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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.
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast was a one-hour, commercial-free benefit concert television special that aired simulcast worldwide on September 9, 2005, at 8 p.m. ET/CT live (with a 30-second tape delay) from New York City and Los Angeles and tape delayed in the Mountain Time Zone and Pacific Time Zones.
The show had initially been meant to feature only Cash, but Lewis and Perkins joined him onstage on a night when they did not have a concert scheduled themselves. Without rehearsal, the three performed a number of songs they were known for – including Cash's " Get Rhythm " and Perkins' " Blue Suede Shoes " – as well as slightly more obscure ...
The main concert segment begins with Bo Diddley and continues with a string of other major performers including Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and Bill Haley and His Comets. The concert ends with an extended performance by Chuck Berry , who at the time was enjoying major chart success in Britain and the US with his "My Ding-a-Ling" (although ...
The Greatest Live Show on Earth is a live album by the pianist and rock and roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis.It was released on Smash Records in 1964. [1] It was Lewis' best-selling album of the decade, with its cover of Tommy Tucker's "High Heel Sneakers" becoming a mild pop hit.
The single "Touching Home" would become Lewis' twelfth Top 10 country hit since 1968 and the title track for his third Mercury album of 1971. [1]Lewis gives a riveting performance on the song, his vocal conveying the emotional torment found in the lyrics as he moans "No longer do I wonder why men have lost their minds, or wind up in a jungle of flashing neon signs."
According to Lewis guitarist Kenny Lovelace, when Presley introduced Lewis during the show, the audience gave him a standing ovation. The next year, Lewis would be playing the International with his own band while Elvis played in the main room. "I was playin' in the lounge," he recounts to Bragg.
The album is a sequel to Lewis's 1964 recording, The Greatest Live Show on Earth.It was recorded at Panther Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 20, 1966.The intimate venue was a regional success and had hosted shows by many country stars, including Bob Wills, George Jones, Wanda Jackson and Willie Nelson (who recorded his own live album there two months earlier).