Tony Papard wrote:PeterC wrote:Tony Papard wrote:(I have no idea who Steve Cropper is, but that will come as no surprise to people as I hadn't heard of Slash either, or Freddie Mercury, or...... practically any musician not rock'n'roll or Country who emerged since the 1960s. A slight exaggeration, but I suspect Jerry Lee is similar to me is this respect. I hadn't clue who that fat old bloke was who wandered on stage during 'Goodnite Irene' in 1989 at Hammersmith Odeon. Van Morrison, I later discovered. Didn't know who Brian May was either, or most of the other guests.)
The difference is that Steve Cropper has backed Jerry in the studio before, & you probably even have photos of them together (he was on 'Southern Roots'!).
With Jerry's recordings my attitude is similar to his when he said: 'I played on 'em, what the Hell else d'ya need to know?' The big exception being Kenny Lovelace - love his fiddle and guitar playing.
Jerry is exaggerating,whitout all the good mucicians that have been on his record there would be no good JLL records at all.Jerry alone with his piana is nothing.Think about it.