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Jerry Lee Lewis - Country Collection Audio CD

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Jerry Lee Lewis Band: Jerry Lee Lewis
Title: Country Collection
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Release Date: 2000-04-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Heartaches By The Number 2: Green Green Grass Of Home 3: Help Me Make It Through The Night 4: Detroit City 5: King Of The Road 6: I'm So Lonesome I Coul Cry 7: Break My Mind 8: Sweet Dreams 9: Reuben James 10: Another Place Another Time 11: Before The Next Teardrop Falls 12: Pick Me Up On Your Way Home 13: What's Made Milwaukee Famous 14: Louisiana Man 15: Middle Age Crazy 16: I'm A Lonesome Fugitive 17: She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye 18: Today I Started Loving You Again 19: I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know 20: There Stands The Glass

Over The Rainbow - nice!
I bought this for his rendition of Over The Rainbow. I'm not a big Jerry Lee fan. I had it over 20 years ago as a 45!! That's been long gone. . . lol. I searched hard for this song and am so glad to finally have it again. Its a wonderful version. I'm pleasantly surprised to really like the entire CD. I'm happy I bought it. Very pleasant.


The Best of Jerry Lee Lewis
What can you say about Jerry Lee Lewis there is only one his music is fabulous.


Quitcher Slaverin', Angus
Sure, Jerry Lee has made a song or two now and then that sounded better than the original artist's version; that's the trouble, typical of his albums is the fact that so many of the tunes WERE made by somebody else and often a LOT of somebody else's. There's no need to overdo it. Nobody to write an original tune for him, I guess. But he can call "What Made Milwaukee Famous" and such his own and if you've never heard the other, usually better, versions, Jerry Lee could usually deliver a good tune so enjoy. Today he shops at Wal-Mart.


Great and real country
However, after listening to it one wonders "how come we do not hear more of this guy, Jerry Lee Lewis". This CD is one of the greatest of its kind and era. Well, this is the mystery. Of all the country singers of the post-Hank Williams era, Jerry Lee is undoubtedly the best and the most convincing. His blues soaked delivery echoes the style that Moon Mullican, Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers pioneered. His driving self determination echoes Bill Monroe's. He has had dozens of hits and his songs have been covered and made famous by dozens of people. For example, Jerry Lee inspired Tom Jones to do "Green green grass of home" and Freddy Fender to do "Before the next tear drop falls". In addition to being the inspiration behind others to have hits (JLL was on to Kris Kristofferson songs before they ever were famous and "Help me make it through the night" was one of many Jerry Lee featured - this would be a major standard 2-3 years later), Jerry Lee also had his own big hits like "Another place another time" and "What's made Milwaukee famous". Of course, Jerry Lee also respected the heritage of country music and when in the mood sang the definitive latter-day versions of Jimmie Rodgers, Moon Mullican, Hank Williams and Jim Reeves (to name but a few) classics. This collection samples a lot of this (mixing JLL original hits, JLL originals later to be made famous by others and also JLL's 'thank you's' to those who inspired him.

Jerry Lee undoubtedly is one of the finest vocalists and musicians around, and arguably the greatest living talent. This excellent collection just shows one side of his massive talents (country music). This is how country should be and that the influence of Jerry Lee does not exist in today's so-called country shows (not one JLL song was on Alan Jackson's "Under the influence" for instance, and it shows). JLL is 67 years old now, but he can still do blues and country 100 times better than any living artist half his age and that's a guarenteed fact.


Worth it!
The set gives the listener 3 great cuts from that time when Jerry Lee was working for Electra records and just happened to cut three wonderful albums while there. This set covers a later time in Jerry's career,that being 1979,'80;'81 and 1982. We get to experience a rowdy honky tonker"39 & Holdin'" from the original "Killer Country"ALBUM (not to be confused with the more recent compliation) the bitter sweet "Over the Rainbow" (yes,THAT Over the Rainbow) from the same album,and the old Roger Miller hit which Jerry took to the counrty chart tops, "When Two World's Collide" from the album by the same name. Its a great honky tonk tune too! These cuts are superb!
There is a Warner Brothers cd out that combines all three Electra works, "Jerry Lee Lewis","When Two Worlds Collide" and "Killer Country" and it is simply wonderful! It isn't offered on Amazon,though they probably could get it. This one will do but the other is SOOOO MUCH MORE!!!.


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