEG |
God this is great stuff!! Another MUST BUY!!!! |
| 8th September 2006 09:44 PM |
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| Soldatti |
The clip sounds great. |
| 8th September 2006 10:02 PM |
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| Gazza |
Featured Review: Jerry Lee Lewis, Last Man Standing
By Stephen Thomas Erlewine
It often seems like there are only two ways for rock, country, and blues veterans to launch comebacks when they're senior citizens: confront mortality head on or surround yourself with superstar guests to help carry you through a half-hearted stroll through your back catalog, scattering a few new tunes along the way. At first glance, Jerry Lee Lewis' Last Man Standing seems to fall into both categories: the title suggests that Jerry Lee is in the mood to take a long look back, and certainly the very concept of the album — pairing Lewis with 21 other stars for a succession of duets, often on material that his guests either wrote or made famous — seems like a typical superstar duet record. But the Killer has never been predictable, and nowhere is that truer than it is here, where Jerry Lee treats Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, John Fogerty, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Page, and 16 other stars as he treated the Nashville Teens at the Star Club in 1964 — as game amateurs who have to sprint to keep up with the master. This is the only guest-studded superstar album where all the guests bend to the will of the main act, who dominates the proceedings in every conceivable way. Jerry Lee doesn't just run the guests ragged; he turns their songs inside out, too — and nowhere is that clearer than on the opening "Rock and Roll," the Led Zeppelin classic that is now stripped of its signature riff and sounds as if it were a lost gem dug out of the Sun vaults. Far from struggling with this, Jimmy Page embraces it, following the Killer as he runs off on his own course — he turns into support, and the rest of other 20 guests follow suit (with the possible exception of Kid Rock, who sounds like the party guest who won't go home on an otherwise strong version of "Honky Tonk Woman").
The label might sell Last Man Standing on the backs of the duet partners — after all, it's awful hard to drum up interest in a record by a 71-year-old man no matter how great he is, so you need a hook like superstars — but the album by no stretch of the imagination belongs to them. This is completely Jerry Lee's show from the second that he calls out, "It's been a long time since I rock & rolled," at the beginning of the record — and those are true words, since he hasn't rocked on record in a long, long time. Ten years ago he cut the Andy Paley-produced Young Blood, but that was a typically tasteful self-conscious comeback record; it was driven as much by the producer's conception of the artist as it was the artist himself. The opposite is true here, where the production is simple and transparent, never interfering with the performances; it has the welcome effect of making it sound like there is simply no way to tame Jerry Lee, even though he's now in his seventies. And that doesn't mean that this is merely a hard-rocking record, although "Rock and Roll," "Pink Cadillac," and "Travelin' Band" do indeed rock harder than anything he's done since the '70s — so hard that they stand proudly next to his classic Sun records, even if they don't have the unbridled fire of those peerless sides. No, this album touches on everything that Jerry Lee has done musically through his career, as the furious rock & roll is balanced by pure hardcore country, pile-driving boogie woogie, rambling blues, old-timey folk songs, and, especially, reinterpretations of familiar songs that are so thoroughly reimagined they seem like they were written specifically for Jerry Lee. And he does this the same way he's always done it: by singing and playing the hell out of the songs. His phrasing remains original and unpredictable, twisting phrases in unexpected ways — and, yes, throwing his name into the mix frequently, too — and his piano is equally vigorous and vital. This is a record that stays true to his music, and in doing so, it's not so much a comeback as it is a summation: a final testament from a true American original, one that explains exactly why he's important. But that makes Last Man Standing sound too serious, as if it were one of those self-consciously morbid Johnny Cash records — no, this is a record that celebrates life, both in its joys and sorrows, and it's hard not to see it as nothing short of inspiring.
www.allmusicguide.com |
| 8th September 2006 11:55 PM |
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| Bitch |
Thanks for the news Gazza.
Thanks for the link Nellcote.
It def showcases Jerry Lee, not the other artists! He is outstanding in his own way, but I'm not buying it. |
| 9th September 2006 01:34 AM |
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| Kilroy |
God Bless The Killer |
| 10th September 2006 01:14 PM |
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| Fabio Hot Stuff |
LONG LIVE JERRY LEE!!!!!
WE LOVE YA! |
| 11th September 2006 03:45 PM |
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| Sir Stonesalot |
Kid rock, Toby Keith and DON HENLEY?????
WTF!!!!
I can't buy this. My CD collection is Henley & Toby free, and it'll stay that way. |
| 11th September 2006 03:47 PM |
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| jb |
Never really cared for "The Killer". |
| 11th September 2006 06:12 PM |
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| mrhipfl |
quote:
Sir Stonesalot wrote:
Kid rock, Toby Keith and DON HENLEY?????
WTF!!!!
I can't buy this. My CD collection is Henley & Toby free, and it'll stay that way.
I suggest iTunes |
