Jerry Lee Lewis

The second disc of this true achievement in honky tonk finds Jerry Lee covering everything from "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" to "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" (which is unspeakably great). If Live At the Star Club is the definitive document of Lewis' raucous rock 'n' roll years, these recordings from 1978-1985 are just as important, capturing Lewis past the strife that marked his middle age, able to laugh here and there, but always gravitating toward darker material, like "Pictures From Life's Other Side." Anything with a reference to alcohol, age or the grave in the title rules on here.