Jerry Lee Lewis "Lose My Voice, Are you Kidding?" | The Dick Cavett Show
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- Dick Cavett questions whether Jerry Lee Lewis believes Rock & Roll was a communist plot, all of the clubs Jerry has played in and whether he is afraid of damaging his voice.
Date aired - December 29 1971 - Jerry Lee Lewis and Hal Holbrook
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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.
His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.
Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.
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What's your favourite Jerry Lee Lewis song?
Big Legged Woman.
None of your business, Dick.
Too many to mention, but lets start with:
Lewis Boogie
Sixty Minute Man
Matchbox
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On
Boogie Woogie Country Man
In truth, asking to pick one favourite is like asking an astronaut to pick out a favourite star....they ALL shine.
This man remains a total living legend in England. I love the man and his music; the last of the greats
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On."
For all season love
There is palpable tension and nervous laughter when Jerry Lee is being interviewed. It's like gasoline being interviewed by a match.
It's weird to think that at this point rock and roll had only been around for 16 years.
well, still older than Jerrys first wife
@@Sunburn77 Third!
why?
@@lewisc215 Jerry’s 3rd wife was his 13 year old cousin
@@Sunburn77 ye who cares,all of that was normal at the time(in americas south atleast). Things change ya know
As a Black man I always loved and respected Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis for shining light on there African American influences at a time when that wasn’t cool!
Too bad Jerry never came to terms with the fact that elvis's soul depth and diversity destroyed him.
He was and still is bitter, jealous and angry that elvis was the top dog.
He'll take that anger to the grave.
@@bradhuskers not really
You’re not a black man. Wtf 🤦🏻♂️😂
Love this comment!
@@bradhuskers Not true. JLL always spoke very highly of Elvis. He loved Elvis. Jerry was the greater artist. No doubt about it.
RIP Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29, 1935 - October 28, 2022), aged 87
You will be remembered as a legend.
Amen!
Dick Cavett may be the inventor of awkward pauses.
I really wish Jerry Lee had slapped the smirk off of Cavett's face.
Huh? Don't you realize Dick was trying to help Jerry? Cavett was one of the best. Very cool.
Cavett seriously blew this interview.
Agree with you. Cavett can be very good sometimes. Other times he can be strangely goading and/or lost.
If you think this is bad watch him with Eddie Murphy
Yes he did! He was very condescending to Jerry. I like Jerry a lot but I wonder if Dick felt some kind of way because of who Jerry married. Idk I could be wrong. It was a different time. Again I love Jerry.
Jerry really doesn't seem like a saint himself. tho I agree, the guy interviewing is a true POS.
Nah, he just made the interview more interesting and unpredictable.
1:07 when dick says "pure poetry", the audience laughs as if it was a joke. Rock and roll never got any respect back then. Now audiences would accept that statement as fact, that it is pure poetry.
Depends of what rock.
Definitely more poetic than Rap
@@randalclarke5487 Depends what "Rap" albums/songs you mean. Nas is a lot more poetic and lyrical than anything Jerry Lee Lewis
@@crunkboy we'll agree to disagree here...I find absolutely nothing redeeming about any Rap, whatsoever, yet I completely support your right to I like it 🙂
@@randalclarke5487 Rap is poetry. Listen to any 2pac song like dear mama or starin at the world though my rearview. Pure poetry. Nas also. You guys are just old
Dick really doesn't know how to handle Jerry Lee. I love how Jerry Lee instantly shuts him up when he holds up his finger and says, "Excuse me".
I just saw your comment, I, JUST commented on that myself!!!!!!!
Dick's as afraid the Killer's gonna eat him up every time Jerry opens his mouth.
@Ace Nothing no, I'm sure they are both alpha males. Most men are.
I think Jerry Lee would have told you himself that the only person who could handle him was his mother. Certainly no interviewer could handle him. All Cavett could do was try to get through it without any profanity or bloodshed. I think he was a fan and could have done a good interview if Jerry Lee had cooperated a bit more.
Same with Little Richard, but Mr. Penneman had even less patience with Dick than Lewis, telling him to literally "shut up" at several points in the interview!
Thank you for posting this interview. Jerry is playful here, yet it all might get ‘dangerous’ after a stray or mis-heard comment.
Interrupting him when he was just starting to say something, "Excuse me"...
This interview is beneath Jerry Lee, in my opinion. Dick was just sitting there being sarcastic the entire time. When you have “The Killer” on your show, you show him some respect.
