Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Jerry Lee Lewis -- The Golden Hits of ...

  Recorded years after the scandal, for those of you who don't know he married his 13 year old cousin once removed, Jerry Lee signed to Smash Records.  They rerecorded all of his typical hits and covers as his opening album for his new label.  The renditions of the old material are great, maybe not Sam Phillips quality, but who cares because after this he stuck to the country ballads -- less killer, more filler.  Let's all remember the man for who he was, a wild entertainer and one hell of a piano player, trailblazing with his piano on fire way before anyone else could have muttered the very idea ...