Southern Roots: The Original Sessions

~ Release by Jerry Lee Lewis (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Meat Man
producer:
Huey P Meaux
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Joel Williams (drummer) and Robert "Tarp" Tarrant (American drummer)
harmonica:
Mack Vickery
instruments:
Andrew Love, Bill Taylor (US rock & roll/western swing/country songwriter, vocalist & trumpeter William Eugene Taylor), Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music), Charles Owens (pedal Steel guitar player), Donald "Duck" Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter), Ed Logan, Harmon "Hawk" Hawkins, Jack Hale (trombone), James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger), Jim Tarbutton, Kenny Lovelace, Mark Lindsay, Paul Cannon, Russ Carlton, Steve Cropper, The Memphis Horns, Tommy Cathy, Tony Joe White and Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
organ:
Augie Meyers, J.L. "Marty" Morrison and James Brown (keyboardist)
percussion:
Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr.
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
background vocals:
Sugar Sweets (vocalist)
cover recording of:
The Meat Man
lyricist and composer:
Mack Vickery
2:46
2When a Man Loves a Woman
producer:
Huey P Meaux
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Joel Williams (drummer) and Robert "Tarp" Tarrant (American drummer)
harmonica:
Mack Vickery
instruments:
Andrew Love, Bill Taylor (US rock & roll/western swing/country songwriter, vocalist & trumpeter William Eugene Taylor), Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music), Charles Owens (pedal Steel guitar player), Donald "Duck" Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter), Ed Logan, Harmon "Hawk" Hawkins, Jack Hale (trombone), James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger), Jim Tarbutton, Kenny Lovelace, Mark Lindsay, Paul Cannon, Russ Carlton, Steve Cropper, The Memphis Horns, Tommy Cathy, Tony Joe White and Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
organ:
Augie Meyers, J.L. "Marty" Morrison and James Brown (keyboardist)
percussion:
Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr.
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
background vocals:
Sugar Sweets (vocalist)
cover recording of:
When a Man Loves a Woman
writer:
Calvin Lewis, Percy Sledge and Andrew Wright (US keyboardist)
publisher:
Mijac Music, Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23), Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell North America, Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Pronto Music, Inc. (publisher) (from 1966 to present), Quinvy Music Publishing Company, Inc. (from 1966 to present), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (from 1966 to present), Pronto (BMI‐affiliated publishing company) (in 1972) and Quinvy (record company and publisher) (in 1972)
4:24
3Hold On I’m Coming
producer:
Huey P Meaux
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Joel Williams (drummer) and Robert "Tarp" Tarrant (American drummer)
harmonica:
Mack Vickery
instruments:
Andrew Love, Bill Taylor (US rock & roll/western swing/country songwriter, vocalist & trumpeter William Eugene Taylor), Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music), Charles Owens (pedal Steel guitar player), Donald "Duck" Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter), Ed Logan, Harmon "Hawk" Hawkins, Jack Hale (trombone), James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger), Jim Tarbutton, Kenny Lovelace, Mark Lindsay, Paul Cannon, Russ Carlton, Steve Cropper, The Memphis Horns, Tommy Cathy, Tony Joe White and Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
organ:
Augie Meyers, J.L. "Marty" Morrison and James Brown (keyboardist)
percussion:
Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr.
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
background vocals:
Sugar Sweets (vocalist)
cover recording of:
Hold On, I’m Comin’
writer:
Isaac Hayes, Hayes, Porter and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), East/Memphis Music, Irving Music, Inc., Pronto Music, Inc. (publisher) and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
4:22
4Just a Little Bit
producer:
Huey P Meaux
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Joel Williams (drummer) and Robert "Tarp" Tarrant (American drummer)
harmonica:
Mack Vickery
instruments:
Andrew Love, Bill Taylor (US rock & roll/western swing/country songwriter, vocalist & trumpeter William Eugene Taylor), Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music), Charles Owens (pedal Steel guitar player), Donald "Duck" Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter), Ed Logan, Harmon "Hawk" Hawkins, Jack Hale (trombone), James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger), Jim Tarbutton, Kenny Lovelace, Mark Lindsay, Paul Cannon, Russ Carlton, Steve Cropper, The Memphis Horns, Tommy Cathy, Tony Joe White and Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
organ:
Augie Meyers, J.L. "Marty" Morrison and James Brown (keyboardist)
percussion:
Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr.