I thought so too. I always liked Dick Cavett, but I was seriously disappointed in seeing him being so smug. I thought Cavett was being a a smug, condescending little weasel. Not trying to be respectful at all. Like he was above showing respect for his guest.
i don’t think dick was being smug i think jerry was being a bit awkward and territorial and so dick countered that with sarcasm to make it less tense
@@jazzx9982 Well said
His interview with The Killer was as bad as the Barbara Wa-wa interview with Dolly Partin.
Rest in peace Jerry Lee Lewis she will be missed by me your biggest fan ever Lenny ostervitz
Cavett always come off as such a pathetic weasel, here even more so. Jerry Lee Lewis was the real deal. Amazing.
Dick cavett is the most awkward interviewer. Always trying to be clever and underhandedly insulting the guests. And he never lets his guests finish a sentence.
Dick cavett can adapt but depends who he's interviewing, he was alittle intimidated with the Killer[as maybe I would] while trying to not show it. And Jerry was on good behavior...
I think Dick Cavett was scared to death of Jerry Lee....Cavett was so nervous he almost couldn't ask a question.
I think he was a Little drunk 😂
Booze or pills or booze and pills.
High on Jebus.
I think the Cavett show must have had a really generous liquor service for guests in the green room, I've seen other videos of his show where Jimmy Dean was drunk and where John Cassavettes, Ben Gazzara, and Peter Falk were completely plastered.
You bet!
In which case he's not an entertaining drunk.
Doesn't seem to have a sense of humour and takes himself way too seriously.
I didn't warm to him at all.
And I all I know about him is that he married his 13 year old cousin 🤮
He had the best guests and the most uncomfortable interview technique. Such a shame
Yeah it's always so forced. A horrible smarmy veneer that's supposed to be funny or sophisticated. Waste of good guests
He was one of the greatest people in Rock and roll history rock and roll will never die Trump's party will die
@@nylophone5730 when people praise Cavett I tell you it makes me cringe. I saw him smarmy and this want to be intellectual.
Cavett did a very poor job of interviewing on this clip. Seemed nervous and unsure of himself.
Poetry indeed, and his comments about Chuck Berry and Otis Blackwell were heartfelt. Truly a great musician, the last man standing.
how did i miss him talking about otis? was amazing when he shut down his nervous rambling to school him on the blue yodeler
Berry was a weirdo.
I think we're all a little weird in one way or another, but I think it also goes along with being musically talented and creative. Chuck Berry, like Jerry Lee Lewis, was immensely talented. I was a teenager in the 50's and loved their music! Brings back memories.
@@conniegordon2465
No
We all don't videotape young girls in public restrooms like chuck berry did
Jerry Lee Lewis was such a talented and great man he will be missed by thousands and many more to come in the following days to come some probably missing
Been waiting to see this for years. Would love to see his musical performances from the show as well. Thanks
Rest in peace Jerry Lee Lewis you will be missed by thousands and many more to come in the following days to come
That was pretty rare - never seen it in my life.
Seem to come from 1972, as Jerry mentioned being "16 years in business" - started 1956.
He was on top with his arrogance and self confidence - very hard to handle, hard to understand and Dick sure asked not the best questions...
Did he sing a song or two?
Recordet on 29.12.1971
This is really cool. I've seen Jerry as a young man and as an old man., but have never seen him when he was this age.
He would have been 35. A mere 35.
Not sure why Dick Cavett is so disrespectful is this interview.
I realized that also. Dude's being an ass hole
Yes, this is really awkward. I don't think Dick knows what to do with Jerry Lee
It's because jerry is a bitter and angry POS troll.
An unapologetic Badass! The last man standing,indeed.
Rest In Rhythm, KILLER! 🔥😈🔥🙏
He really, truly does feel downright dangerous. It’s almost uncomfortable until he grins and then you feel relieved.
For real you can feel that as soon as the clip starts lmao
He always tended to put the pressure on folks and he was tough to interview. Asking him the wrong question could turn him against you.
@Midnight Lightning Radio nah, he just didn't play around
@Midnight Lightning Radio - I don’t know about “deeply evil”. Pol Pot was deeply evil.
He’s still alive. Too mean to die
Jerry was 100% spot on with what he said about Jimmy Rogers being the root influence of Rock, Country and R&B. Amazing no one in the audience, not even the band, knew what Jerry Lee was talkin' about. I love Dick Cavett, but he seemed a little out of his element although his awkwardness was sincere.
