Goldmine, June 8th, 2007
Hellraiser
"You remember me, don't 'cha?"
That highly uncharacteristic query from a 71-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis seals off "Rock And Roll," the Led Zeppelin anthem opening the Killer's comeback album Last Man Standing (Zep's Jimmy Page's lead guitar sparkles on the track).
A half century of turning the music world upside down with his pumping piano antics and well-publicized scandals have made Lewis a rock role model for the ages. As the title of his CD asserts, he's the last breathing member of the visionaries that congregated on Sam Phillips' Sun Records doorstep to render the fiery sound ...
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