Jerry Lee Lewis: The Killer Rocks On
Lester Bangs, Rolling Stone, 8 June 1972
THERE'S NOT TOO MANY of those greasy rockers still hanging around from their '50s heydaze good for much more than playing 50 tank towns a year, making asses of themselves on TV talk shows or singing 'Dixie', but I'm pretty sure we can trust Jerry Lee Lewis.
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