Jerry Lee won Comeback Album of the Year at the 2007 Blues Music Awards for Last Man Standing and as far as I can tell it is justly deserved. Now it is a album where he covers a lot of other people stuff but he seems to do a very good job on it. Now I never have been a great fan of The Killer. There is no reason behind it but I just didn’t listen to his stuff. Well after listening to a few tracks off of this new album I guess I may have to pick it up.

Now Jerry Lee has had a very long career. You could say that his career started back in his youth when he began playing piano with his cousins. You may have heard of them, Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart. Like most from the south he cut his teeth on gospel while being influenced by the sounds coming from the juke joints. He cut his first demo back in 1954 and tried to peddle it in Nashville but it wasn’t until two years later he was able to convince Sun Records producer Jack Clement to record it. Yep the same Sun Records that you hear of when people talk about Cash, Presley, or Carl Perkins. It is there that he recorded Great Balls of Fire and Whole Lot of Shakin’ Goin’ On. The only thing is that his early success was somewhat short lived because of the little scandal surrounding his marriage to his second cousin.

It took many years for him to recover and get back on the charts on a regular basis. It was country music that did it for him. Through his career revival he was able to go back to doing his special kind of piano infused rock and roll boogie. He is still enjoying success today and you can still enjoy one of the most energetic musicians around when you go to one of his shows. If you get the chance don’t miss it though. You never know if you will get another chance.

Check out some of his albums from Amazon.com like Last Man Standing: Live or The Complete Million Dollar Quartet .

I am going to leave you with a little video of Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, and Ray Charles. You need to watch it, it is an awesome video.

I used the Jerry Lee Lewis site, the Wiki on him, and The blues foundation site as references.

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