Ragged But Right --- Jerry Lee Lewis ( Knox Phillips Sessions)
"Ragged But Right" is a traditional song that is well over 100 years old. it has been done in many different ways and it was George Jones who had the first version I ever heard.. recorded here in Texas and released in 1956. As far as a version by Jerry Lee Lewis, this is it... Ragged But Right... it's the term we could use to describe this version. It was done in the middle 70s and these were studio 'doodles' from a musical genius! The Knox Phillips Sessions were released on CD in 2014 and I hoped that after Knox passed away that they would unearth more, but the more we heard was poor quality.
About Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29, 1935 – October 28, 2022) was an American pianist, singer, and songwriter. Nicknamed "The Killer", he was described as "rock 'n' roll's first great wild man". A pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music, Lewis made his first recordings in 1952 at Cosimo Matassa's J&M Studio in New Orleans, Louisiana, and early recordings in 1956 at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. He later became known for his chart topping country music recordings from the 1960s and 1970s. "C...
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