FOUND: The Survivors (LIVE) - Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis

AMAZING record. Easily the record find of the month.

Cash and Lewis are CLEARLY liquored up... Perkins is clear as a bell (I think he had "found Jesus" at this point)... with Cash you can definitely hear the sauce in his playing, but Lewis is the other way around; he plays beautifully but the booze comes out in his voice. Its a little irratating from time to time (Mid-set there's a few Git-Out-And-Walks, and they just can't seem to hold them together), but its kinda like adding two shots of Jack Daniels to your BBQ baked beans... its all flavor. Its about as real as it gets.

Do not get this record if you want to hear a straight-up greatest hits live record. There's a few on there, of course... Whole Lotta Shakin, Blue Suede Shoes... but honestly, if it were all "hits," I probably would have walked right past it. The bulk of the record is old gospel tunes... "May the Circle Be Unbroken" and "There Will Be Peace in the Valley" and the like.

When the three-part harmonies kick in between Perkins, Cash, and Lewis... man oh man, it just blows me away.

BIG thumbs up.

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The Survivors (LIVE) - Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis

Side A:
Get Rhythm (Cash)
I Forgot to Remember to Forget (Cash)
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad (Cash & Perkins)
That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine (Cash & Perkins)
Matchbox (Perkins)
I'll Fly Away (Cash, Lewis, Perkins)

Side B:
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (Lewis)
Rockin' My Life Away (Lewis)
Blue Suede Shoes (Perkins)
There Will Be Peace in the Valley for Me (Cash, Lewis, Perkins)
Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Cash, Lewis, Perkins)
I Saw the Light (Cash, Lewis, Perkins)