Jerry Lee Lewis is one of the grand old men of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll. His career now spans seven decades. He was 79 when he entered the studio to record his latest album Rock & Roll Time. <\/i><\/p>\n
His last two studio efforts, Last Man Standing <\/i>(2006) and Mean Old Man <\/i>(2010), were duet albums. His latest release is all Jerry Lee. It is still heavy in star power, but the likes of Keith Richards, Neil Young, Nils Lofgren, Robbie Robertson, Doyle Bramhall II, and Shelby Lynne are regulated to guitarists and background vocalists. <\/p>\n
The title of the album is somewhat misleading. While he can still rock, as seen on covers of Chuck Berry\u2019s \u201cLittle Queenie\u201d and \u201cPromised Land,\u201d much of the album is more in tune with the country side of his career.<\/p>\n
The title track, written by Kris Kristofferson, has a plaintive and nostalgic feel. Lynyrd Skynrd\u2019s \u201cMississippi Kid\u201d is transformed into an emotional, country-tinged performance. \u201cKeep Me In Mind\u201d is a pure country ballad, reminiscent of many of his country hits during the 1970s. <\/p>\n
He reaches deep in the Bob Dylan catalogue with a sincere version of \u201cStepchild.\u201d In a tribute to his Sun label days, he straddles the line between rock and country with \u201cFolsom Prison Blues.\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice may not have the explosive power of his younger days, but he more than makes up for it with a laidback and smooth approach. He can still play the piano but also uses the array of guest guitarists to fill in the sound.<\/p>\n
Jerry Lee Lewis has produced a remarkable album at an age when most of his contemporaries have retired or passed on. It may not shake your nerves and rattle your brain, but there is still some fire in the music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":32255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7823],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-44008","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-jerry-lee-lewis","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44008"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}