Jerry lee Lewis has a new album coming out in late August or early September; it’s called Mean Old Man. It will be his first country album in over twenty years. Although Jerry Lee is remembered mainly for his early Rock and Roll hits on Sun Records, he also had fifty country hits with thirty of them landing in the top ten including a #1 country hit with Kris Kristofferson’s “Me and Bobby McGee.”
The title track on the new album is also written by Kris Kristofferson. If you can believe what you read in The Rolling Stone and the LA Times he wrote it for The Killers new album, that’s kind of hard to swallow since Kris recorded "Mean Old Man" himself in 1986 on his Repossessed album.
Some of the artist that appeared on Last Man Standing like Eric Clapton, John Fogerty, Kid Rock and Merle Haggard will also appear on Mean Old Man.
Mean Old Man was originally released as an EP on CD last year, the complete album Mean Old Man is now expanded to a 10-song edition and a special 18-track CD.
It is produced by Steve Bing and one of the best drummer’s in rock history, Jim Keltner who has worked with Eric Clapton, Steely Dan, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Brian Wilson, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Pink Floyd, Tom Petty and Lucinda Williams among many others. It was recorded here in Memphis and in LA.
Jerry Lee Lewis was a standout this past spring at Memphis in May and performed to a large audience despite bad weather. Look for this Mean Old Man to prove why he is still standing.
Standard Edition
1. Mean Old Man (with Ronnie Wood)
2. You Can Have Her (with Eric Clapton, James Burton)
3. Sweet Virginia (with Keith Richards)
4. Rockin' My Life Away (with Kid Rock, Slash)
5. Roll Over Beethoven (with Ringo Starr, John Mayer, Jon Brion)
6. Bad Moon Rising (with John Fogerty)
7. Dead Flowers (with Mick Jagger)
8. You Are My Sunshine (with Sheryl Crow, Jon Brion)
9. Whiskey River (with Willie Nelson)
10. Middle Age Crazy (with Tim McGraw, Jon Brion)
Deluxe Edition
1. Mean Old Man (with Ronnie Wood)
2. You Can Have Her (with Eric Clapton, James Burton)
3. Dead Flowers (with Mick Jagger)
4. Middle Age Crazy (with Tim McGraw, Jon Brion)
5. Rockin' My Life Away (with Kid Rock, Slash)
6. You Are My Sunshine (with Sheryl Crow, Jon Brion)
7. Swinging Doors (with Merle Haggard, James Burton)
8. Hold You In My Heart (with Shelby Lynn)
9. I Really Don't Want To Know (with Gillian Welch)
10. Railroad To Heaven (with Solomon Burke)
11. Sweet Virginia (with Keith Richards)
12. Roll Over Beethoven (with Ringo Starr, John Mayer, Jon Brion)
13. Bad Moon Rising (with John Fogerty)
14. Please Release Me (with Gillian Welch)
15. Whiskey River (with Willie Nelson)
16. Sunday Morning Coming Down
17. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (with Mavis Staples, Robbie Robertson, Nils Lofgren)
18. Miss the Mississippi and You
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This sounds amazing! I will definitely have to pick this up It is astonishing to me that Jerry Lee has survived all these years, much less continued to perform and make music.
GOOD STUFF Mitch!!
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