From Moon Mullican to Jerry Lee Lewis

A very allergic Floyd Domino traces the influence of Moon Mullican on Jerry Lee Lewis, using the famous Mullican tune, "I'll Sail My Ship Alone," which the Killer later recorded as well.

[@MonkeyChamp]

Really awesome piano history and playing here.

[@timtully8015]

I appreciate the way you tied together Basie, Clifford Scott, Mullican, and Jerry Lee! That's the way an historian should think.

[@krisom4356]

Moon mullican was an ancestor of mine.

[@bobwallace1880]

Jerry Lee the last man standing. 85 years old today. This is a great video, thanks Mr. Domino

[@rheajacob6469]

Moon was my great uncle he died when I was 3 but I remember him always

[@lynnurech7260]

My mom taught me his songs on piano I'm from Palestine Texas and just loved his tunes pipeline blues one of my favorites

[@LUCKYB.]

Moons work you can tell he liked country music But he was an inspiration to many CW singers .. I hear many country songs in them Riffs .

[@MrTookie65]

Thanks for mentioning Clyde! When Moon would leave to visit his mom, or whoever, and leave the band he called it a "creep". Clyde said Moon would "pull a creep".
Thanks for helping keep Moon's music alive!
Shelly Lee Alley, Jr. (Clyde's little brother)

[@paulh-1950]

Amos Milburn is almost as unknown today as Moon, Floyd! I loved his bluesy boogie style. One of my most prized possessions is a good copy of Amos' Aladdin 10 inch LP, Rockin' The Boogie.

[@GeorgiaDawgAthens]

05/13/17
+paulh9018
"One of my most prized possessions is a good copy of Amos' Aladdin 10 inch LP, Rockin' The Boogie."
You lucky devil, you.
Cheers!

[@7550375503]

Thank you sir for acknowledging what no one ever has.

[@Daberney]

This is great stuff--it deserves far more hits. Just finished reading the new Jerry Lee Lewis bio, by the way--I highly recommend it to anyone with even a passing interest in this type of music.

[@tomduff8399]

I live on Cape Cod my father was from Livingston Texas Moon was my grandmother's brother Arlie Duff my father s cousin brought Patsy Cline into the Industry it was a long time ago lol

[@leanajo754]

I went to high school in Livingston! I heard Mr. Mullican was originally from nearby Corrigan, Texas & died in my original hometown of Beaumont, Texas in 1967.

[@billywirtz6905]

Great lesson and great story!!

[@demografx]

Fascinating!!! Thanks much and Happy New Year. Joe

[@gabe31g]

Great jerry lee story. LOL

[@jeffsorg7682]

Very cool! Thanks!

[@criss719]

I wish that he would have gotten a close up to se exactly what your right hand was doing. I just can't figure out those unique runs that Jerry Lee does.

[@jamesrusso2523]

nice

[@7550375503]

A musical savant.

[@realpqleur]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@sunrecords56]

Jerry Lee SUN 312

[@5thcorps]

Al Stricklin taught u well

[@7550375503]

As a DJ at KWKH - I asked The Killer once how much Moon influenced his music. 'Ain't but 2 originals in the music business - & that's me & Al Jolson!' (Moon however, obviously influenced The Killer's style in a major way.)

[@5thcorps]

He would often add a third: Hank Williams

[@PatrickWall12]

@@5thcorps He'd add a 4th, Jimmie Rodgers, and a fifth as well. The fifth was Moon Mullican. However, there were much more than 4/5 stylists (Bill Monroe is another and then there's a load of African American stylists too).

[@PatrickWall12]

This is the sort of an answer a politician woiuld give!!! It diverts, does not answer the question. There were of course much more than 2 stylists and Jerry Lee was very much aware of that!! And Moon was one of the major stylists in what we now call country music alongside the likes of Bill Monroe and Jimmie Rodgers. I believe the answers he would give would depend on what he was taking and he gave moody or inane answers when he had drugs or alcohol in him. Other times, he would give a better answer when he was clean and more often than not would mention Moon.

[@hamletsmill258]

Moon's influence on Jerry has been hugely exaggerated.

[@warrenjjr87]

moon mo