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
background vocals:
Sugar Sweets (vocalist)
cover recording of:
Just a Little Bit
lyricist and composer:
Del Gordon (songwriter of ‘‘Just a Little Bit’’)
33:08
5Born to Be a Loser
producer:
Huey P Meaux
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Joel Williams (drummer) and Robert "Tarp" Tarrant (American drummer)
harmonica:
Mack Vickery
instruments:
Andrew Love, Bill Taylor (US rock & roll/western swing/country songwriter, vocalist & trumpeter William Eugene Taylor), Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music), Charles Owens (pedal Steel guitar player), Donald "Duck" Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter), Ed Logan, Harmon "Hawk" Hawkins, Jack Hale (trombone), James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger), Jim Tarbutton, Kenny Lovelace, Mark Lindsay, Paul Cannon, Russ Carlton, Steve Cropper, The Memphis Horns, Tommy Cathy, Tony Joe White and Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
organ:
Augie Meyers, J.L. "Marty" Morrison and James Brown (keyboardist)
percussion:
Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr.
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
background vocals:
Sugar Sweets (vocalist)
recording of:
Born to Be a Loser
writer:
Karen Carpenter and Richard Carpenter (The Carpenters)
22:56
6Haunted House
producer:
Huey P Meaux
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Joel Williams (drummer) and Robert "Tarp" Tarrant (American drummer)
harmonica:
Mack Vickery
instruments:
Andrew Love, Bill Taylor (US rock & roll/western swing/country songwriter, vocalist & trumpeter William Eugene Taylor), Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music), Charles Owens (pedal Steel guitar player), Donald "Duck" Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter), Ed Logan, Harmon "Hawk" Hawkins, Jack Hale (trombone), James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger), Jim Tarbutton, Kenny Lovelace, Mark Lindsay, Paul Cannon, Russ Carlton, Steve Cropper, The Memphis Horns, Tommy Cathy, Tony Joe White and Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
organ:
Augie Meyers, J.L. "Marty" Morrison and James Brown (keyboardist)
percussion:
Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr.
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
background vocals:
Sugar Sweets (vocalist)
cover recording of:
Haunted House
lyricist and composer:
Robert Geddins
publisher:
ATV Music Corp. and B-Flat Publishing
2:50
7Blueberry Hill
producer:
Huey P Meaux
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Joel Williams (drummer) and Robert "Tarp" Tarrant (American drummer)
harmonica:
Mack Vickery
instruments:
Andrew Love, Bill Taylor (US rock & roll/western swing/country songwriter, vocalist & trumpeter William Eugene Taylor), Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music), Charles Owens (pedal Steel guitar player), Donald "Duck" Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter), Ed Logan, Harmon "Hawk" Hawkins, Jack Hale (trombone), James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger), Jim Tarbutton, Kenny Lovelace, Mark Lindsay, Paul Cannon, Russ Carlton, Steve Cropper, The Memphis Horns, Tommy Cathy, Tony Joe White and Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
organ:
Augie Meyers, J.L. "Marty" Morrison and James Brown (keyboardist)
percussion:
Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr.
