When I was eight we moved into the house next door to Mickey's older brother Aubrey in Corpus Christi, TX. I first met Mickey and Jerry when I was 12. Was awesome!!!
Micky and jerry lee look alike there’s a strong resemblance there they both play a mean piano they have a talent to die for love hearing them Good listening to them.
Looks like the guitarists forgot to play😀 one of them was watching mickey gilley play and smiled. Anyone would be enthralled and amazed at their playing. Just magic
Worth watching to the end. Lewis pounds the living daylights out of that piano. Gilley does indeed, hold his own with his vocals. They are also, indeed, cousins...listen to those two sound alike at times.
Two cousins having fun.....so much talent.....just learned a few days ago.....was watching old Johnny Carson reruns......and they had Jerry Lee on......and he admitted he did not read music.......that in my book makes his feats even more increadible......LONG LIVE BOTH COUSINS.....
Theres s clip on youtube where mickey gilley says jerry lee started piano playing at 3. He had his own unique way of playing as we see. His parents got a teacher to teach him the proper fingering of the keys and pkaying but they soon gave up. And the rest is history. They all started to learn by watching the older ones , parents etc play and sing. How lovely.
Go see Mickey Gilley and Johnny Lee in Branson. Live in person! Mickey is 82 now but hasn’t changed his singing ability. They both are awesome! A concert to remember.
Carl McVoy was cousin to the young Jerry Lee Lewis and brought home the boogie that Jerry came to Carl’s home to listen to and learn. Carl had a recording career before Jerry or Micky. He’s also worth a listen.This family were all talented musically. I love all their music.
The guy (Lee) is the most natural piano player I’ve ever seen. Music genuinely takes over him as he plays and he cannot just sit there lol such a badass. Gilley ain’t no slouch either! Too bad G doesn’t play in concert anymore :(
The piano work is really unique. It's a combination / mix of old time rag shuffle and boogie-woogie. It's what makes it so great. Basically came out of that region.
this is great watching 2 cousins play piano & sing, they haven't sung together in 25 yrs Jerry Lee said. this is fantastic. God Bless Jerry Lee & Mickey Gilley 7-29-20 thanks for posting
And all 3 use their "Left foot" to use the damper pedal. Right foot to keep time. I've never seem any other piano players do this. It's like using your left foot on a gas pedal!!:-)
Nobody can fill their shoes. Just a piano, their voice, a small band, a few microphones, thats all they needed. No scantilly clad back up dancers to distract you from the fact there is no talent on stage, no auto tune, no jumping and dancing around with chains hanging off, just talent.
My best friend and I were putting a jigsaw puzzle together on the dining room table and my Dad had this on in the living room. We stopped working on the puzzle to watch this. It was great!
I was nowhere near born when this aired on TV, but I have listened to this recording so many times always wondering what it would have been like seeing this live on tv!
If the Grand mother of all three Jimmy Swaggerr, Jerry lee and Mickey wouldn't have taught them How to play they probably wouldn't have been stars. They Owe their lives to that woman litteraly...
@@karenking5357 I lived in the same part of town from 1967 thru 1978 my youngest son was born at Harris Hospital in 1970. Did you ever eat at Good Luck on Rosedale st ??
@@lenisbennett3062 absolutely... Lol and my first child was also born at Harris Hospital... Dr Sullivan on 8th Ave... 1974... Before my Father became a Christian, He also played Rock n Roll; Country and some R&B... He ran around in those same circles for years... Tom T Hall was rythum guitar player and back-up singer in my Dad's band in Indiana... Jerry Lee and Swaggart were two of my dad's favorites... Dad could play anything but his specialty I suppose was the lead guitar... And could he ever burn up those strings! He also played, harmonica, FIDDLE, (which I loved the most) and several more. When we moved to Texas so Dad could attend the Fundamental Baptist Seminary in Arlington, on Division St, He bought my Mother a beautiful piano.. But then taught himself to ALSO PLAY IT... People like my Dad and JLL, Swaggart and Gilley, are so extraordinarily talented. It's UNBELIEVABLE!! My Dad gave up his dreams of being a BIG STAR, for the Ministry of the Gospel.. for over 40+ years... Preacher's run in the family too! 😇🛐✝️🙏🙌
Saw Jerry Lee at Gilley's, pasadena. Best show I ever saw. Towards the end of the show Mickey came on stage and at one time both were sitting on the piano bench playing together. Greatest show I ever saw.
Great old clip. Does anybody remember when Jerry Lee would drop in Bad Bob’s nightclub on Brooks Rd in Memphis and just jam awhile? Damn those were the days.
They could've gone on for hours. Same spirit in Sam Phillip's Sun Record Studio...when Killer got together with Elvis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash. Wo Daddy!
About 30 years ago saw them both at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Ms. Mickey did his show first, then Jerry Lee came out and did his. Then they rolled Mickey's piano out beside Jerry Lee's and they did some songs together. Best concert I've EVER seen! Never seen anybody (except maybe their cousin, Jimmy Swaggart) who could play piano the way these two do! Amazing!
You got that right because the amount of music created, produced and recorded during that 20 year span could easily be enough rock-n-roll to fuel mankind for eternity! Imho
In the heyday of Sun Records they put out a limited run of five different 45rpm singles that had colored see thru vinyl. Jerry Lee's Great Balls of Fire was red, Carl Perkins' Blue Seude Shoes was blue, etc. I was eight at the time and know I had the red & blue ones but not sure about the others. I couldn't tell you where they are today if my life depended on it. Too bad. Individual ones are worth a fortune. If you have all five they should be in a vault.
Like poetic prose in songsmiths the lyric presentation makes one sentimental. Like Julie London vocalist in the 40s/50s sultry song interpretation akin to Jo Stafford. Both cousins sound wonderful in dueling pianos. God bless.
