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Jerry Lee Lewis made his first Steve Bing-produced comeback in 2006 with Last Man Standing, an all-star duets album that packed a surprising punch. With Jim Keltner replacing Jimmy Ripp as co-producer, Bing leads the Killer through the same basic formula for 2010’s Mean Old Man, even retaining many of the same all-stars from before -- Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Ron Wood, Merle Haggard, Robbie Robertson, Ringo Starr, John Fogerty, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Kid Rock all return because who wouldn’t want them all to return for seconds? -- but the vibe on this record is a little more subdued, with Keltner favoring a welcome muddy Sun murk over the crisp snap of Last Man Standing. So, there’s nothing that rampages like his take on Led Zeppelin’s “Rock N Roll” -- although “Roll Over Beethoven,” with Ringo and John Mayer in tow, comes close -- but the slower tempos suit the 74-year old Killer, letting him dig into the contours of the songs and he gets into the nitty-gritty of the Stones’ “Dead Flowers” and “Sweet Virginia” (the latter cleaned up so Jerry Lee is cleaning the shine off his shoes), sounds invigorated to be singing gospel with Solomon Burke and finds an ideal harmony partner in Gillian Welch, whose presence elevates “Please Release Me” and “I Really Don’t Want To Know.” On these last two, Jerry Lee Lewis doesn’t quite sound like the Mean Old Man of the title -- old, yes, but sorrowful not spiteful -- but the record does find the Killer reviving his old snarl thanks to the title track, the Kid Rock and Slash-graced “Rockin’ My Life Away” and, best of all, a terrific reading of “You Can Have Her” featuring Eric Clapton and James Burton. With each track designed as a showcase for the featured guest, Mean Old Man winds up playing a little like a collection of moments but it’s hard to complain when the moments prove that you can still be vigorous and vital at the age of 74.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Kris Kristofferson, ComposerLyricist - Mickey Raphael, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rick Rosas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Walbourne, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Wood, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Lovelace, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rick Rosas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Slash, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kid Rock, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - MACK VICKERY, ComposerLyricist - Kenny Lovelace, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rick Rosas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - KEITH RICHARDS, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Walbourne, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Lovelace, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sonny Throckmorton, ComposerLyricist - Tim McGraw, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Waddy Wachtel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rick Rosas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Leisz, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gillian Welch, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JON BRION, Acoustic Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Wood, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Lovelace, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Leila Moss, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Clapton, Guitar, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Cook, ComposerLyricist - Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - James Burton, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Rosas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - JON BRION, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - James Walbourne, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Lovelace, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mickey Raphael, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rick Rosas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sheryl Crow, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Davis, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - JON BRION, Bass Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Lovelace, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Sinay, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rick Rosas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shelby Lynne, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eddy Arnold, ComposerLyricist - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Lovelace, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Sinay, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - James Burton, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Rosas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Merle Haggard, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Walbourne, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Lovelace, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Berry, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ringo Starr, Drums, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Mayer, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James "Hutch" Hutchinson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JON BRION, Baritone Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Lovelace, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kris Kristofferson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rick Rosas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - KEITH RICHARDS, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Walbourne, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Lovelace, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Bing, Producer - LaTonya Hall, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Solomon Burke, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Leisz, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - J.R. Baxter, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James "Hutch" Hutchinson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ivan Neville, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Lovelace, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Tillman, ComposerLyricist - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rick Rosas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Fogerty, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Walbourne, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Lovelace, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Sinay, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dub Williams, ComposerLyricist - Robert Young, ComposerLyricist - Mickey Raphael, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - EDDIE MILLER, ComposerLyricist - Rick Rosas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Leisz, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gillian Welch, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Lovelace, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Sinay, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Willie Nelson, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Stroud, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Bush, ComposerLyricist - Mickey Raphael, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rick Rosas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Leisz, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Lovelace, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Sinay, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Donald Robertson, ComposerLyricist - Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rick Rosas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gillian Welch, FeaturedArtist - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Lovelace, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Sinay, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Howard E.R. Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kris Kristofferson, ComposerLyricist - Mickey Raphael, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rick Rosas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Leisz, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Lovelace, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Sinay, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nils Lofgren, Pedal Steel, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Leisz, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Mavis Staples, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BOB GLAUB, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - A.P. CARTER, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Halley, ComposerLyricist - Jim Keltner, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jerry Lee Lewis, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Pradler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Sluiter, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - William Schoenberg, ComposerLyricist - Steve Bing, Producer
℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Jerry Lee Lewis made his first Steve Bing-produced comeback in 2006 with Last Man Standing, an all-star duets album that packed a surprising punch. With Jim Keltner replacing Jimmy Ripp as co-producer, Bing leads the Killer through the same basic formula for 2010’s Mean Old Man, even retaining many of the same all-stars from before -- Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Ron Wood, Merle Haggard, Robbie Robertson, Ringo Starr, John Fogerty, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Kid Rock all return because who wouldn’t want them all to return for seconds? -- but the vibe on this record is a little more subdued, with Keltner favoring a welcome muddy Sun murk over the crisp snap of Last Man Standing. So, there’s nothing that rampages like his take on Led Zeppelin’s “Rock N Roll” -- although “Roll Over Beethoven,” with Ringo and John Mayer in tow, comes close -- but the slower tempos suit the 74-year old Killer, letting him dig into the contours of the songs and he gets into the nitty-gritty of the Stones’ “Dead Flowers” and “Sweet Virginia” (the latter cleaned up so Jerry Lee is cleaning the shine off his shoes), sounds invigorated to be singing gospel with Solomon Burke and finds an ideal harmony partner in Gillian Welch, whose presence elevates “Please Release Me” and “I Really Don’t Want To Know.” On these last two, Jerry Lee Lewis doesn’t quite sound like the Mean Old Man of the title -- old, yes, but sorrowful not spiteful -- but the record does find the Killer reviving his old snarl thanks to the title track, the Kid Rock and Slash-graced “Rockin’ My Life Away” and, best of all, a terrific reading of “You Can Have Her” featuring Eric Clapton and James Burton. With each track designed as a showcase for the featured guest, Mean Old Man winds up playing a little like a collection of moments but it’s hard to complain when the moments prove that you can still be vigorous and vital at the age of 74.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:14
- Main artists: Jerry Lee Lewis
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Shangri-La Roots, LLC
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2010 Shangri-La Roots, LLC under exclusive license to The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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