I think it's a shame that Jerry Lee Lewis is still being trotted out to perform. He appears to be frail and forgetful. I think he needs to rest and rejuvenate.
I prefer to remember the Jerry Lee I saw in the early 80s--an amazing performer who somehow centered each song on himself (!) and was one of the fathers of rock 'n roll.
But, did you know that it was country music fans who kept him alive musically for many years?
In May 1958, during a tour of the UK, Jerry Lee admitted he was married to his 13-year-old first cousin and that was the beginning of the end. (Sadly, nowadays, if this came out, he'd have gotten his own primetime reality show, but I digress.) His fee of $10,000 per show dropped to $250 and he didn't record for Sun Records again. But he kept at it and returned to country, scoring big a decade later on the country charts with "Another Place, Another Time," followed by many more hits that sustained him. Here are two songs from the country side of the Killer.
"What Made Milwaukee Famous":
"She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye":
Porter Tubb
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