Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins - Mean Woman Blues/Blue Suede

[TheRocknRollSound]

The Killer is my God !!!

[Squio1]

Fazia o que queria com o piano

[suicideXdope]

jerry lee lewis is a hero...

[doubleotwentyone]

Yup, sure is...

[doubleotwentyone]

Is that guitar a Microfrets?

[ZLUGGO]

I just love the way he plays his piano.

[ferdinando1945]

terrific!!

[prober45]

how in the world can 11 people vote thumbs down on this one? Oh I know...they just like to troll

[ricman68]

@prober45 forgive them for they not know where rock n roll came from

[prober45]

@ricman68 that's very true... they surely don't

[SmokeBojangles]

Carl Had a Woman.....Jerry Killed Her ahhaha.Carl Perkins kicks ass!Jerry aint Little Richard,But punches a Means ass Piano!!!GO CAT!!!!GO!!!!!

[consul1957]

Killer guitar solo!

[hamadiluver]

Just love the way carl plays that guitar

[arbonac]

Nice blues.

[pele6922]

How did they know about my ex-wife before she was born?!

[dorsetsmartarse1]

Must be SUPER GLUE on Carl's wig !!

[PERAGR0]

Damn them Rick's had some skinny necks

[Paulohenrique0]

Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins - Mean Woman Blues/Blue Suede "Shoes"

[killerjerrylee]

So easy together. Must be friendship and respect for each others status.

[Boomer21042005]

Rock´n and Roll ist the best Medical

[rollingstopp]

carl---rocknroll is cool

[rollingstopp]

carl

[RockabillyWilly1]

wow - thanks for posting this - have never seen it before

[woodbell67]

I love how Jerry Lee refers to himself in every verse he sings.

[TheFishtrap]

There's an old saying. "Never deny growing older, tis a privilege denied to many". And I don't know two other guys that grow old more gracefully, squeezing the most atta life than these two. These guy's got bragg'n rights!!!

[dang622]

The Killer is king.

[hug0leroux]

1:04 epic piano foot playing.

[Willie8911]

I want that guitar.

[oldrockandrollero]

@Willie8911 i want jerry lee´s hands haha

[Suppenheinz36]

Two legends together........great

[stammerc4]

Bad ass muthas.

[papstbenni]

fuck modern pop music, give me my million dollar quartett! flavor it with roy orbison and buddy holly, refine it with little richard and chuck berry and you have the perfect recipe for DAMN GOOD ROCK N ROLL MUSIC!

[Guljajpolets]

Jerrrrrrrrrrrry Leeeeeeee! Oh,my God!!!Go,go,go,GO!

[boothl232]

@fooku13247

Who cares?????

[psycho4334]

metal,alt.rock,hiphop,rap,ect.­..... nothing will ever beat big greats like these 2.

[fooku13247]

believe it or not... if you read carl perkins book go cat go. he leads us to believe that jerry lee and carl absolutely hated each other. just sayin...

[itzjoeymac]

'She makes MacMillan FLIP!"

[crackmax62]

Lewis

[curbshoppin]

two of the best right here...........Jerry could rock a set of keys...he has really slowed down but his attitude is still KILLER

[TheBeanicus]

Carl and the Killer... what could be better on a sat. night?....maybe a cold bottle of a good Canadian blend to go with...? Bean the ol' boogieman

[TBeanIV]

somebody gave jerry lee lewis his own T.V. show?

AWESOMW!!

but funny and ironic at the same time.

[comotevue1]

My 'Ol man told me about these guys but I know now what he meant! Jerry Lee Still around & Rockin! Last Man Standin! We need this sound back! Pure Talent!!!

[tomvercetti]

@comotevue1 Amen brother...AMEN!

[Smasher5257]

Two of the greats right here!!! Perkins and Lewis...sure would have liked to have been around in the late 50's when they were knocking out shows for Sun Records! Awesome!

[aaroxbeck]

sorry . cannot copy-paste youtube links on comment-box

[aaroxbeck]

Just wanted to share ...some of Hungary's best rock'n roll singers. I'm almost sure they're nothing lower than these talented guys... just the language barrier and maybe the timing

[aaroxbeck]

don'worry...i'm from today and ....this is the real music:))

Lovit and many yunger friends of mine and whole europe knows these song and lotsa, lotsa rock'n roll danceclubs are thriving...

