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Jerry Lee Lewis - Last Man Standing Divx
Format: avi
Video: DivX 3 590x480 25.00fps 928kbps
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 44100Hz stereo 120kbps
Size: 1.10 GB
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It's called Last Man Standing, an apt-enough description when you consider that so many of his peers, like Sun Records mentor Sam Phillips and "Million Dollar Quartet" partners Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins, are six feet under. But Jerry Lee Lewis doesn't spend a lot of time on his feet during any portion of this two-hour show, the visual complement to his 2006 CD Last Man Standing: The Duets. Truth is, at 71, the Ferriday (Louisiana) Fireball is fairly rickety; sitting almost immobile at the keyboard, he's a far cry from the rock & roll firebrand who'd leap to his feet, kick away his piano stool, and wail, his golden locks flying. So this meeting between Lewis and about a dozen singing partners, ranging from fellow veterans (Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard) to relative youngsters (Chris Isaak, Norah Jones, Kid Rock), would have been more exciting had it happened, say, 10 years ago. It's still pretty cool. Lewis' piano chops are strong; his singing, while obviously weaker than in his heyday, ain't half bad either; he's got a great band, including guitarists Nils Lofgren and Rolling Stone Ron Wood and drummer Jim Keltner; and both he and his guests (not to mention the studio audience) are having a hellacious good time. Of course, he's still playing "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On," the two rock & roll classics that bookend this 28-song set. But most of the repertoire emphasizes Lewis' country roots: there are Hank Williams chestnuts ("Your Cheatin' Heart" with Jones, "Jambalaya" with Nelson, "You Win Again" with Don Henley), genre classics ("Will the Circle Be Unbroken," with Kristofferson and John Fogerty), country blues ("Hadacol Boogie," with Buddy Guy), country-flavored rock ("Little Queenie" and "Honky Tonk Women" with Rock)... even a country fried version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," with Isaak. It's all a bit tame, but Last Man Standing (which includes some vintage Lewis performance clips, interviews, and a few brief bonus features) is nonetheless a worthy celebration of a national treasure.
• Great Balls of Fire
• Chantilly Lace
• Green Green Grass of Home with Tom Jones
• End of the Road with Tom Jones
• Who Will the Next Fool Be with Solomon Burke
• Today I Started Lovin’ You Again with Solomon Burke
• Crazy Arms with Norah Jones
• Your Cheatin’ Heart with Norah Jones
• Hadacol Boogie with Buddy Guy
• Don’t Put No Headstone on My Grave
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow with Chris Isaak
• Cry with Chris Isaak
• Rockin’ My Life Away with Ron Wood
• Lewis Boogie
• Bumming Around with Merle Haggard
• What’d I Say with Ivan Neville
• Once More With Feeling with Kris Kristofferson
• CC Rider with John Fogerty
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken with John Fogerty & Kris Kristofferson
• Good Golly Miss Molly with John Fogerty
• Trouble in Mind with Ron Wood
• Jambalaya with Willie Nelson
• You Win Again with Don Henley
• Little Queenie with Kid Rock
• Honky Tonk Woman with Kid Rock
• That Lucky Old Sun with Ken Lovelace
• Roll Over Beethoven
• Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On
Plus Bonus Features Including:
• Goodnight Irene with Merle Haggard
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