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Brooke
03-08-2007, 12:52 PM
I happened to catch the PBS special the other night of Jerry Lee performing with quite a few other artists. Don was one of them and also gave a couple thoughts on Jerry Lee.

I didn't really care for the song that they did together. It really didn't showcase Don very well, imo, but any Don is good. :wink:

Anyone else seen it? I did tape the parts that Don was in.

Perfect Little Sister
03-08-2007, 01:19 PM
Well Brooke, I'm sure they had to down play Don or he would have shown up all the other artists. :wink:

DonFan
03-08-2007, 07:03 PM
Well Brooke, I'm sure they had to down play Don or he would have shown up all the other artists. :wink:

Nicely put, PLS!
Brooke, I agree with you about Don's song with Jerry Lee--when I listened to it, I thought, UGH.
I am looking forward to the PBS special just to see him and hear what he has to say, however, and it doesn't run here until next week.

Ive always been a dreamer
03-08-2007, 10:28 PM
You make a very good point, PLS. :wink:

Does anyone know the name of this special? I would like to see if I missed it already.

Brooke
03-14-2007, 04:43 PM
It's called Great Performances, Jerry Lee Lewis - Live- Last Man Standing

Besides Don; Willie Nelson, Nora Jones, Tom Jones, Chris Issack, and John Fogerty, among others, perform. I mainly watched the parts with Don, Willie, and John.

And I might add that Don looks VERY good! <sigh>

SweetHolly
03-16-2007, 05:02 AM
And I might add that Don looks VERY good! <sigh>
He looked fabulous. :D
It's also available on DVD.

DonFan
03-18-2007, 05:33 PM
Brooke, the Jerry Lee special finally came on PBS here last night. We went to a St Patrick's Day party so I set the VCR set to tape it. When we got home, I found out it only taped the last 30 minutes of it, so I am wondering what I missed.
The song that Don sings with Jerry Lee on the CD (that has been posted online, and that I listened to before) is the "Irish Heart" song, but the part of the show that I taped showed Don talking about Jerry Lee, and then they sang a different song, called "You Win Again." Did Don sing two songs on the special?

SweetHolly
03-18-2007, 05:40 PM
They just sang one song.

DonFan
03-18-2007, 05:46 PM
Thanks, SH. I was expecting it to be the Irish Heart song. I wonder why they put that one on the CD and You Win Again on the special?

Anyway, I'm happier now because I know I taped the part of the special I really wanted!
Don looked great but he really didn't sound like himself, did you think? My daughter Rachel, who knows I am a HUGE Henley fan, came in when I was watching it and said, "Wow, Mom, that doesn't even sound like Don. I like the rock songs much better." :wink:

SweetHolly
03-18-2007, 05:54 PM
Thanks, SH. I was expecting it to be the Irish Heart song. I wonder why they put that one on the CD and You Win Again on the special?

Anyway, I'm happier now because I know I taped the part of the special I really wanted!
Don looked great but he really didn't sound like himself, did you think? My daughter Rachel, who knows I am a HUGE Henley fan, came in when I was watching it and said, "Wow, Mom, that doesn't even sound like Don. I like the rock songs much better." :wink:
You're welcome. Not too sure. Don looked wonderful. I think he sounded pretty good. That's cool about your daughter. 8)

Brooke
03-18-2007, 07:49 PM
Thanks, SH. I was expecting it to be the Irish Heart song. I wonder why they put that one on the CD and You Win Again on the special?

Anyway, I'm happier now because I know I taped the part of the special I really wanted!
Don looked great but he really didn't sound like himself, did you think? My daughter Rachel, who knows I am a HUGE Henley fan, came in when I was watching it and said, "Wow, Mom, that doesn't even sound like Don. I like the rock songs much better." :wink:
You're welcome. Not too sure. Don looked wonderful. I think he sounded pretty good. That's cool about your daughter. 8)


I thought that was wierd, too, DonFan. I wish they would have put the Irish Heart song on the special, too. I did think Don looked great, but You Win Again just didn't do justice to Don. I also thought Jerry Lee acted a little strange during the whole show, but I don't really know anything about him except that he's getting up there in age.

You got lucky that you only got the last half hour on tape and that was when he performed! 8)

DonFan
03-18-2007, 08:41 PM
You got lucky that you only got the last half hour on tape and that was when he performed! 8)

Thanks--it usually doesn't work out that way!

Freypower
07-08-2007, 07:18 PM
I wanted to revive this briefly to say that I finally bought What Makes The Irish Heart Beat from iTunes and I heard it yesterday.

It's very country. I had no idea Lewis had such a strong country voice. At the start he reminded me of another singing drummer, Levon Helm. As for Don, when he finally sang a solo part I didn't realise it was him at first. :blush:

It isn't for everybody but if you have some Irish blood coursing through your veins as I do, you understand what's being said. I reallly like it. I like Don when he sings more 'down home' songs like this although he is a great rock/blues singer.