To say Jerry Lee Lewis is a total badass is a total understatement.... there will never be another Jerry Lee Lewis that is for sure
I love Jerry Lee Lewis. 💋💋💖
He murdered his fifth wife and got away with it. AND most likely he had his 4th wife murdered. Research it. I WAS A HUGE fan of The Killer for decades until reading / learning about these murders recently.
@@ignorecorporatenews Not only that, he also married his cousin. Who was 13.
@@rodbelding9523 what does that have to do with Rock n Roll?
@@ignorecorporatenews enough with these fake conspiracy theories why isn't he in prison then? Bc he didn't do it. Now again, what's this have to do with Rock N Roll?
Not one of Dick's best ..
Sometimes Cavett's style just doesn't work...
This interview is just uncomfortable to watch. I watched The Dick Cavett Show during the early 1970s and he usually had interesting guests, but boy oh boy, it sounds like he's totally lost and didn't do anything to prepare for this one. He had a golden opportunity to interview a legendary rock and roll star, and he blew it.
I'm surprised he'd post this interview, it is just so badly handled by him.
Dick and Jerry Lee have about as much in common as hot mustard and vanilla ice cream. The tension here is excruciating. Cavett obviously knows nothing about the music and culture where Lewis came from. I met Jerry Lee once and spent the whole time talking about old Rodgers and Hank Williams. Jerry Lee's eyes lit up the second I mentioned Williams, and he was suddenly like an enthusiastic kid. I cherish that moment in time.
I like JLL. In particular the fact he gives credit where it is due!
But he was always bitter and jealous of the king.
Never came to terns with the fact that elvis's soul depth and diversity destroyed him.
@@bradhuskers I think that he believed that he was more talented than Elvis and Elvis became his great rival. That would never change for JLL. His marriage ruined his career. What probably made him more bitter than anything was that Elvis was no better in that area, but he had someone who could control him, control his image, and keep things quiet. JLL didn't have that luxury. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if they kept their own on stage personas, but switched off stage personalities and support systems (or lack of). What would have come of each of their careers?
Please post the 3rd and 4th Bobby Fischer interviews. Give the people what they want
Dick Cavett with the worst questions possible.
It's interesting to see by this point in time -- 1971 -- that Rock n' Roll of the 1950s seems (particulary by the audience's reaction) like some long, lost music that'd been pushed aside and replaced by the Beatles, the Stones, and Jimi Hendrix and all of the music that had come about. And it had only been 16 years.
Great art usually isn't fully appreciated until decades and decades afterwards.
Today, listening to elvis's studio recordings at sun, it's REVELATORY.
TIMELESS
@Paul Gwyn Well, really about 16 years before or, for some, a bit longer. Many feel the origins of rock n' roll begin in the 1940s via black music. However, the form was popularized by the mid 1950s (1954 to 1956) by white music groups like Bill Haley & The Comets, as well as Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis.
@Paul Gwyn Yes, that's why I said 16 years. By 1959, the rockabilly edge had given way to The Drifters, Bobby Darin, and Ray Charles; great artists all but quite different from folks like Jerry Lee Lewis and the early rockers.
Rest In Peace Jerry. True Legend Of The Real Rock & Roll! 😎
Love Jerry Lee Lewis' persona. Has character and never a dull moment. A great entertainer, rock 'n' roller, pianist and a thoroughly interesting man.
Outstanding! The Killer!! What a talent! What an ICON!! One of the best performers/entertainers of ALL TIME! Easily within the top 10 country artists of all time as well. Perhaps even in the top 5!!! Long Live Jerry Lee!!
Country ? Must be mistaken him for someone else. Jerry Lee os/was anything but, a couple try singer. He says it any times in this interview and in his songs. He is a rock n roll star
He’s rock n roll but he also made country music later on
A very good singer but very unpleasant personality, 2 of his wife’s died under very strange circumstances.
It’s really rock n roll with a fusion of country and blues..
I like Jerry but a top 10 country singer he is not..
I've seen Dick Cavett stumble along awkwardly into 'darkest Africa' before; you have to wonder why Cavett's producers thought he could gracefully, successfully manage to conduct an interview [or even save face] in particular encounters - especially those who weren't interested in fencing with and were not amused by...or even able to figure out where Cavett was coming from. Not that Cavett couldn't rise to the occasion in fine fashion with many from worlds/fields of endeavor with which he was more familiar...lovely in many ways, Cavett breathed an air more urbane & cultured - but lacked the maturity & versatility to handle himself in certain arenas.
Always liked Cavett, but he’s coming off very disrespectful and inauthentic here; playing for the cheap laugh.