[elvisbycarlos]

Great! So good.Perfect. I love these guys.

[BCK]

George Harrison and Ian Hunter

[wookyhollow]

Who can compare to these greats of `Rock and Roll`

[meeksemily8]

jerry lee lewis one of my favorite all time artists ....!

[Leinad28mirup]

nothing like this today to make the place rock

[hrmiwn]

great!!!!!!

[Suppenheinz36]

awesome duo...... Rock n roll at its best

[solita3000]

muy buenos los dos buena musica gracias por compartir

[islandguy911]

wow. he is something isn't he. elvis was the king yes.. but jerry lee will always be the one and only killer...great stuff :))

[HerbWalker]

Thats City folks for you,Putting an Orchestra behind Hillbilly Rock N Roll.

The Horns just covered them up at the end!

Good to see two of my Memphis boys pickin' again!

[EbonyBunny1]

@HerbWalker I do not know if you would consider them city folks, since this is from a TV special in England, but I understand what you mean..

[swake2]

rock & roll ..knappe video.

[racistgayclown]

poor old jerry lee always drops his name in the song, the man was obsessed with fame, how many songs did he make using reference to his name in the lyrics

[captross07]

How many rappers today do that EXACT same thing?

[peteriversfanclub]

Fantastic!!! A great rockin' pair up! Love it!

[malcjow]

JERRY LEE THE MAN.

[hellcat54]

Jerry lee and carl are fantastics.5*****

[rodrigoraulsuarez]

Fine vid, I just hate the chorus.

[1olrocker]

Looks like it has a Fender headstock and a Eppiphone Casino body.

[tsukka]

Nope. Guitar is made by "Microfret".

[sonoman881]

What is the carl's guitaaarr????

I do not know if I run over my ignorance but I NEVER had seen this rare guitar :$

[Kaiser325]

@sonoman881 I think it is a very, VERY rare fender...

Don't know the actual model...

[Geepsterr]

That guitar is a Micro-Frets brand . Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad played one for a bit.They had a nut with adjustable intonation similar concept to the newer Earvana nut found on some ESPs.

[ranran19701]

A very old Microfrets in a specialty color.....

[ranran19701]

Micro Frets Calibra or Spacetone I believe. That looks like a special-ordered color.

[codiovane]

It's a Microfret Calibra, Mickey Jupp plays on the same one (in dark red)

[1761105323948]

its old bat its very good

[youstetube]

wonderful !

[paul1060]

carl perkins sooooo awesome...damn... such good old fun music. not like today.....

[shutterbug48]

@paul1060

So true!!!

[dishwax]

@paul1060 Yes, indeed! I grew up on this and the Beatles, etc., and find that rock doesn't rock much now: it's pretentious 'poetry' by undergrads who want to show their literary allusions, and who can barely play their own stuff, let alone do justice to covers. Incompetent singing and dolorous dragginess are everywhere in alt. , and the rest is renamed disco.

[melkiemelkie]

Dear Lord, why does time go by.

Why do the great all die.

Please take care of Jerry Lee.

So he remains green like a leave on a tree.

[gregoryfwood]

IAGREED!

My goal is to play my mandolin, the way these guys played. They rocked.

My father told me to look him up. You just dont find rock an roll like this anymore, do you. I grew up listening to 50s rock and what was then "oldies but goodies"

Not thet the bands of today dont have talant, but the put together bands of today just dont make me feel the way these guys do. So I repeat your question "Why do the great all die"

Rite on man, rite on!

[rockabillycat1954]

@gregoryfwood you need to do a search for rockabilly on here. there are TONS of bands out there playing in the 50s style with new songs. it's always been out there, radio just doesn't play it anymore.

[Scania4life]

@melkiemelkie aren't jerry one of the Last men standing?

[TFMTraining]

@melkiemelkie  He's not dead.

[melkiemelkie]

@TFMTraining Offcourse i know that. I mentioned jerry lee because he is the only white rocker who isn't dead. I praid for him.

[vicmay1]

@melkiemelkie

That is, by far, the best comment I have ever read on YouTube.

