Jerry Lee Lewis offers new country single
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 – Jerry Lee Lewis's first single, from his forthcoming new studio CD will be released by Shangri-La Music. This will be Lewis' first country release since the 1970s.
The track will be available digitally starting today on all digital service providers. Produced by Steve Bing and Jim Keltner, and executive produced by Phoebe Lewis, the full length album will be released in late 2009 or early 2010 and will include several tracks penned by Kris Kristofferson, who was instrumental in the recording process. The single was written by Kristofferson for Lewis, and they recorded the track for the first time for Lewis's forthcoming full-length release.
"Jerry Lee Lewis is the heart of rock n' roll and an American original," said Jeff Ayeroff, Co-CEO of Shangri-La Music. "It is about time we had some new music from The Killer."
Mean Old Man is the first new music from Lewis since the independent release "Last Man Standing" in 2006.
Lewis also is touring with the following tour dates:
Sep 16 Porto Alegre, Brazil Pepsi On Stage
Sep 18 Sao Paulo, Brazil Creditcard Hall
Sep 20 Bello Horizante, Brazil BH Music Hall
Oct 2 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
Nov 5 Paris, France Grand Rex
Nov 7 Stavanger, Norway IMI Forum
Nov 9 Prague, Czech Republic Tesla Arena
Nov 12 Bocholt, Germany Kinodrom
Nov 14 Frankfurt, Germany Ballsporthalle
Nov 17 Linz, Austria Intersport Arena
Nov 20 Linkoping, Sweden Cloetta Center
More news for Jerry Lee Lewis
CD reviews for Jerry Lee Lewis
Mean Old Man
Jerry Lee Lewis's 2006 guest-star glutted release "Last Man Standing" proved to be the legendary piano-pumper's biggest selling album ever. Seeking similar results, the Killer's new all-star album is less incendiary, but creates several indelible moments.
Produced by session drumming legend Jim Keltner, the disc was released in two editions, one containing 10 tracks, and the deluxe 18-song version reviewed here. Besides offering Lewis a powerful backbeat, Keltner »»» |
Greatest Live Performances of the '50s, '60s, and '70s (DVD)
Less than thrilled by the geriatric somnambulance of the "Last Man Standing" DVD? Check out this delightful compilation of vintage Jerry Lee Lewis performances.
Bolstered with a 1993 interview at Sun Studios, Lewis' story is sketchily woven together by bare-bones narration that neatly sets up each cluster of performances. The 1950s are represented with oft-seen appearances on "The Steve Allen Show" ("Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On") and "The »»» |
Last Man Standing
Eleven years after his last major label release, piano-pumpin' rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis returns with a 21-song set recorded in 2003 chock-filled with major classic rock, blues and country stars.
As is common nowadays, many stars overdubbed their contributions at a later date. Smarter duet partners such as Jimmy Page ("Rock 'n' Roll"), Eric Clapton ("Trouble in Mind") and B.B. King ("Before the Night Is Over"), were content to add snarling guitar riffs to Lewis' sizzling keyboard pyrotechnics. »»» |
Editorial: Walking the talk –
When names like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Waylon and the Hag are invoked, you're talking hard core country. These are the touchstones of country , the guys who made country music what it was and still is (or maybe can be). When these folks would sing about being down-and-out and the rough-and-tumble, they knew of what they were singing about. Fast forward a few years to the country singers of today. »»»
Concert Review: Steve Earle doesn't rest (on laurels) –
If you didn't realize Steve Earle had a new disc out, "The Low Highway," it would have been no problem realizing that quite and quickly.
That was because Earle started the two-hour show with three straight tracks from "The Low Highway," and he would not be done for the night. The title track of was a midtempo effort... »»»
Concert Review: The Howlin' Brothers leave the radar behind –
The Howlin' Brothers - this trio, in reality, contains no brothers - are about eight years into their career and on their fifth album. To say they've been under the radar screen may be an understatement. You couldn't even say they've been flying under that screen because they have stuck very close to their Nashville environs.... »»»
|
|
Country News Digest
 CST
 CST
Elsewhere in the news
Currently at the CST blogs
Some folks listening to Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison's new duet album, "Cheaters Game," may well exclaim, 'Well, it's about time!' after finally hearing these two talented country singer/songwriters recording music as a pair for the first time. Willis has built quite a following for her independently-minded feminine perspective, while Robison has written hits for the Dixie Chicks ( Travelin' Soldier) and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill ( Angry All the Time), as well as penning the ultimate Willie Nelson tribute, What Would Willie Do? and recording it as a solo act.
... »»»
Last fall, singer/songwriter Steve Forbert dropped the 14th studio album of his 35-year career, the impeccable "Over With You." Critics recognized the album as a return to the form Forbert displayed on his earliest works - 1978's stripped back and personal "Alive on Arrival" and 1979's more lushly produced and commercially accessible "Jackrabbit Slim" - but the fact is that Forbert has never strayed far from their basic folk/rock tenets.... »»»
Over the course of the past 20 years or so, Jim Lauderdale and Buddy Miller have both experienced a certain rise in their respective rootsy country profiles. Miller has become one of Nashville's hottest speed dial numbers, as an artist, a guitarist-for-hire (a role he has performed for Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris and Robert Plant, among others) and an intuitive producer (he's currently working with Executive Music Producer T Bone Burnett to provide the soundtrack for ABC's "Nashville" television series).... »»»
Wilderness
"Wilderness" is another twisted menagerie of The Handsome Family songs. Once again, husband Brett Sparks sings their songs, sometimes in a bellowing gravedigger voice, after adding music to wife Rennie's lyrics. This time out, each and every tune is named after an animal, insect or other such nature creature. However, Rennie studies animals the way Flannery O'Connor wrote about humans, which is with the weirdness and character flaws in primary focus. »»» |
Love Is Everything
George Strait may have reached his seventh decade, but he shows zero signs of slowing down. In fact, Strait seems to be getting even more consistent as he gets older. Strait doesn't stray all that far from the formula that has resulted in superstar status. First and foremost, that means his sonorous voice is mixed far above the music, a very good thing. »»» |
|
