The Killer Live! 1964-1970 collates, for the first time on CD, four underrated live records from the irascible rocker's lengthy career - beginning at a time when the world had passed The Killer by. But we wouldn't be doing our jobs right if we didn't elaborate on that one for you! I’m not quite sure what he is up to these days, but hopefully somewhere down south there is still a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on.This week's Release Round-Up gave some illumination on Hip-o Select's latest, a triple-disc anthology of live material from the one and only Jerry Lee Lewis. Jerry Lee Lewis, who broke out with Sun Records just as Elvis did, is every bit their equal in musical contribution, historical influence and showmanship. We have already spent time with Elvis Presley and Little Richard. I don’t think Iggy Pop (“Wild One”) or the punk band X (“Breathless”) hail from the swamps of Louisiana, but they all owe “The Killer” a big thank you for putting these songs up in lights a quarter of a century earlier.
Two other songs, neither of which are Lewis compositions, are tunes that caught my attention due to their familiarity as performed by other artists. This is the kind of energy we all wish we could see every time we enter a club for some live music. The opening piano on his original, self-titled “Lewis Boogie” is phenomenal.
Tributes to his home state of Louisiana include “When The Saints Go Marchin’ In” and Hank Williams’ bayou masterpiece “Jambalaya”. Like the original album title proclaims, there is no filler on this one.
Two of his biggest hits, “Whole Lot of Shakin’ Goin’ On” and “Great Balls of Fire” kick off the album. Simply, this album rocks from beginning to end. Like other collections, I couldn’t find this exact set, so I went with a similar anthology and collection of hits, “Jerry Lee Lewis At His Best”. The album “All Killer and No Filler” is rated as the #325 album on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. While his career certainly has had its share of controversy, he remains an icon of rock and roll, country music and rockabilly. Back over to rock and roll, today’s selection is the “The Killer”, Louisiana’s own Jerry Lee Lewis.
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