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The Million Dollar Session

On December 4, 1956, in Sam Phillip’s Sun Records recording studio, Carl Perkins and his brother, Buck, has just finished recording Your True Love with a cocky young session player named Jerry Lee Lewis on the piano. In the control room Sam Phillips was really happy with a tune and piped through the studio speakers, [...]

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Piano Bar Primer VI – The First Song

Tonight, this is the greatest place in the world!” – How Jerry Lee Lewis greets his audience in almost every show. There’s an old saying that goes something like this: “There’s only one chance for a first impression.” So that’s why the first song of the night should be something with which you can set [...]

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