"Great Balls of Fire": I just got a ticket to see Jefferson MacDonald in "Great Balls of Fire" at a local theater. He's been doing this Jerry Lee Lewis tribute show for years, and now...

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Mar 25, 2024 09:06:33 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I just got a ticket to see Jefferson MacDonald in "Great Balls of Fire" at a local theater. He's been doing this Jerry Lee Lewis tribute show for years, and now he'll be just forty minutes away, for only $39, front row, center.

The show was announced in the newspaper today, and there are only half a dozen seats left - all singles. This is one time when it's good to be a "Single."

Mar 25, 2024 09:21:19 #

BigDaddy Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

Hope you enjoy the show.
2 songs I like by Jerry Lee Lewis:
Breathless - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_zLPN0YcrA
Over the Rainbow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1t8a5uzb5g

Mar 25, 2024 10:02:29 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

BigDaddy wrote:

Hope you enjoy the show.
2 songs I like by Jerry Lee Lewis:
Breathless - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_zLPN0YcrA
Over the Rainbow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1t8a5uzb5g

Mar 25, 2024 17:03:03 #

tramsey Loc: Texas

I didn't like him then and I don't like him now. But I took a look/listen and confirmed it.

Mar 25, 2024 17:16:54 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Remember Fireball Roberts, the racecar driver? He got that name because he was a great fastball pitcher.

Mar 25, 2024 17:17:55 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

tramsey wrote:

I didn't like him then and I don't like him now. But I took a look/listen and confirmed it.

Whoops! Too late to cancel. ☹

Mar 25, 2024 18:05:09 #

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

jerryc41 wrote:

Whoops! Too late to cancel. ☹

I like the "Killer" and most of the other Rock-a-Billy performers.
Call it country with a beat for your inner Wild Child.

Mar 25, 2024 20:32:01 #

PSims46 Loc: Maryland

BigDaddy wrote:

Hope you enjoy the show.
2 songs I like by Jerry Lee Lewis:
Breathless - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_zLPN0YcrA
Over the Rainbow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1t8a5uzb5g

Wow Big Daddy, thanks for this. How is it that I have never heard him sing “Over the Rainbow”. I saw him in concert many years ago but I don’t remembers him singing that. It is now one of my favorite songs from him. Thanks again for sharing. Phil

Mar 26, 2024 08:41:47 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

BigDaddy wrote:

Hope you enjoy the show.
2 songs I like by Jerry Lee Lewis:
Breathless - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_zLPN0YcrA
Over the Rainbow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1t8a5uzb5g

I'm sure many enjoy him, but for "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", I'd prefer this rendition:
https://youtu.be/uR1GYQzf8zY

Mark

Mar 26, 2024 09:05:25 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

markngolf wrote:

I'm sure many enjoy him, but for "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", I'd prefer this rendition:
https://youtu.be/uR1GYQzf8zY

Mark

Nice. There are so many good versions of that.

This is my favorite - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_DKWlrA24k

Mar 26, 2024 09:10:00 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

jerryc41 wrote:

Nice. There are so many good versions of that.

This is my favorite - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_DKWlrA24k

In 2005 my wife & I went to Alaska. I made a video of the trip and that was one of the songs I used for background music in part of the video.
Mark

Mar 26, 2024 09:30:43 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

markngolf wrote:

In 2005 my wife & I went to Alaska. I made a video of the trip and that was one of the songs I used for background music in part of the video.
Mark

I bet that song is more popular now than when it was released.

Mar 26, 2024 11:12:30 #

BigDaddy Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

PSims46 wrote:

I never was a big fan of Jerry Lee Lewis until I heard the above two songs. Over the Rainbow was a surprise to me as well, and it's my favorite version as well. Actually Over the Rainbow is not a song I ever particularly liked no matter who did it until I heard this version. Breathless was a strange movie I watched on late night TV years ago. I liked the song and noted it.

Mar 26, 2024 11:16:48 #

BigDaddy Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

jerryc41 wrote:

Nice. There are so many good versions of that.

This is my favorite - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_DKWlrA24k

I loved that one when I first heard it. Strangely, over the years it grew a bit tiresome to me and I never listen to it anymore. Some songs grow old to me and others seem to never lose there shine.

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