[melkiemelkie]

@vicmay1 Thanx

[MrWtaplin]

@melkiemelkie Jerry Lee Lewis is still alive, still rockin' too! =D

[melkiemelkie]

@MrWtaplin Offcourse he is alive, that's why the Lord must take care of Jerry Lee, so he remains GREEN like a leave on a tree. Get it?

[LesSmith45]

@melkiemelkie I agree with you whole heartidly. These guys are dropping everyday. Three days ago we lose June Cleaver and today we lost Mr. Cunningham. I love life so much but i hate the way it always ends. Maybe Def Leppard was right "its better to burn out than fade away" Long live ROCK!!

[mrpianomancr]

@melkiemelkie Amen! You are a good man and not an idiot like some of these people that think Justin biobre or Bieber is the best haha!

[royraaijmakers]

saw him perform last night, i can tell ya, he IS green like a tree!!

the show was awsome!!

i'll upload some vids of last night.

cheers!!

[makeminealargecognac]

@melkiemelkie "leaf" not "leave" /facepalm.

[melkiemelkie]

@makeminealargecognac hell, you're right. Stupid mistake. SORRY

[lgomez222]

That is pretty awesome right there!

[calito0010]

Yee Haa!!!! awesome.

[thomasmantellwilliam]

Is this song about Corina?

[TubeNumber1]

Rock & Roll was the marriage of White Country and Black R&B. Elvis was a Country boy doing R&B. Chuck Berry was an R&B cat dabbling in country.

Carl and Jerry Lee weren't really Rock & Roll. Carl was pure Rockabilly and Jerry Lee was Honky Tonk.

[rockabillycat1954]

@TubeNumber1 so who is rock and roll, then? elvis was gospel and country with some r&b thrown in, chuck berry and ray charles were playing country with an r&b feel, fats domino is a new orleans boogie player, buddy holly was rockabilly, ritchie valens mixed latino with r&b/rock n' roll, the beatles just imitated carl perkins and gene vincent in the beginning of their career. i think rock and roll is a mix of all these things and more, such as bluegrass, western swing, blues and classical.

[TubeNumber1]

I'm really not a purist, but Rock & Roll is white Country colliding with black R&B. White boys like Bill Haley, Elvis, and Buddy Holly, were Country cats trying to imitate R&B artists they heard on late-night black radio shows. Chuck Berry was a black musician playing uptempo country music with an R&B band. By 1957, yeah, all sorts of influences were showing up in Rock & Roll. Check out videos of Harry "The Hipster" Gibson - a wild white pianist from the '40s. He must have influenced Jerry Lee.

[rockabillycat1954]

@TubeNumber1 i've seen harry's videos before, there's definitely some similarities between him and jerry lee (though jerry lee was even more wild). if you've never seen jerry lee's performance of whole lotta shakin' on the steve allen show... it is as wild as anything you'll ever see.

[DonkeyPuncher001]

@TubeNumber1 I doubt Gibson influenced Jerry Lee. The only connection I see is that they are both white and have boogie woogie aspects to their music, which isn't much of a connection at all. Boogie woogie was extremely popular during the time of Jerry Lee's youth and if you listen to some of his early tracks you will see that he was strongly influenced by gospel and country music. He hung out in juke joints and I am sure he saw all kinds of show boating there that influenced him.

[jafigueroa41]

QUÉ PAR MARAVILLOSO...WOW!

[musictranscription]

I'm getting this sheet music

[azpaul]

I think Jerry Lee is 74 or 75. Saw him a couple years ago and his voice and piano playing are still unbelievably great!!

[YRNGHFAN2]

I'm almost 50 and I'm surprised I never seen this. Intersting and I do like it. But still, ELVIS did it best! jmho!!

[FaceInTheRain]

This would have sounded better without the horns and backup singers.

[esd67]

odd how you can watch a video by someone else and Elvis's name always comes up.. hmmmmmm..

[ericwooldridge]

idk but is fucked up, evlis cant follow these guys.

[spooge1234]

i agree with you on that!

[ClassicPopIcons]

One extra point... Elvis tends to get criticised and always flagged up in these discussions because it's felt the other founders of rock 'n' roll don't get enough attention. That's probably the case, but it's not something to criticise Elvis for. He doesn't receive too much attention or credit - some others just don't receive enough.

