There wasn't a whole lot of shakin' going on at B.B. Kings Blues Club and Grill on Friday night, but Jerry Lee Lewis' short and sweet set at the Times Square venue nevertheless provided enough excitement to ensure his status as a rock 'n' roll pioneer remains cast in stone.
The Louisiana man is currently in the city promoting the new book about his life "His Own Story" (by biographer Rick Bragg) and album "Rock 'n' Roll Time." While here, New Yorkers have been gifted the chance to see him at two rare shows, (he plays again at B.B. King's on Thursday October 30).
The reason for his general lack of live activity was immediately obvious as he took the stage. Now 79-years-old, "The Killer" is frail, speaks with a slur, and sat rigidly at the piano as he led his four-piece band through rickety, warbling versions of the early hit "You Win Again" and the Stick McGhee song "Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee." It was an underwhelming sight and an anaemic sound that made the memories of him scandalizing America with his overtly physical performances in the late 1950s feel even more distant than they are.
But thankfully, it turned out that the visceral power of Lewis music hadn't disappeared entirely but instead, was just slumbering. Steadily, the beast was awoken. A version of Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" gave the show the jolt it so badly needed, as Lewis began to hammer at his piano, jabbing at the high notes and sliding up and down the keys in his signature style. The rising excitement in the crowd and the sheer effort of playing "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" forced him to take a moment and mop his brow. Having blown off the dust and now reaching full-speed, the familiar Jerry Lee Lewis shriek began to pierce the room on "Great Balls of Fire" and with that, he was done. It's easy to think that 35 minutes was all he could muster but like all showbiz mainstays, Lewis knows that a good performer always leaves them wanting more. There's plenty of life left in "The Killer" yet.
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