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There's a different feel to 2014's Rock & Roll Time, the third album Jerry Lee Lewis has made with benefactor and producer Steve Bing. Once again, superstar drummer Jim Keltner co-produces (as he did on 2010's Mean Old Man), and the pair bring the Killer back where he belongs -- right at Sun Studios. In case anybody missed the point, Jerry Lee is placed directly in front of the old Sun building itself on the cover of Rock & Roll Time, underscoring a point the music makes perfectly plain: Jerry Lee is once again singing some of that old-time rock & roll. It's a back-to-basics move, and to that end, Bing and Keltner made the canny decision to dial back the superstar cameos that threatened to overwhelm Lewis on Last Man Standing and Mean Old Man. Some familiar names join Jerry Lee in the studio -- Keith Richards and Ron Wood, Neil Young, Robbie Robertson, Nils Lofgren, Doyle Bramhall II, Derek Trucks, and Jon Brion all are here -- but only Shelby Lynne shares the microphone with him, which means the album belongs to nobody but the Killer. He sounds his age, as he should at 79, but he still sounds vibrant, whether he's once again singing Chuck Berry songs he's played countless times before, or laying into Kris Kristofferson's "Rock & Roll Time," Bob Dylan's obscure "Stepchild," or Mack Vickery's "Keep Me in Mind." The emphasis is on greasy groove, an appropriate move considering the Killer's advanced age, but by placing feel first and foremost, it's possible to pay attention to how Lewis' vocal phrasing remains sly and supple. Nobody else can sing like Jerry Lee and it remains a pleasure to hear him sink his teeth into nearly any song, especially when he's supported by a team as sympathetic as he is here.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Bob Neuwirth, ComposerLyricist - James McGuinn, ComposerLyricist - Kris Kristofferson, ComposerLyricist - Doyle Bramhall II, FeaturedArtist - Jim Keltner, Producer - Jerry Lee Lewis, MainArtist - JON BRION, FeaturedArtist - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2014 Shangri La, LLC.
Jim Keltner, Producer - Chuck Berry, ComposerLyricist - KEITH RICHARDS, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Lee Lewis, MainArtist - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2014 Shangri La, LLC.
Doyle Bramhall II, FeaturedArtist - Jim Keltner, Producer - Bob Dylan, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Lanois, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Lee Lewis, MainArtist - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2014 Shangri La, LLC.
Christopher Kenner, ComposerLyricist - Jim Keltner, Producer - Jerry Lee Lewis, MainArtist - Dave Bartholomew, ComposerLyricist - JON BRION, FeaturedArtist - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2014 Shangri La, LLC.
Jim Keltner, Producer - Neil Young, FeaturedArtist - Jimmy Reed, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Lee Lewis, MainArtist - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2014 Shangri La, LLC.
Nils Lofgren, FeaturedArtist - Johnny Cash, ComposerLyricist - Jim Keltner, Producer - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Lee Lewis, MainArtist - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2014 Shangri La, LLC.
Jim Keltner, Producer - Jerry Lee Lewis, MainArtist - JON BRION, FeaturedArtist - MACK VICKERY, ComposerLyricist - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2014 Shangri La, LLC.
Derek Trucks, MainArtist - Doyle Bramhall II, MainArtist - Ronnie Van Zant, ComposerLyricist - Jim Keltner, Producer - Jerry Lee Lewis, MainArtist - Al Kooper, ComposerLyricist - Robert Burns, ComposerLyricist - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2014 Shangri La, LLC.
Jim Keltner, Producer - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Lee Lewis, MainArtist - Jimmie Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2014 Shangri La, LLC.
Kris Kristofferson, ComposerLyricist - Jim Keltner, Producer - Jerry Lee Lewis, MainArtist - Shelby Lynne, FeaturedArtist - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2014 Shangri La, LLC.
Doyle Bramhall II, FeaturedArtist - Jim Keltner, Producer - Chuck Berry, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Lee Lewis, MainArtist - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2014 Shangri La, LLC.
Album review
There's a different feel to 2014's Rock & Roll Time, the third album Jerry Lee Lewis has made with benefactor and producer Steve Bing. Once again, superstar drummer Jim Keltner co-produces (as he did on 2010's Mean Old Man), and the pair bring the Killer back where he belongs -- right at Sun Studios. In case anybody missed the point, Jerry Lee is placed directly in front of the old Sun building itself on the cover of Rock & Roll Time, underscoring a point the music makes perfectly plain: Jerry Lee is once again singing some of that old-time rock & roll. It's a back-to-basics move, and to that end, Bing and Keltner made the canny decision to dial back the superstar cameos that threatened to overwhelm Lewis on Last Man Standing and Mean Old Man. Some familiar names join Jerry Lee in the studio -- Keith Richards and Ron Wood, Neil Young, Robbie Robertson, Nils Lofgren, Doyle Bramhall II, Derek Trucks, and Jon Brion all are here -- but only Shelby Lynne shares the microphone with him, which means the album belongs to nobody but the Killer. He sounds his age, as he should at 79, but he still sounds vibrant, whether he's once again singing Chuck Berry songs he's played countless times before, or laying into Kris Kristofferson's "Rock & Roll Time," Bob Dylan's obscure "Stepchild," or Mack Vickery's "Keep Me in Mind." The emphasis is on greasy groove, an appropriate move considering the Killer's advanced age, but by placing feel first and foremost, it's possible to pay attention to how Lewis' vocal phrasing remains sly and supple. Nobody else can sing like Jerry Lee and it remains a pleasure to hear him sink his teeth into nearly any song, especially when he's supported by a team as sympathetic as he is here.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:31:50
- Main artists: Jerry Lee Lewis
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Vanguard
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2014 Shangri La, LLC. ℗ 2014 Shangri La, LLC.
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