[slickdude32]

Agreed, but one point is that for these guys, it was always about making music, for Elvis it was about the fame and fortune and the desire to be bigger and better, neither are wrong, just different.

[ClassicPopIcons]

When you say 'these guys' are you including Chuck? He's more obsessed with money than any of them. Elvis did seek fame and fortune, but largely to escape his impoverished background and support his family. He enjoyed the trappings of fame, but had little respect for money. I'm not sure it's fair to say Elvis wasn't about making music either. He was just interested in a broader range of styles than some of his contemporaries, and many therefore begrudge his move away from rock.

[jlejra]

i think the most important issue for Elvis was after his family, his christian background, more even that the money and the fame. he always was talking about that, even he recorded all the christian music of his time.

[NoPrivacyANYMORE10]

look at what he's doing at 0:41. LOL. Effortless skill, like Hendrix on the gee-tar

[singloveemusic]

ah i LOVE carl his music is sooo GOOD:D

so is JERY LEEE<3

[Lottiny]

I saw The Killer live just 2 days ago. what a night!!

[nickladey]

i love jerry lee hes still as good now as he was back then how old is he

nick

[melkiemelkie]

the stars of today learned it from these guys including Elvis and Chuck.

[spooge1234]

chuck berry was before these guys

[ClassicPopIcons]

Actually spooge1234, Perkins had his first single out a few months BEFORE Chuck Berry - Elvis around a year before Chuck. Seems to be a common myth about how early Chuck was compared to the other rockers. You're right that Chuck was recording before Jerry Lee though. Not sure what relevance that has though really. They brought different things to the party and were both important.

[spooge1234]

recordidng dates and record releases dont mean anything. Chuck berry perforning as early as the late 40s before he even was ever signed. Elvis and Carl Perkins couldnt top Chuck if they tried. A true King never dies.

[ClassicPopIcons]

Carl was actually performing in the 40s as well. The question is more what were they performing though? Neither were performing straight rock 'n' roll that early. I agree that Carl can't top Chuck. Elvis is another matter. Elvis has Chuck on versatility, voice and charisma. Chuck obviously has Elvis on songwriting and guitar playing. They were both greats and both very innovative. .

[bostik73]

Jerry Lee rules

[DocktorQwak]

Carl's solo is nothing short of ridiculous. This guy was the best.

[CriticalListener]

Now THIS is classic--both of them at their best!

[beatlebassmania]

carls got a nice guitar, wat kind? and love the duet act!

[kapacon]

I think he's playing a MicroFrets axe.

[guips01]

Jerry Lee Lewis The Killer himself, and The King of Rockabilly , mister Carl Perkins ! Go cat Go, step on my blue suede shoes !

[melkiemelkie]

Two of the first popstars

[Brutus2]

huh? pop? this ain't pop!? this is ROCK & ROLL, baby...

[2009framat]

Rock and Roll was the popular music of 1956-1958. So I would agree to a certain degree calling them popstars.

[Dantyankle]

This is fabulous! Thanks for sharing these two greats.

-Mean Woman

[wtfjunkie]

De Devil is real,, and oh god there is a lotta shaking going on!!

[slopbucket74]

Everytime I think Carl Perkins can't get any cooler, he blows my mind all over again.

[SrPeneneitor]

I my god, Lewis is young here jajajaajjaaj

[ThatBreathlessCat]

well, about 35...

[sk8camp]

perkins lleva peluka

[samguy8]

That´s some loose pee-ann-oh´ playin´!

[northvalley]

Holy crap what guitar is that he's playing?! It's beautiful. *_*

[gittahfiend]

I think it's called microfrets.

[whitt702]

This blue guitar is called "Microfrets" and it was made in Frederick MD and in business for about 5 years from about 1971 to 76, until the owner died. I was living in cumberland MD and bought one at Chuck Levins. Neck was too thin.

[anmaba3]

zwei tolle Musiker!!

[carolerory]

the ego was Elvis...he went Vegas in the 70's.

look at the entourage and the costumes..

Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee, and Carl all did

stuff together from time to time. Guys like

Elvis or Paul McCartney or Sinatra were to

much ego for things like duets or jams.

[illusionistdave]

Elvis, ego? What the hell are you talking about?

