Jerry Lee Lewis - Southern Roots/Boogie Woogie Country Man

Title: Southern Roots/Boogie Woogie Country Man Artist: Jerry Lee Lewis Release Date: 3/30/2004 Label: Raven Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 612657017326 Genre: Rock Style: Honky Tonk Moods: Confident, Energetic, Exuberant, Joyous, Passionate, Rambunctious, Rollicking, Rowdy, Boisterous, Brash, Bravado, Confrontational, Earnest, Earthy, Exciting, Fiery, Fun, Intense, Outrageous, Playful, Raucous, Rebellious, Reckless, Rousing, Swaggering, Theatrical, Cheerful, Amiable/Good-Natured, Manic, Provocative, Stylish, Freewheeling, Organic, Bittersweet, Party/Celebratory, Sentimental, Urgent Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Meat Man
2. When a Man Loves a Woman
3. Hold On! I'm Comin'
4. Just a Little Bit
5. Born to Be a Loser
6. The Haunted House
7. Blueberry Hill
8. The Revolutionary Man
9. Big Blue Diamonds
10. That Old Bourban Street Church
11. Margie [*]
12. Cry [*]
13. I'm Still Jealous of You
14. A Little Peace and Harmony
15. Jesus Is on the Mainline (Call Him Sometime)
16. Forever Forgiving
17. (Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You
18. Red Hot Memories (Ice Cold Beer)
19. I Can Still Hear the Music in the Restroom
20. Love Inflation
21. I Was Sorta Wonderin'
22. Thanks for Nothing
23. Boogie Woogie Country Man
24. That Kind of Fool [*]
25. A Damn Fine Country Song [*]
26. When I Take My Vacation in Heaven [*]
27. Don't Boogie Woogie (When You Say Your Prayers Tonight) [*]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2004 CD Raven 173

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Raven Records have done it again, pairing of two of Jerry Lee Lewis' best albums of the '70s into one hot CD, well over an hour of pounding, rippling rock & roll, with salaciousness and a sense of humor to spare. Some of what's here is laugh-out-loud funny and a lot else is openly lewd, but Lewis keeps the ivories so busy -- in tandem with an array of guitarists that include Steve Cropper, Carl Perkins, and Tony Joe White -- that somehow this record never got hung up by the censors, and Huey P. Meaux's production on the Southern Roots sessions gives you a sound so crisp that you'd swear it was the product of rock & roll's lean, mean early years, and not luxuriating in the services of upward of two-dozen players. The two bonus tracks from those sessions, incidentally, are fully worth hearing and only make this a more urgent acquisition for fans of rock & roll and honky tonk, or Lewis completists. The material off of Boogie Woogie Country Man is not as bracing but it captures the artist in a more reflective mode, trying for subtlety over excitement and mostly succeeding really well -- his playing here is downright gorgeous and his singing is finely nuanced. Most of that material consists of ballads with some gospel thrown in, and Lewis' keyboard acrobatics on "Jesus Is on the Mainline" is worth the price of admission on this end of the CD. The original album ended with the pounding rocker "Boogie Woogie Country Man," which is still a killer track, but here is followed by four bonus cuts from the same sessions -- the latter consist of country ballads ("That Kind of Fool"), the confessional (and bittersweet) "Damn Fine Country Song," the gospel number "When I Take My Vacation in Heaven," and the delightful throwaway confessional "Don't Boogie Woogie." The sound is killer, and the annotation by Australian writer John Dowler is very thorough, a final bonus on one of the best bargains in Lewis' entire CD catalog. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Jackson, Jr. Drums Andrew Love Sound Effects Augie Meyers Organ, Vox Organ Billy Sanford Guitar Bob Moore Bass Buddy Harman Drums Chip Young Guitar Donald "Duck" Dunn Bass Ed Logan Sound Effects Glenn A. Baker Preparation for Release Gordon Stoker Group Member Harold Bradley Guitar Hoyt Hawkins Group Member Huey P. Meaux Producer Ian McFarlane Preparation for Release J.L. "Marty" Morrison Organ Jack Hale Sound Effects James H. Brown Organ Jerry Kennedy Producer Jerry Shook Guitar Jimmy Tarbutton Guitar Joel Williams Drums Johnny Christopher Guitar Kenneth Lovelace Fiddle, Guitar Kevin Mueller Concept, Preparation for Release Lloyd Green Guitar (Steel) Mack Vickery Harmonica Mark Lindsay Horn Millie Kirkham Accompaniment Neal Matthews Group Member Paul Cannon Guitar Pete Drake Guitar (Steel) Pete Wade Guitar Peter Shillito Preparation for Release Ray C. Walker Group Member Ray Edenton Guitar Robert Tarrant Drums Russ Carlson Horn Steve Cropper Session Leader, Guitar Sugar Sweets Vocals (Background) The Jordanaires Accompaniment Tommy Allsup Guitar Tommy Cathy Bass Tony Joe White Guitar Trish Williams Accompaniment Warren Barnett Mastering Wayne Jackson Sound Effects