Jerry Lee Lewis

The Killer puts together an astonishing set of covers here, with the help of big name rock and country people he basically gave birth to with his careers of the '50s and '60s. His voice, bathed in echo, sounds amazing throughout, his asides as lascivious as ever and the lineup -- Jimmy Page, Mick Jagger and Ron Wood, Kid Rock, Delaney Bramlett, George Jones, etc. -- is marvelous. Fantastic arrangements, perfect match ups and a really filthy recording -- this album is amazing. How long have we waited for Jerry Lee to sing this version of "Lost Highway?" The wait is over.

Jerry Lee Lewis is older and tougher than you. At seventy, he could eat your liver for
breakfast, sleep with your kid sister and then burn down your house after a light lunch. So
rounding up twenty-one heavy hitters (Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, etc.) for a
Jerry Lee Lewis duets album either means that they're paying their respects to one of the
inventors of rock & roll, the wild man of the piano who came up with the sonic ex... More >