My vote for CD of the year 2010 - Mean Old Man- Jerry Lee Lewis,

[old mark]

with guests; Eric Clapton, James Burton, Mick Jagger, Ringo Starr, Keith Richards, Mavis Staples, Ron Wood, Slash, Kid Rock and many others...He does a version of this song- Rockin' My Life Away -that just kicks ass...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=044050IQkdw

Mean Old Man is a mix of Rock n Roll, country and a bit of gospel and there is not a bad second on any of the 18 cuts.

Jerry Lee is 75 years old, and leaves many of his younger guest musicians in the dust.


mark

[Flaxbee]

1. I really like compilations like this .. thanks for the suggestion, mark!

:hi:

[old mark]

2. FB, when you hear Jerry and Mavis Staples doing "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"

you will love it...that alone is worth the price of the CD.

A review: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/09/album-review-jerry-lee-lewis-mean-old-man.html

And some of the music: http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist/music/detail.aspx?pid=12165&aid=7382


mark

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. Gillian Welch

...her album "Time (The Revelator)" is one of those great "cult classic" albums that deserves a much wider audience. It's easy to hook Jerry Lee up with the Stones and "A-List" country singers, but the two tracks with Gillian impressed me most in terms of the Killer's musical "reach."



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[WCGreen]

4. I love Gillian....

The only way I heard about her was from my pandora account...

[old mark]

5. I had no idea who she was til Mean Old Man...I'll have to check her out....nt