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Jerry Lee at the Star Club

With Little Richard's passing, my mind turned to Jerry Lee Lewis. Who would've thought that Jerry Lee would be the last man standing? He seems ornery, to be sure...and I guess he's tough. How tough? This concert shows it. By April 1964, when this was recorded, Jerry Lee was a washed-up has-been. They had all fallen. Eddie and Buddy had died. Chuck took an underage girl across state lines and was sent to prison. Johnny took pills. Elvis came out of the army, made silly movies, took pills, and - with her parents' permission - took an underage girl into his home where he looked over her moral upbringing. Jerry married a 13-year-old...his first cousin...once removed. I think he was taking pills too. The scandal destroyed him. He went from making $10,000 a night (in 1958 dollars) to $250 a night (in 1968 dollars).  One of those nights was captured here at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany. Yes, that Star Club. He's backed by the British Invasion pre-one-hit wonders, ...