18 Original Sun Greatest Hits - Jerry Lee Lewis

Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at Oct 14 19:04

Jerry Lee Lewis played a countrified piano with a hard-rocking edge (for the ‘50s). He pounded on the piano to the point of it sounding like it was nearly breaking. It’s obvious to hear why he has become such a living legend. All of the Sun Records artists – Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Lewis being the three most famous – helped create new textures and attitudes in rock & roll music. His stomping piano and wild man vocals practically laid the groundwork for punk rock, or something very close to it. This is a great time and essential music. “Breathless” zips by on a rockabilly guitar-and-piano lick and sexually aggressive sighing that was lifted wholesale by bands such as X and Social Distortion. “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” are the most...Read more