| Product Summary | | Label: ARTIST FIRST | | UPC: 00878722000123 | | Release Date: 9/26/2006 | | Buy.com Sku: 202864358 | | Item#: M33R5L | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Rock N' Roll - (with Jimmy Page) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis |  | | 2. Before The Night Is Over - (with B.B. King) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 3. Pink Cadillac - (with Bruce Springsteen) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 4. Evening Gown - (with Mick Jagger/Ronnie Wood) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 5. You Don't Have To Go - (with Neil Young) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 6. Twilight - (with Robbie Robertson) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 7. Travelin' Band - (with John Fogerty) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 8. That Kind Of Fool - (with Keith Richards) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 9. Sweet Little 16 - (with Ringo Starr) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 10. Just A Bummin' Around - (with Merle Haggard) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 11. Honky Tonk Woman - (with Kid Rock) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 12. What Made Milwaukee Famous - (with Rod Stewart) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 13. Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age - (with George Jones) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 14. Couple More Years, A - (with Willie Nelson) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 15. Old Glory - (with Toby Keith) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 16. Trouble In Mind - (with Eric Clapton) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 17. I Saw Her Standing There - (with Little Richard) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 18. Lost Highway - (with Delaney Bramlett) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 19. Hadacohl Boogie - (with Buddy Guy) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 20. That's What Makes The Irish Heart Beat - (with Don Henley) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 21. Pilgrim, The - (with Kris Kristofferson) ~ Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| | 50 Years ago, Sam Phillips' legendary Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee was the home of Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis, the Founding Fathers of Rock 'N Roll....Today Jerry Lee Lewis is the "Last Man Standing."
On the album, Jerry Lee Lewis sings duets with 22 musical Legends on new recordings of all time rock n roll favorites.
Performances from Lewis with Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Page, B.B. King, Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Neil Young, Ronnie Robertson, John Fogerty, Keith Richards, Ringo Starr, Merle Haggard, Kid Rock, Rod Stewart, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Toby Keith, Eric Clapton, Little Richard, Delaney Bramlett, Buddy Guy, Don Henley, and Kris Kristofferson.
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Jerry Lee Lewis (vocals, piano); Keith Richards, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Buddy Guy (vocals, guitar); Delaney Bramlett, Don Henley, George Jones, John Fogerty, Kid Rock, Little Richard, Merle Haggard, Mick Jagger, Neil Young, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, Toby Keith, Bruce Springsteen (vocals); Jimmy Rip, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Kenny Lovelace, Robbie Robertson (guitar); Ronnie Wood (pedal steel guitar); Ivan Neville (organ); Butch Hutchinson (bass guitar); Jim Keltner (drums). | | Around the time of his 71st birthday, rock-&-roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis unveiled LAST MAN STANDING, a celebratory outing that features a stunning cast of guest musicians, ranging from B.B. King and Little Richard to Merle Haggard and Neil Young. Among the many highlights of this album are Lewis's lively collaboration with guitarist Jimmy Page on Led Zeppelin's "Rock N' Roll," a rendition that wonderfully plays up the tune's 1950s leanings, and the Killer's honky-tonk spin on Hank Williams's "Lost Highway," which points to his often-overlooked country recordings and features Delaney Bramlett's searing six-string work. Like the latter-day recordings of his old Sun labelmate Johnny Cash, this Lewis collection points to a remarkable legacy, while also displaying his still-formidable talents, resulting in a musical testament to aging impressively well. | | It often seems like there are only two ways for rock, country, and blues veterans to launch comebacks when they're senior citizens: confront mortality head on or surround yourself with superstar guests to help carry you through a half-hearted stroll through your back catalog, scattering a few new tunes along the way. At first glance, Jerry Lee Lewis' Last Man Standing seems to fall into both categories: the title suggests that Jerry Lee is in the mood to take a long look back, and certainly the very concept of the album -- pairing Lewis with 21 other stars for a succession of duets, often on material that his guests either wrote or made famous -- seems like a typical superstar duet record. But the Killer has never been predictable, and nowhere is that truer than it is here, where Jerry Lee treats Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, John Fogerty, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Page, and 16 other stars as he treated the Nashville Teens at the Star Club in 1964 -- as game amateurs who have to sprint to keep up with the master. This is the only guest-studded superstar album where all the guests bend to the will of the main act, who dominates the proceedings in every conceivable way. Jerry Lee doesn't just run the guests ragged; he turns their songs inside out, too -- and nowhere is that clearer than on the opening "Rock and Roll," the Led Zeppelin classic that is now stripped of its