Is there an early rock & roller who has a crazier reputation than the Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis? His exploits as a piano-thumping egocentric wild man with an unquenchable thirst for living have become the fodder for numerous biographies, film documentaries, and a full-length Hollywood movie. Certainly few other artists came to the party with more ego and talent than he and lived to tell the tale. And certainly even fewer could successfully channel that energy into their music and prosper doing it as well as Jerry Lee. When he broke on the national scene in 1957 with his classic "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," he was every parents' worst nightmare perfectly realized: a long, blonde-haired Southerner who played the piano and sang with uncontrolled fury and abandon, while simultaneously reveling in his own sexuality. He was rock & roll's first great wild man and also rock & roll's first great eclectic. Ignoring all manner of musical boundaries is something that has not only allowed his music to have wide variety, but to survive the fads and fashions as well.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. FOLSOM PRISON BLUES
2. THIRTY-NINE AND HOLDING
3. WHO WILL THE NEXT FOOL BE
4. I WISH I WAS EIGHTEEN AGAIN
5. WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
6. WHO WILL BUY THE WINE
7. GOOD TIME CHARLIE'S GOT THE BLUES
8. ROCKIN' JERRY LEE
9. JUKEBOX JUNKY
10. RITA MAY
11. ROCKIN' MY LIFE AWAY
12. NUMBER ONE LOVIN' MAN
13. I'LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE
14. THINGS
15. MISS THE MISSISSIPPI AND YOU
16. GOTTA TRAVEL ON
17. IT WAS THE WHISKEY TALKIN' NOT ME
18. HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHTS
19. DOWN THE ROAD APIECE
20. POISON LOVE