JERRY LEE LEWIS'S THIRD APPEARANCE ON 'THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL."
THIS "Midnight Special" IS SPECIAL INDEED, NOT FOR HIS FIREBALL PERFORMANCE OF 'BREATHLESS,' OR THE UNUSUAL AND RARE ADDITION OF A HORN SECTION, OR EVEN HIS CHOICE OF TUX JACKET:
THIS CLIP IS THE ONLY VIDEOTAPE WHICH FEATURES HIS SON, JERRY LEE LEWIS, JR., PLAYING DRUMS. [DIED SHORTLY AFTERWARD. THE OTHER KNOWN CLIP BEING FROM THE 'MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW,' WHERE HE PLAYS TAMBOURINE.]
IF THIS WERE NOT ENOUGH TO DISTINGUISH A VIDEO FROM THE THOUSANDS ON THE WWW, THE OTHER DRUMMER IS NONE OTHER THAN MORRIS "TARP" TARRANT, THE INFAMOUS, CRAZED, MEMPHIS SPEEDFREAK, WHO AFTER DRUMMING WITH JERRY FOR A WHILE, TRYING TO 'KEEP UP' AND 'KEEP TIME' AMONG OTHER THINGS, ENDED HIS DRUMMING DAYS WHEN HE DECIDED, HIGH ON DEXAMYL, AND DRESSED IN ALL-BLACK COWBOY ATTIRE ALA LASH LARUE, TO ROB A CONVENIENCE STORE...HE DID A LITTLE TIME ON THAT BEEF, AND IT WASN'T 4/4!
Los Angeles 21.10.73
Broadcast 11.11.73
Band:
Kenny Lovelace - guitar
Herman Hawkins - bass
Morris 'Tarp' Tarrant - drums
J. L. Lewis Jr. - drums
Marty Morisson - organ
Charlie Owens - steel guitar
Bill Taylor - trumpet
Russ Carlton - saxophone
*thanks to thrund for the video and peter checksfield for the jll jr. videography.