Toronto Rock and Roll Revival, Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada, 9-13-1969, Part 3: Jerry Lee Lewis

Here's the third album I could find from the 1969 Toronto Rock and Roll Revival Festival. This time, it's Jerry Lee Lewis.

Jerry Lee Lewis is another 1950s rock and roll legend. But unique of all the 1950s legends at this festival, he was able to have a very successful second career as a country music star. That began in 1968. He hadn't had any significant hits since 1961. But in 1968, he had four songs that went near or reached the top of the U.S. country singles charts. That continued in 1969, with four more big country singles, and all through the 1970s and into the 1980s. 

However, for this set, he stuck to the 1950s revival theme of the festival and avoided all of his recent country hits. He played his biggest 1950s hits, as well as a couple of famous songs done by Elvis Presley. In doing so, he also was smartly "reading the room," because the crowd was made up of rock fans, not country fans.

Lewis was known as an electrifying performer, with the nickname "The Killer," and he did not disappoint this time. A Guardian article about the festival later commented, "As it turned out, the performances by each of the rock pioneers floored the young crowd, who had no idea of their power." 

Alice Cooper, who performed in the festival, and later became a big rock star, watched the 1950s stars in the festival with great interest. In the 2022 documentary movie about this festival, "REVIVAL69: The Concert That Rocked the World," he said, "If you watch the old guys, when they hit that stage, they brought it like it's the last show you're ever gonna do."

I believe this performance has been released, but only as a "grey market" release of dubious legality. But at least this time it appears to have been complete, with banter between songs and an expected amount of cheering. The vocals were generally low, so I boosted them with the use of the UVR5 audio editing program.

This album is 30 minutes long.

01 I Got a Woman (Jerry Lee Lewis)
02 Don't Be Cruel (Jerry Lee Lewis)
03 Hound Dog (Jerry Lee Lewis)
04 Mean Woman Blues (Jerry Lee Lewis)
05 talk (Jerry Lee Lewis)
06 Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)
07 talk (Jerry Lee Lewis)
08 Mystery Train (Jerry Lee Lewis)
09 talk (Jerry Lee Lewis)
10 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (Jerry Lee Lewis)
11 talk (Jerry Lee Lewis)
12 Jailhouse Rock (Jerry Lee Lewis) 

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https://bestfile.io/en/e6jCAPFZGWOfDmc/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert. It's a screenshot I took from one of the two documentaries about this festival.