Tales from the tour bus.. Jerry Lee's stories.. frickin hilarious!!
Dick cavett was definitely named correctly.
Dick was too big of a square for this one and Jerry knew it. Its pretty clean to me that Dick thought he was better then The Killer, but Jerry Lee wasnt going to have any of it.
that was painful...Cavett...what a joke
The Killer is in prime form....I think Jerry Lee Lewis was the greatest rock and roll performer of all time......I had never seen anyone put on a show better than the Killer.
Agreed!
Little Richard
I ended up here because I was looking up Jerry Lewis but since these Jerry Lee videos have caught my attention I'll just say that I was never really a fan but I do like his Louisiana sounding voice. He just did anything to be in the limelight. Sued his kids, just anything to stay in people's heads.
@@cle-chi
Not even close.
Elvis's soul depth and diversity destroys them.
In fact, they lived decades longer than elvis, YET still failed to reach the level of GREATNESS as the king.
Decades and decades longer.
Proving that they were both one trick pony types.
Elvis was the greatest singer and rock and roll performer followed by Jerry Lee Lewis.
This was 1971. Led Zeppelin debuted in 1969 & Black Sabbath debuted in 1970. i wondered what these 50's -60's Rockers impressions were of them? A new generation with a different mood, perspective & rebellion.
Jerry Lee Lewis later recorded with Jimmy Page and Elvis was a Zeppelin fan. I don't think that Chuck Berry or Little Richard would have been too fond of Zep or Sabbath though.
@@SC-mm9wr I don't think Elvis was a Zeppelin fan. He just hung out with them because they had the same tour manager and Elvis' teenage half-brother Ricky liked them.
Elvis was certainly NOT a zeppelin fan, he hated hard rock actually. He respected the band themselves though, and did meet with them, him being their hero.
@@useyournogos6845 he also hated the beatles.
@@emzid5105 NO, he DID NOT, he didn't agree with a lot of their personal issues/beliefs or whatever, but liked and respected them, sang Yesterday and Hey Jude prominently during his 1969 Vegas shows, thought enough of Hey Jude to include an impromptu type version, included on his 1972 ab, album, Elvis Now, which I personally love, it's sort of like a jam, just, feeling it the way he sang it, good groove, and... its ELVIS, and he did a rocking rehearsal of, Lady Madonna, sang AND once, twice...thrice, played electric guitar along with, Get Back, which he medlied (New word???) with Little Sister, and for his worldwide satellite show, Aloha from Hawaii, he sang, Something!!!!!!!
This is another one of those times that Cavett was supremely awkward when interviewing musicians, like he was with Hendrix, Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, etc. He did a good job interviewing writers and actors but he always seemed out of his depth with musicians.
That's it! Some of his interviews went well. Others were odd.
The problem with Dick Cavett is he ALWAYS feels the need to outwit his guests. Why? I don’t know. Especially if he was not a fan of the guest. He’s probably the worst interviewer ever. Though somehow he got many big names on his show.
Agreed! He was able to blow 99% of what COULD have been great interviews. I think just the names of the people who were willing to endure the little weasel is what drew viewers.
If there were ever two personalities that were polar opposites...lol
About the most horrible awkward interview I’ve ever seen
Everyone is complaining about how arrogant Jerry Lee is. While they’re not wrong, I think that’s part of his appeal as an artist. He’s gifted and he knows it. If I had his piano skills, I’d probably brag too.
Cavett was usually pretty good....not here......this "interview" was cringe-worthy
I had the good fortune of seeing Jerry Lee Lewis in the mid to late 1990s in Washington DC in concert featuring James Burton on guitar at the 930 club. It was one of the best concerts I ever attended. Jerry Lee was in great voice that night and he played blues ...rock ‘n’ roll ..country and sounded great doing all of it. I think the main reason Jerry Lee is still around today outliving Elvis Presley and so many others, is that he kept it real and didn’t let fame go to his head.
Benny Goodman Jerry is good , but he can't hold a candle to Elvis.
@@panteraxenos4789
100% correct.
Jerry lives decades longer and STILL can't reach elvis's level of success.
THAT ALONE tells you how far behind jerry was compared with the king.
That actually works against Jerry.
The fact that he lived decades longer than elvis YET still couldn't reach the level of GREATNESS and success of the king.
That tells you everything
@@bradhuskers I'm a huge Elvis fan and I feel certain he would have traded everything if he knew he was going to wash out at age 42. I think Jerry Lee is more than satisfied with his level of stardom knowing he's outlived Elvis nearly 50 years.
