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News Round Up: Jerry Lee Lewis Gets Mean with Kris Kristofferson

September 4th 2009 in Americana, Country Music, Legends, Outlaw
  • Hey Bay Area twang fans! The San Francisco Weekly features a story on Joe Goldmark and the Seducers and their ongoing Sunday night residency at the Outer Sunset bar Riptide which bills itself as “the Bay Area’s best little honky-tonk.”
  • The Salt Lake Tribune sits down with legendary Texas songer/songwriter Robert Earl Keen.
  • Aquarium Drunkard sits down with Athens, Georgia-based alt.folk legend Vic Chesnutt.
  • Legendary rocker, and label mate of Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis has released his first country single since the 1970s, Mean Old Man (you can get it now at Amazon for free.) The song was written by Kris Kristofferson and will be part of a new CD that will be released soon on Shangri-La Music.

Robert Earl Keen

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  2. News Round Up: Kris Kristofferson Presented With BMI Icon Award
  3. Jerry Lee Lewis – Last Man Standing – 09-26
  4. Jerry Lee Lewis – Whole Lotta Shakin
  5. Kris Kristofferson Talks About New Release




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