Jerry Lee at 75

Admit it, you never thought Jerry Lee Lewis would get to 75. Lewis' birthday milestone today has me wishing more people would check out his Country hits that he had in the late 60's/mid-70's. We know the Rock era cuts, but he had a career comeback in Country music.

Some critic once said that Lewis' genius was his brilliant off-handedness. There was always an improvisational nature to his recklessness on his Rock sides. On his Country ones he mostly plays it straight, but there is lots of Gold in those vaults.

Jerry Lee has a new duets album called Mean Old Man out in which he outshines all his guests, just as he did 2 years earlier on his Comeback duets set, Last Man Standing.

What you think you're going to upstage the Killer?