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The album is currently available on CD, featuring bonus tracks from his first EP, "The Great Ball of Fire" (Sun EP 107). Cub Koda described the selections found on Jerry Lee Lewis as "a curious mixture" with "a great deal of his best material [being] inexplicably left off", but the album still being a "terrific debut". [2]
This is a detailed discography for American rock and roll, country, and gospel singer-songwriter Jerry Lee Lewis (1935–2022). One of the pioneers of rockabilly , Lewis recorded over 40 albums in a career spanning seven decades.
It should only contain pages that are Jerry Lee Lewis albums or lists of Jerry Lee Lewis albums, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Jerry Lee Lewis albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
The resulting album was the best Lewis had made in years. The single "Rockin' My Life Away," only reached number 18 on the country charts but became a live favorite and added to a growing list of songs celebrating Jerry Lee's uncompromising rock and roll attitude.
The set showcases Lewis' versatility as a performer and recording artist, with rock and roll numbers such as "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire", country-western songs such as "Another Place, Another Time" and "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)", blues/R&B cuts such as "Big Boss Man" and "Drinkin ...
The album showcases Lewis's skills as a pianist and singer, honed by relentless touring. In a 5-out-of-5-stars review, Milo Miles wrote in Rolling Stone magazine that "Live at the Star Club, Hamburg is not an album, it's a crime scene: Jerry Lee Lewis slaughters his rivals in a thirteen-song set that feels like one long convulsion."
At the residence of physician Bill Stockton, he enjoys a birthday party being thrown for him by his wife Grace and their son Paul. Also at the party are Jerry Harlowe, Bill's brother-in-law; Frank Henderson and Marty Weiss, Bill and Jerry's former college roommates; and the wives and children of Jerry, Frank, and Marty.
The Shelter is described as a collection of songs about community, the title of which was taken from the old Irish Proverb "It is in the shelter of each other that the people live." Shelter features appearances from 15 artists including Amy Grant, Derek Webb, Mac Powell, Mike Donehey, Sara Groves, David Crowder, Brandon Heath, and Audrey Assad. [6]