@@musicmatty67
Wrong.
To this very day. Jerry is a bitter and angry POS who never got over the fact that elvis's soul depth and diversity destroyed him.
He will take that hatred to his grave.
Dang, I was two weeks old when this originally aired.
About the same age as Gerry's first wife
@@robjj5373 Ouch
@@ianbauer4703 BAM!!!
I should make a video speaking this song in shakespearean style.
Cavett, condescending, arrogant in this interview baiting JLL with stupid (who is Chuck Berry? teach me to Yodel?) questions to make him look foolish and stupid. Pseudo intellectual Cavett showed his disdain for early rock and roll artists here. Killer was the better man and gentleman here in putting up with the verbal taunting. He should have walked off the stage.
Rest in peace jerry lee Lewis
This is not Dicks best, he interrupts too much and wouldn’t let Jerry talk. There was obvious tension and it was just awkward. I wouldn’t blame Jerry as Dick is the host, it’s his show and it’s down to him to make the guests relax. To be fair Dick usually did a great job of doing that with most of his guests and he failed to do so on very few occasions, this was one of them. Having said that Dick is one of the finest interviewers of all time but we are all human and we all have the occasional off night
I grew up in Louisiana and Jerry Lee Lewis definitely fits a generation of my home state. The wildness, the cheesiness, the charm, and the meanness are all there.
❤️🔥
Interesting way of putting it. I live here in LA and have to agree, except for the cheesiness part.
The Killer. i just saw they auctioned off a 59 Harley Davidson that Jerry Lee Lewis owned. Could you imagine pulling up to a red light in 1959 and looking over and seeing the Killer on a Harley?
I always liked Dick Cavett but he made this very awkward by not showing any respect towards The Killer . Awkward
And there’s Hal Holbrook, sitting there like “better you than me, brother.”
You can tell Dick Cavett doesn't know anything about rock'n'roll so his questions are dull and the killer is bored
When he berated the drummer it reminded me of the time I saw him play in the early 90s. He was drunk, and kept stopping the show to cuz out his band.
LOL Is that right? Tell me about that!
Watch the 1989 concert DVD Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends where he does the same thing on stage. The Killer was unpredictable and often mean as a snake! May the old stud rest in peace...
Otis Blackwell was for real. the Killer never hesitated to mention a songwriter when he'd do a cover.
Otis wrote a few good songs.
But it was the artists who made them greater.
For every million songwriters, there's just one Ella Fitzgerald.
One frank Sinatra.
One Ray charles.
You need a sense of perspective.
Brilliant, although i think jerry lee was always quite hard to interview, razor sharp wit though. All killer no filler ! One of the greatest artists of our generation without a doubt.
He has a awesome voice
What a treble interview with a great like this
Very awkward interview.
Marry an adult woman, are you kidding?
and he is still alive
I thought he was done dead. Where's any interviews with Esquerita? He's the real deal.
85 and defying the laws of science. The last of them all, and the greatest.
@@andymassingham
Wrong again.
Jerry never came to terms with the fact that elvis's soul depth and diversity destroyed him.
An angry and bitter POS.
He'll take it to the grave.
He seems like he would be Robert Mitchums Rock in roll brother.
You're 100% correct with that statement! I'd never thought of that, but they do favor each other a lot with that cleft chin and the mysterious air that surrounds them when they talk. It's like anything can happen at anytime.
Robert Mitchum's first choice to star alongside him in his movie, Thunder Road was, Elvis!!!!!!!
On the money. I love watching the Mitchum interview from this era. CAN YOU IMAGINE these two opposite Cavett?
@@andymassingham I'd pay good money to see that interview, lol!
@@andymassinghamThey would either get along or get on each other’s nerves I’m not sure.
4:38.....The Absolute Truth....Jimmie Rodgers......Even Howlin' Wolf admitted that he got his howl from Jimmie Rodgers. Jimmie Rodgers was playing 320+ nights a year at his peak in the late twenties and early thirties across the country. _Everybody_ heard Jimmie Rodgers....He started _It_
Reminds me of Cavetts interview with Robert Mitchum. A sense of danger in these two men. Intelligent, funny. They’re to be treated with respect.
Now that you mention it, Jerry Lee and Robert Mitchum look a lot like brothers. They even talk a lot alike in interviews.
That was my grandad
@@shapezula thats sick
Good eye. Thought the same thing myself.
