''Young Blood'' is the 38th studio album by
Jerry Lee Lewis released in 1995.
[Peter Buckley -''The Rough Guide to Rock'' 2003-1858284570 Page 1689 "1995's album, YOUNG BLOOD, showed him potent as ever"] Musicians included
James Burton on lead guitar,
Buddy Harman and
Andy Paley on drums, and Al Anderson and
Kenny Lovelace on guitar.
Background
The album was released on Sire Records on May 23, 1995. It was recorded at Blue Jay Recording Studio, Carlisle, Massachusetts, House of Blues Studios, Memphis, Tennessee, Lewis Ranch, Nesbit, Mississippi, Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles, California, and Your Place Or Mine Studio, Glendale, California. It featured an all-star cast of musicians including James Burton, Buddy Harman, Joey Spampinato, Andy Paley and Kenny Lovelace.
The release was a comeback album which attempted to recapture the 1950s
Sun Records style which Jerry Lee Lewis was most known for. There is heavy echo and a back-to-basics instrumentation with little or no reliance on synthesizers or studio effects.
The single that was released was "Goosebumps" backed by "Crown Victoria Custom '51". A music video was released that featured the song "Goosebumps". "Crown Victoria Custom '51" is played in the style of Jerry Lee Lewis' first and most iconic recording, "
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" from 1957. The video also made an appearance on an episode of
Beavis & Butthead
Track listing
#"
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" (
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Hank Williams
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) - 2:11
#"Goosebumps" (
Al Anderson,
Andy Paley) - 2:33
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#"Miss the Mississippi and You" (William Halley, Eric Schoenberg) - 3:37
#"Young Blood" (
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Crown Victoria Custom '51" (Andy Paley, Jerry Lee Lewis,
James Burton,
Kenny Lovelace) - 3:02
#"High Blood Pressure" (
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#"Restless Heart" (Andy Paley, James Burton, Julie Richmond, Kenny Lovelace) - 2:46
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Lee Hays
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Paul Clayton,
Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert) - 2:05
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Down the Road a Piece" (
Don Raye
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#"It Was the Whiskey Talkin' (Not Me)" (Andy Paley, Jonathan Paley, Michael Kernan, Ned Claflin) - 3:40
#"Poison Love" (Elmer Laird) - 3:44
#"One of them Old Things" (Hoy Lindsey,
Joel Sonnier) - 2:49
#"
House of Blue Lights" (Don Raye,
Freddie Slack) - 1:51
Personnel
* Jerry Lee Lewis - vocals, piano
*
James Burton - guitar
*
Buddy Harman - drums
*
Kenny Lovelace - guitar, fiddle
*
Andy Paley - drums, backing vocals
*
Joey Spampinato - bass
*
Al Anderson - guitar
* Don Allen - drums
* Stuart Aptekar - horns and reeds
* Tom Ardonlino - drums
* Yoshihiro Arita - strings
* Don Baer - guitar
* Craig Ball - horns and reeds
* Jerry Byrd - bass
* Glen Colson - drums
* John Curtis - strings
*
Elliot Easton - guitar
* Bob Efford - horns and reeds
* Matt Glaser - strings
*
Bob Glaub - bass
* Michael Kernan - guitar, backing vocals
* Bobby B. Keyes - guitar
* Frank Macchia - horns and reeds
*
Frank Marocco
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Background
Born in Joliet, Illinois Frank Marocco grew up ...
- accordion
* Jonathan Paley - bass
* Dave Roe Rorick - bass
* Mike Turk - harmonica
*
Robby Turner
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Biography Early years
Turner grew up in a musical family; his parents Doyle and Bernic ...
- pedal steel guitar
* Stanley Watkins - horns and reeds
* Dan Weinstein - horns and reeds
*
Billy West - backing vocals
* David Whitney - horns and reeds
Reception
The album was assessed favorably in ''The Encyclopedia of Music in the 20th Century'': "Though performances in the 1980s exhibited a slightly reserved Jerry Lee Lewis, his 1995 album ''Young Blood'' showed a return to his old form."
In ''The Rough Guide to Rock 2003'', Peter Buckley wrote: "1995's album, ''Young Blood'', showed him potent as ever".
Sources
*Bonomo, Joe (2009). ''Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found''. New York: Continuum Books.
*Bragg, Rick. (2014). ''Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story. New York: Harper.
*Tosches, Nick (1982). ''Hellfire''. New York: Grove Press.
*Gutterman, Jimmy (1991). ''Rockin' My Life Away: Listening to Jerry Lee Lewis''. Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press.
*Lewis, Myra; Silver, Murray (1981). ''Great Balls of Fire: The Uncensored Story of Jerry Lee Lewis''. William Morrow/Quill/St. Martin's Press.
*''Legends of American Music. Half a Century of Hits.'' Jerry Lee Lewis. Time-Life Music. 2006.
References
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Jerry Lee Lewis albums
1995 albums
Albums produced by Andy Paley