Brian and Murdock remember “the last one” – The Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis – and discuss the time he went to blows with a certain member of the 27 Club.
SHOW NOTES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis
https://www.factinate.com/people/facts-jerry-lee-lewis/
https://musicoholics.com/best-of-the-best/the-wild-life-of-jerry-lee-lewis-aka-the-killer/
https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/jerry-lee-lewis-obituary-1935-2022.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie-woogie
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/366614537
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Kilroy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Joplin
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-1968-the-doors-at-the-forum-20180420-story.html
https://tasteofcountry.com/did-jerry-lee-lewis-set-a-piano-on-fire/
1001 Album Club podcast: https://www.1001albumclub.com/episodes/048-jerry-lee-lewis-live-at-the-star-club-hamburg/
The Grand Ole Opry show in 1973 is a better show. He completely hi-jacked the Opry that night. Each act is only supposed to get 8 minutes. He did 45! Which means they werent able to get paid because they werent able to do the commercials. He wasnt supposed to swear or do rock songs. He broke both rules and closed the show with Hank Williams his hero who got kicked off the Opry and he knew he was kicked off the Opry after what he did!