This album captures Jerry Lee Lewis at a pivotal point in his career: after the 13 year-old second cousin marrying scandal that knocked him out of rock and roll in the late 50s, but before his reemergence as a country singer in the late 60s (then-still married to second cousin). Jerry Lee plays much like a man at rock bottom: loud, angry and fast. The young band behind him barely keeps up, the audience gets rowdy, and it sounds like a good time. He does the hits (including a hellacious version of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," a redundant description when the entire album can be described as "hellacious," ) and also covers a variety of artists. This is, hands down, one of the best live albums of all time.
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