Jerry Lee borrowed Waylon Jennings fiddle. Waylon, knowing the killers penchant for destroying musical instruments, remarked that he wanted it returned in one piece. Now Jerry Lee wasn't a big man, and of course old Waylon stood well over 6 foot and looked pretty stout, with a voice that was soaked in whiskey and smoke. But the killer walked up to ol Waylon and looked him in the eye and said, "And what if I don't?"
Witnesses say that nothing more was said.
In no way am I saying Waylon was scared, just that everyone knew Jerry Lee was mad, bad and dangerous to know.
POST JERRY’S PERFORMANCES‼️
Im sorry but the Shoe Game on Dick Cavett was crazy. Everyone had nice shoes on back then.
This man knew his music. Period.
Cavett had a habit of talking way too much & insisting on answers to ludicrous questions, & not just LETTING IT GO. He was at his worst here. What a superb interview opportunity he had with the King but he blew it so badly. Lewis was very forgiving to Cavett's unprofessionalism & downright stupidity. Members of the audience could have done a better job & asked the Killer better questions.
Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard went on tour together in the late 90s and I wanted to see them SO bad, but had to miss the show. Huge regret.
*He was 'The Last Man Standing' of the 'Million Dollar Quartet' back when a million-dollars actually meant something*
( *'The Killer' managed to somehow out-live all the 'Originators' of RnR...he was the last of them* )
______________
( *Maybe he heard what passes for 'Rock' and 'Pop' music now...and he died from disgust* )
Never was arrogance more justified: the last of the greats.
Lots of really dumb questions 😂
Love his confidence.. what a great singer and piano player--It will always be Jerry Lee as number one..
A Communist? He was a freewheeling American wild man of Rock n Roll! He didn’t have anything to do with Politics! What a silly question!
RIP Jerry Lee 💐
Cavett in a very playful mood. I wonder if he was trying to wind up the Killer and get a reaction.....
By TALKING like a wind-up toy when Jerry was TALKING!!!!!!!!
@@elvicare35 I didn't think Cavett was TALKING like a wind up toy, when Jerry was TALKING......Jerry comes across as an arogant twat when he is TALKING....
@@andydixon2980 snowflake alert
@@elvicare35 I think that was a nervous reaction to Jerry...
6:30 This reminds me a little of the famous James Brown CNN interview the way JLL broke into song out of nowhere
The Killer!!! I love Elvis, but I love Jerry Lee also!!!
how many uncomfortable cringy moments can there be ? shhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh
Not the greatest interview. Johnny Carson interviewed him much better, and I do not know how. Dick Cavett is too much into his own pace, and Lewis is too relaxed for that. Cavett is trying to get intellectual and in-depth answers from him. This is not to say the man isn't smart, which in fact to teach oneself piano, you have to be. I suspect he is just a simple southern man, who played and played piano all his life; this was him forming his craft! He _did_ study the Bible. Cavett I think should have dodged the complex questions after a while and just stuck to what every fan, and especially musician influenced by his music, would want to know from Lewis, the man himself, and not outpour all this complicated and overwhelming information. If you look at the interviews of Louis Armstrong, Sleepy John Estes, and Johnny St. Cyr, you wouldn't ask these sorts of inquiries to them, and I think this was Cavett's mistake. These people never went to college like Cavett has in Yale and so forth. They are quiet gentleman who just wanted to make ppl feel good through the music. Its like asking our grandmothers about complicated life questions.
Agreed with you until the end. Grandma could answer complicated life questions, I assure you of that. If you don't think so then you're missing out.
Jerry Lee Lewis WAS/IS/WILL ALWAYS BE - Rock 'N Roll and was a truly GREAT Country Music singer
He was a great musician, one of the very best ever. But that is the only good thing about this man. He was a massive massive A hole for no reason . My father worked for him, was well paid , and up and walked away one day because Jerry was unbearable. He was also nasty yo other musicians face to face.
Jerry is a Legend !
Between Hall Holbroke & Dick Cavit 🤔 I would bet The Killer was freaking them out to no end. Lol
Seriously Cavett? Who is Chuck Berry? Who is Jimmy Rogers? It was embarrassing to watch this interview.
Cavett played the devil's advocate and that's what got his views, with a side of pretentiousness and charming personality.
jimmy rodgers is often cited as early rocknroll inflluence .
blue yodel #9 is one such example
What a cringey interview. Cavett and his square white audience didn’t know how to react to Jerry Lee 😮
RIP Jerry. You were the end of an era
Awful interview except the moment he talks about Chuck Berry