[DanielHawthorne]

Ego, Elvis. You are confused. Elvis was very humble. It was redneck Lewis that had the ego. Perkins was a good guy. Lewis was always jealous of Elvis. He even shot at Graceland with his gun. You are deffinatly confused

[DanielHawthorne]

Dont get me wrong anyone. Jerry was a very talented guy and Carl was a fantastic musician. Later in life Jerry calmed down and became friends with Elvis. It just got to me for someone to say Elvis had a ego. That is so far from the truth. Elvis loved singing and making music. He always gave credit to the other artists. He didnt like being called the king. Although he was. He had to be pushed to record Blue Suad Shoes. He felt that it was his friends song and felt uncomfortable.....PEACE to all.

[melkiemelkie]

No mister.....that guy tom parker was the evil guy

[rockingroller144]

awesome!!

[monkeybone9696]

Hey, that Carl Perkins is pretty bad-ass!

[jrdill1929]

I think he is the most underestimated guitarist of all time.

[TheRealCritique]

I dont care what anyone says. I would've loved to see this show. That piano playing is out of (sublimely in) control. Lot of tricks outside of the box. Guy to study if you like piano.

[Ivoryticklermama]

Good video. Thank ya for posting. Smiles to you. Joan

[GITARBUB]

Masters of rock n roll...cant keep my foot from tappin!!

[SPOOKSTR]

How good is Jerry Lee ...

[shakingfritzgerald]

are greats

[gabovalin666]

yeah rock and roll

[tumsabai]

Two cool cats from the 1950's.

Go cat!!!!

[23929500]

Pity the other two from "The Million Dollar Quartet" aren't on here, it would truly be a great performace then, thank you !

[CashPresley32]

Actually if the five major one's from Sun Records were on this Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison it would really be rockin.

[jerryleepop]

It already is a great performance...

[stoelefj]

Roy Orbison was not one of the Million Dollar Quartet guys, and this was still six years before Elvis left us.... So they could have been united. I bet the egos were too big for something like that to happen at that time. The nearest reunion would be the recordings from Germany in the early 80s. Jerry, carl, cash. =)

[allenshepard]

carl is the man

[bensmith3200]

Jerry Lee Lewis is a fantastic showman, but his piano solo here is all smoke and mirrors. Besides the fancy hand movements and foot action, his playing is nothing particularly impressive.

Carl Perkins' solo, on the otherhand, is absolutely amazing. He's a musician's musician. Nothing against Jerry, it's just hard to compete with a master.

[Brutus2]

bensmith3200: try to copy JLL note for note. It's the timing that matters.

[bluesbennit]

It´s the simple things that is hard to do. Less is more! But than again. Music is not competetion?? Music is feelings. Not playing as complex as you can.

[bensmith3200]

Well said, bluesbennit. My comment wasn't meant to disparage Jerry Lee Lewis, I just wanted to note that Carl Perkins is in a league of his own.

Jerry Lee Lewis' solo certainly has it's own charm and qualities. Great video, though. I enjoyed it a week ago and I enjoyed it again today. Long live Rock 'n' Roll!

[jllro]

The fancy hand movements we see here are producing fantastic music. I would love for you to post a video of your singing and piano playing talents as an example of impressive piano playing.

[bensmith3200]

Hey man, I'm not trying to compete with Jerry or Carl. They're both fantastic musicians, and trust me, a video of me playing music would pale in comparison to this fantastic performance. I was just trying to make a critical comment about the music. No disrespect to Jerry; he's a great Rock 'n' Roll pianist.

I think most people get used to reading rude comments that have nothing informative to say, so anything that's slightly critical creates a strong backlash. I wasn't trying piss people off.

[UtahMike41]

Only "The Killer" could get away with using his feet to play the piano.

[UnknownStoner420]

man 00:30-00:42 killer was riping it up

[UnknownStoner420]

WTF am i saying perkins had a sick solo befor blue suede

[boltorn]

Two lords from Sun Records down at Memphis Tennesee.. I love Carls voice when he goes up at 0:28! :) awsome

[whitt702]

That blue guitar is difintely a Microfrets, made in Frederick, MD. I had one when I lived in Cumberland about 1973. I really liked Carl Perkins..he had much more talent with a guitar than Elvis.

lol all elvis did was strum randomly