Sam Phillips & Jerry Lee & Jesus

You better open up your door...

Thanks, Debbie D, for asking me to sit in on Jerry Lee Lewis month. I had a blast! I'll leave you all with a bit of Star-Club madness:

The morning after Saturday night...

"How Can The Devil Save Souls?!"

Sam Phillips and Jerry Lee talk Jesus, 1957

"The heartaches that pulled Jerry though..."

Jerry Lee Lewis month

In the mid 60s, the Killer would play anywhere that would have him. Silver Dollar Saloon at Terry Town, Loretto TN, July 1965.

Postcard via JERRYLEELEWIS.org

"His soul-shattering show..."

Review of JLL show, Town Hall, Birmingham, England. April 20, 1964. Via Graham Knight.

Who was the last man standing?

The Killer and Keef. The Ritz Club, NYC. January 29, 1981. Photo via JERRYLEELEWIS.org

"I’m no angel, but I’m a pretty nice guy.”

Autobiography

The Many Moods Of Jerry Lee

 Thanks to Rob Santos for the link!

Resolute

 

1969. Climbing back.

Wine Me Up

Jerry Lee Lewis  -  Wine Me Up 

Self-portrait: "My name is Jerry Lee Fuck-up Lewis"

"There Stands The Glass"

One of the Killer's greatest honky tonk performances.

"'Cause I love the women. Women. Women."

El Rancho Hotel, Sacramento, CA, August 21, 1976

Via JERRYLEELEWIS.org

By Request, more Killer at the Star-Club

Jerry Lee Lewis 1963 at the Star-Club. (c) K&K.

Jerry Lee Lewis month

Jerry Lee and Myra. Photo by Memphis Press-Scimitar.

That Lucky Old Sun

One of the Killer's sublime 50s tracks that went unreleased until the 70s.