Which Jerry Lee Sound Do You Like Best?

[peterchecksfield]

Live: With the Memphis Horns (Chicago '73 and Newport '74)

Those weren't the Memphis Horns.

[Roland Boy]

Stuff I like (and play) the most:
The earliest Sun material (up into '59)
The Star Club album
The first Elektra album
The GBOF soundtrack (ballsy and punchy)
Anything with just JLL alone at the piano

Stuff I dislike (and play the least):
Early '60s Sun recordings (can't stand the organ and dragging arrangements of things like 'Be-Bop-A-Lula')
Some of the wishy-washy Smash stuff ('Turn On Your Lovelight' etc.)
'The Killer Rocks On' LP (all those awful strings - they ruin 'Don't Be Cruel')
'Southern Roots' - JLL and horns? No thanks.

[Amadeu]

Live: With the Memphis Horns (Chicago '73 and Newport '74)

Those weren't the Memphis Horns.

Maybe the WAYNE COCHRAN & THE SEE SEE RIDERS’?
By the way, I like very much these shows with Jerry and this orchestra behind him

[peterchecksfield]

Live: With the Memphis Horns (Chicago '73 and Newport '74)

Those weren't the Memphis Horns.

Maybe the WAYNE COCHRAN & THE SEE SEE RIDERS’?
By the way, I like very much these shows with Jerry and this orchestra behind him

No, they were just The Memphis Beats.

[peterchecksfield]

I also really enjoy just Jerry with his piano. Too bad the trends in music
toward acoustic etc. wasn't in vogue in those days. It would have been great to see him do a complete solo, one-man show type of tour once in his life.

I'd find this a little boring myself (except perhaps for 1 or 2 songs), preferring to hear him with a band. However I'd like to see him do shows with no guitars (just bass & drums) like he did in the 50s.

[Tommy]

There's a video with Jerry alone on the piano playing GBOF and WLSGO:

http://jerryleelewis-spain.com/spain.html

Click in the video from 1990.

Wow! Great! Where´s this clip from and why didn´t he have backing musicians? haven´t seen him performed like that before!

[peterchecksfield]

There's a video with Jerry alone on the piano playing GBOF and WLSGO:

http://jerryleelewis-spain.com/spain.html

Click in the video from 1990.

Wow! Great! Where´s this clip from and why didn´t he have backing musicians? haven´t seen him performed like that before!

Spanish TV 1990, & he did similar TV shows without a band prior to this (2 shows in the UK in 1980, a TV show in Italy in 1987).

[Roland Boy]

Loved his 'solo' stint on 'Blue Peter' in 1980. Shame it was in the pre-John Leslie days... (Hope that doesn't offend anyone.)

[bailbath]

Sarcasm does not suit you Roland!
Ian

[Tim in St. Louis]

I also really enjoy just Jerry with his piano. Too bad the trends in music
toward acoustic etc. wasn't in vogue in those days. It would have been great to see him do a complete solo, one-man show type of tour once in his life.

I'd find this a little boring myself (except perhaps for 1 or 2 songs), preferring to hear him with a band. However I'd like to see him do shows with no guitars (just bass & drums) like he did in the 50s.

I was thinking along the lines of Elton John's solo piano shows which I enjoyed as a twist to his usual band.

Question: In his prime what would you have expected had Jerry done a one man show, just him and his piano? I think it would have forced him into more interaction with the audience and would have revealed his personality much more, on-stage.

Since this will obviously never happen, I'm more interested in what people think such a show would have been like.

[Roland Boy]

Sarcasm does not suit you Roland!
Ian

I've got no idea what you're talking about, but if Elton John continues to be mentioned on this JLL message board I shall be forced to post threads about Bobby Crush.

[Tim in St. Louis]

Sarcasm does not suit you Roland!
Ian

I've got no idea what you're talking about, but if Elton John continues to be mentioned on this JLL message board I shall be forced to post threads about Bobby Crush.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ibcUjP1YOI

[ChrisdeB]

Loved his 'solo' stint on 'Blue Peter' in 1980. Shame it was in the pre-John Leslie days... (Hope that doesn't offend anyone.)

Boring!!! I suggest you move on like the rest of us!!!!

[bailbath]

Sarcasm does not suit you Roland!
Ian

I've got no idea what you're talking about, but if Elton John continues to be mentioned on this JLL message board I shall be forced to post threads about Bobby Crush.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ibcUjP1YOI

This is not the place for Elton John youtube the matter with Roland Boy has been dealt with there is no need to try to wind him up. I suggest me concentrate on the thread title.
Ian
PS sorry to sound like a headmaster but come on guys we are adults!