Who: Jerry Lee Lewis, John Stamos, Elton John, Bill Clinton, Willie Nelson, Lee Ann Womack, Joe Walsh, Billy F Gibbons, Bonnie Raitt, Chris Janson, Jacob Tolliver, James Burton, Jerry Phillips, Jimmy Swaggart, Linda Gail Lewis, Lindsay Ell, Marty Stuart, Mickey Gilley, Mike Love, Priscilla Presley, Tom Jones, Wink Martindale, Kenny Lovelace, Ray Gann, Kenny Aronoff, more
What: Virtual benefit birthday party for Jerry Lee Lewis
Where: jerryleelewis.com
When: Tuesday, October 27, free with advance RSVP, 8:00
Why: At last year’s “Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll” exhibit at the Met, the signage for Jerry Lee Lewis’s 1955 Petite Grand Piano spoke of “the Killer” in the past tense, but Lewis is still alive and kicking. The man behind such monster hits as “Great Balls of Fire,” “Breathless,” “High School Confidential,” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On” turned eighty-five on September 29, and several dozens of his friends, relatives, and music colleagues will be honoring the living legend at the virtual birthday party “Whole Lotta Celebratin’ Goin’ On: 85 Years of the Killer,” taking place October 27 at 8:00. Among the participants are Elton John, Bill Clinton, Willie Nelson, Lee Ann Womack, Joe Walsh, Billy F Gibbons, Bonnie Raitt, James Burton, Linda Gail Lewis, Marty Stuart, Mickey Gilley, Priscilla Presley, Tom Jones, Wink Martindale, Kenny Aronoff, and host John Stamos. The all-star event is free, but donations will be accepted for World Vision, which “partners with children, families, and their communities to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.”