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February 28, 2009

JERRY LEE LEWIS: Breathless [3rd MIDNIGHT SPECIAL 21.10.73]

JERRY LEE LEWIS: Breathless [3rd MIDNIGHT SPECIAL 21.10.73]
Video sent by mrjyn

JERRY LEE LEWIS'S THIRD APPEARANCE ON 'THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL."

THIS "Midnight Special" IS SPECIAL INDEED, NOT FOR HIS FIREBALL PERFORMANCE OF 'BREATHLESS,' OR THE UNUSUAL AND RARE ADDITION OF A HORN SECTION, OR EVEN HIS CHOICE OF TUX JACKET:

THIS CLIP IS THE ONLY VIDEOTAPE WHICH FEATURES HIS SON, JERRY LEE LEWIS, JR., PLAYING DRUMS. [DIED SHORTLY AFTERWARD. THE OTHER KNOWN CLIP BEING FROM THE 'MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW,' WHERE HE PLAYS TAMBOURINE.]

IF THIS WERE NOT ENOUGH TO DISTINGUISH A VIDEO FROM THE THOUSANDS ON THE WWW, THE OTHER DRUMMER IS NONE OTHER THAN MORRIS "TARP" TARRANT, THE INFAMOUS, CRAZED, MEMPHIS SPEEDFREAK, WHO AFTER DRUMMING WITH JERRY FOR A WHILE, TRYING TO 'KEEP UP' AND 'KEEP TIME' AMONG OTHER THINGS, ENDED HIS DRUMMING DAYS WHEN HE DECIDED, HIGH ON DEXAMYL, AND DRESSED IN ALL-BLACK COWBOY ATTIRE ALA LASH LARUE, TO ROB A CONVENIENCE STORE...HE DID A LITTLE TIME ON THAT BEEF, AND IT WASN'T 4/4!

Los Angeles 21.10.73
Broadcast 11.11.73

Band:
Kenny Lovelace - guitar
Herman Hawkins - bass
Morris 'Tarp' Tarrant - drums
J. L. Lewis Jr. - drums
Marty Morisson - organ
Charlie Owens - steel guitar
Bill Taylor - trumpet
Russ Carlton - saxophone

*thanks to thrund for the video and peter checksfield for the jll jr. videography.