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
background vocals:
Sugar Sweets (vocalist)
cover recording of:
Blueberry Hill
lyricist:
Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist) and Larry Stock
writer:
Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist), Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader) and Larry Stock
composer:
Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Larry Stock Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Sovereign Music Company and Victoria Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
part of:
12 Monkeys Soundtrack
2:51
8The Revolutionary Man
producer:
Huey P Meaux
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Joel Williams (drummer) and Robert "Tarp" Tarrant (American drummer)
harmonica:
Mack Vickery
instruments:
Andrew Love, Bill Taylor (US rock & roll/western swing/country songwriter, vocalist & trumpeter William Eugene Taylor), Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music), Charles Owens (pedal Steel guitar player), Donald "Duck" Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter), Ed Logan, Harmon "Hawk" Hawkins, Jack Hale (trombone), James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger), Jim Tarbutton, Kenny Lovelace, Mark Lindsay, Paul Cannon, Russ Carlton, Steve Cropper, The Memphis Horns, Tommy Cathy, Tony Joe White and Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
organ:
Augie Meyers, J.L. "Marty" Morrison and James Brown (keyboardist)
percussion:
Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr.
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
background vocals:
Sugar Sweets (vocalist)
recording of:
The Revolutionary Man
lyricist and composer:
Doug Sahm
2:53
9Big Blue Diamonds
producer:
Huey P Meaux
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Joel Williams (drummer) and Robert "Tarp" Tarrant (American drummer)
harmonica:
Mack Vickery
instruments:
Andrew Love, Bill Taylor (US rock & roll/western swing/country songwriter, vocalist & trumpeter William Eugene Taylor), Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music), Charles Owens (pedal Steel guitar player), Donald "Duck" Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter), Ed Logan, Harmon "Hawk" Hawkins, Jack Hale (trombone), James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger), Jim Tarbutton, Kenny Lovelace, Mark Lindsay, Paul Cannon, Russ Carlton, Steve Cropper, The Memphis Horns, Tommy Cathy, Tony Joe White and Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
organ:
Augie Meyers, J.L. "Marty" Morrison and James Brown (keyboardist)
percussion:
Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr.
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
background vocals:
Sugar Sweets (vocalist)
cover recording of:
Big Blue Diamonds
lyricist and composer:
Earl Jennings Carson ("Kit" Carson) (in 1950)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
4:20
10That Old Bourbon Street Church
producer:
Huey P Meaux
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer), Joel Williams (drummer) and Robert "Tarp" Tarrant (American drummer)
harmonica:
Mack Vickery
instruments:
Andrew Love, Bill Taylor (US rock & roll/western swing/country songwriter, vocalist & trumpeter William Eugene Taylor), Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music), Charles Owens (pedal Steel guitar player), Donald "Duck" Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter), Ed Logan, Harmon "Hawk" Hawkins, Jack Hale (trombone), James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger), Jim Tarbutton, Kenny Lovelace, Mark Lindsay, Paul Cannon, Russ Carlton, Steve Cropper, The Memphis Horns, Tommy Cathy, Tony Joe White and Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
organ:
Augie Meyers, J.L. "Marty" Morrison and James Brown (keyboardist)
percussion:
Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr.
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
background vocals:
Sugar Sweets (vocalist)
recording of:
That Old Bourbon Street Church
lyricist and composer:
Mack Vickery
3:26
11Silver Threads Among the Gold
recording of:
Silver Threads Among the Gold (Jerry Lee Lewis version)
lyricist:
Eben E. Rexford (in 1873)
composer:
Hart Pease Danks (in 1873)
arranger:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
version of:
Silver Threads Among the Gold
3:57
12Hold On I’m Coming (fast version)
recording of:
Hold On, I’m Comin’
writer:
Isaac Hayes, Hayes, Porter and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), East/Memphis Music, Irving Music, Inc., Pronto Music, Inc. (publisher) and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:49
13Take Your Time
2:44
14All Over Hell and Half of Georgia
4:17
15I Sure Miss Those Good Old Times
recording of:
I Sure Miss Those Good Old Times
lyricist and composer:
Mack Vickery
3:28
16Raining in My Heart
cover recording of:
Rainin’ in My Heart
writer:
Slim Harpo and J.D. Miller (Louisiana songwriter and producer Joseph Denton Miller)
23:59
17Honey Hush
recording of:
Honey Hush
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Lou Willie Turner
lyricist and composer:
Big Joe Turner
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp.
3:50
18Cry
2:57
19Margie
2:10
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