signature riff and sounds as if it were a lost gem dug out of the Sun vaults. Far from struggling with this, Jimmy Page embraces it, following the Killer as he runs off on his own course -- he turns into support, and the rest of other 20 guests follow suit (with the possible exception of Kid Rock, who sounds like the party guest who won't go home on an otherwise strong version of "Honky Tonk Woman"). | | The label might sell Last Man Standing on the backs of the duet partners -- after all, it's awful hard to drum up interest in a record by a 71-year-old man no matter how great he is, so you need a hook like superstars -- but the album by no stretch of the imagination belongs to them. This is completely Jerry Lee's show from the second that he calls out, "It's been a long time since I rock & rolled," at the beginning of the record -- and those are true words, since he hasn't rocked on record in a long, long time. Ten years ago he cut the Andy Paley-produced Young Blood, but that was a typically tasteful self-conscious comeback record; it was driven as much by the producer's conception of the artist as it was the artist himself. The opposite is true here, where the production is simple and transparent, never interfering with the performances; it has the welcome effect of making it sound like there is simply no way to tame Jerry Lee, even though he's now in his seventies. And that doesn't mean that this is merely a hard-rocking record, although "Rock and Roll," "Pink Cadillac," and "Travelin' Band" do indeed rock harder than anything he's done since the '70s -- so hard that they stand proudly next to his classic Sun records, even if they don't have the unbridled fire of those peerless sides. No, this album touches on everything that Jerry Lee has done musically through his career, as the furious rock & roll is balanced by pure hardcore country, piledriving boogie-woogie, rambling blues, old-timey folk songs, and, especially, reinterpretations of familiar songs that are so thoroughly reimagined they seem like they were written specifically for Jerry Lee. And he does this the same way he's always done it: by singing and playing the hell out of the songs. His phrasing remains original and unpredictable, twisting phrases in unexpected ways -- and, yes, throwing his name into the mix frequently, too -- and his piano is equally vigorous and vital. This is a record that stays true to his music, and in doing so, it's not so much a comeback as it is a summation: a final testament from a true American original, one that explains exactly why he's important. But that makes Last Man Standing sound too serious, as if it were one of those self-consciously morbid Johnny Cash records -- no, this is a record that celebrates life, both in its joys and sorrows, and it's hard not to see it as nothing short of inspiring. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine |
Producer: Jimmy Rip; Steve Bing |
| | Artist Overview | | Owing as much to 1950s wrestling bad guy Gorgeous George as he did to Elvis Presley, rock's original wildman didn't so much play rock & roll as he played Jerry Lee Lewis. A powerful honky-tonk pianist and singer, Lewis is that rare breed of star whose outsize ego is more than matched by his talent. He was among the first to show that the piano could challenge the guitar's rock & roll hegemony, and--along with Elvis, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins--he formed the legendary mid-'50s stable of Sun Records, a group of performers that would forever change the face of popular music. |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | Berry, Chuck | | Berry, Chuck | | Berry, Chuck | | Berry, Chuck | | Cash, Johnny | | Sunday Down South/Sings Hank Williams ~ Cash, Johnny | | Domino, Fats | | Domino, Fats | | Rock 'N' Roll Never Forgets ~ Domino, Fats | | Domino, Fats | | Haley, Bill | | Little Richard | | Great Balls Of Fire ~ Original Soundtrack | | Perkins, Carl | | The Complete Million Dollar Quartet ~ Presley, Elvis | | Richard, Little | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | China: Essential Guide [PA] ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/26/2006 | | Original Release Date : 2006 | | Catalog ID : 20001 | | Label : Artist First | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00878722000123 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (p.70)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Despite all the high-powered guests, Lewis stays in charge throughout LAST MAN STANDING....Most of his command now comes from the slamming, swinging passion of his barrelhouse piano."Entertainment Weekly (p.80)
- "The Killer's first new studio CD in more than a decade finds him in strong form, his iconic voice still recognizable and ivory-tinkling fingers still nimble..." Q (p.146)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "Impressive at any age." No Depression (p.97)
- "Nothing really has been lost on this disc in his fierce and knowing, insinuating vocals, or his pumping rhythm and attack." Mojo (Publisher)
(p.101)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Weighing in at a hefty 21 tracks, and five years in the making, it proves beyond any doubt that the Killer can still whup his rivals after an astonishing half-century of recording." |
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| | Bio | | Owing as much to 1950s wrestling bad guy Gorgeous George as he did to Elvis Presley, rock's original wildman didn't so much play rock & roll as he played Jerry Lee Lewis. A powerful honky-tonk pianist and singer, Lewis is that rare breed of star whose outsize ego is more than matched by his talent. He was among the first to show that the piano could challenge the guitar's rock & roll hegemony, and--along with Elvis, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins--he formed the legendary mid-'50s stable of Sun Records, a group of performers that would forever change the face of popular music.
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