She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye/There Must Be More to Love Than This

by Jerry Lee Lewis

Overview

BGO's 2013 two-fer She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye/There Must Be More to Love Than This combines Jerry Lee Lewis' 1970 album with its 1971 sequel, both ranking among his finest country efforts. She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye slightly edges out its sequel in terms of consistency, partially because it's anchored on a couple of major hits ("Once More with Feeling," "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye"), but There Must Be More to Love Than This is no slouch, containing a bunch of pure hard country, lots of barroom weepers and barrelhouse rockers. As always, Jerry Lee never does anything halfway -- witness how he refashions Charlie Rich's "Life's Little Up and Downs" to suit his own purposes, turning it into something defiant, not mournful -- and that's the appeal. The Killer always found ways to turn songs, either familiar or unknown, into his own, and during the early '70s he was at a creative peak (and something of a commercial one, too), so this is laden with rich, wonderful music that rewards many repeat listens. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	02/12/2013
Label:	Beat Goes On
UPC:	5017261210838
Rank:	78833

Tracks

1. Once More with Feeling
2. Workin' Man Blues
3. Waiting for a Train
4. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
5. My Only Claim to Fame
6. Since I Met You Baby
7. She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
8. Wine Me Up
9. When the Grass Grows Over Me
10. You Went Out of Your Way (To Walk with Me)
11. Echoes
12. There Must Be More to Love Than This
13. Bottles and Barstools
14. Reuben James
15. I'd Be Talkin' All the Time
16. One More Time
17. Sweet Georgia Brown
18. Woman, Woman (Get Out of Our Way)
19. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know
20. Foolaid
21. Home Away from Home
22. Life's Little Up and Downs

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jerry Lee Lewis   Primary Artist,Piano
Ed Debruhl   Bass
Buck Hutcheson   Guitar
Kenneth Lovelace   Fiddle
Jerry Kennedy   Guitar
Ray Edenton   Guitar
Harold Bradley   Guitar
Buddy Harman   Drums
Hargus "Pig" Robbins   Organ
Kenneth Buttery   Drums
Ned Davis   Guitar (Steel)
Jerry Shook   Guitar
Chip Young   Guitar
Bob Moore   Bass

Technical Credits

Linda Gail Lewis   Producer
Jerry Lee Lewis   Producer
Crutchfield   Composer
Maceo Pinkard   Composer
Chapel   Composer
Andrew Thompson   Remastering
Jerry Kennedy   Producer
Newbury   Composer
Kris Kristofferson   Composer
Chestnut   Composer
John O'Regan   Liner Notes
Mort Thomasson   Engineer
John Grissim   Liner Notes
Sutton   Composer
Silverstein   Composer
Bergen White   Arranger