THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

Once again, the old ‘can the artist be separated from the art’ raises it’s head, as seven times married peadophile Jerry Lee Lewis has died at the age of 87.

A direct link to the birth of rock n’ roll, his astonishing piano style actually defies description. Listen to Great Balls Of Fire and remember that only months before the most exciting thing in the hit parade on piano was Mrs Mills. Can you imagine what it must have been like to hear that for the first time? Rationing still a vivid memory, the entire globe exhausted in the wake of the war, Spam fritters the height of exotic cuisine, and then this. Wow.

Obviously his decision to marry his 13yr old cousin somewhat curtailed his rise to fame, with his entire life being framed within that one episode, and subsequent accusations of domestic abuse concerning future spouses. By all accounts he was a right nasty Ladybit who was best avoided. But his stage performance was a thing of true wonder. Pity he was such a wanker.

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For those that like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing they like.

Yeah, saw a video of him back in the 80s playing a set.
Exact thoughts you mention went through my mind.
He played a very good set. Looked knackered but still 'had it' - a bit like me before I retired

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