GRETNA, LA Oct02 85° F 40 pct Humidity
All conditions are IN for a new Hurricane ... named Jerry Lee !
730pm Four screamin' Police Harley Davidsons with all sirens ON (remember Toronto 69) open the way for a LLLLong white Limo.
OUT comes the King all
dressed in black ( suit, shirt and boots). I greet the Band (K, BB, RH, BS) which followed in a courtesy van, and they are pushed into a huge Winnabego. Two hours to kill
till showtime !
J W lets me handle a
birthday gift for the Killer. The Band does a sound check just after Marty Stuart finished his part. The son of Clarence Gatemouth Brown comes and chats with us, when J
W fetches Marty for a quick visit to JLL.
The Killer Band takes the stage and after their opener, they plunge into Lonely Weekends, Johnny B. Goode and Matchbox.
940pm A guy comes and
introduces the KILLER who jumps wildly into Roll Over Beethoven, during which number frequent noise problems arise ... BUT a second mike is quickly set up (during a
piano solo), which put a smile back on the Killer*s face and gets HIM ending that song with a Shakin' n Shiverin' *Rhythm and Blue, ouh,ouh,ouuuuuuuze*.
Then HE proudly proclaims
that HE is born and raised in Louisiana, which gets the crowd even warmer ! HE goes on with You Win Again, where HE recalls memories of Hank Williams, followed by Sweet Little
Sixteen, which HE finishes by playing with his towel, till he moaned *this piano sounds WWWrong*. Comes CC Rider with a great Kenny*s solo, then Before the Night is Over
sung with deep feelings !
Again HE is blaming the
piano and turns suddenly into No Headstone on my Grave, and gets the crowd WILD and cheering when HE shouts he wants a MMMMonument ! CGB*s son is shakin' and enjoyin' the show ,
he*s all smiles.
Smilin' and mockin', HE
starts She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye, where HE repeatedly knocks his head with an accusating finger pointing out ... *it's in her mind*, then clearly is
faking her (crocodile) tears. Grrreat expressions on HIS face.
HE's then
switchin' into Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On with the usual finger swirling in the air, but decided already to opt for Great Balls Of FIre, which gets HIM to
roughly throw his chair backwords. HE's then greeting the crowd and is lead away by CGB's son ... when they suddenly cracked a dozen fireworks to bless the Killer away.
I am able to follow HIM to his limo and wishes Him a great European Tour!
Short of forty minutes for 9 songs, with a Killer in a good mood and lookin good.
By the way, what makes me
fly 28 hours in a 3 day period, and still makes me feel - after 4 decades ! - like a kid , well YOU all know this as YOU got the same virus, don't you ?
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