[re_nortex]

Back in the 80s I saw him at a club in Temple, Texas. I walked up to the stage and handed him a business card with “One Minute Past Eternity” written on the back. He looked at and said “Okay” and started playing it.

This might be close to heresy since Ray Charles is highly regarded here on FR (and he was a Republican) but, in my opinion and in this one specific instance, the white guy (Jerry Lee Lewis) arguably performs with more soul. Compare the two performances of "Lucky Old Sun" and let me know what y'all think:

Jerry Lee Lewis vs. Ray Charles

[Catsrus]

They are both good, however, I have to go with Jerry Lee Lewis on this one - that blue-eyed soul just reaches down into your heart. He surely was and is talented. Too bad he lived such a reckless life.

[VerySadAmerican]

I once spent a little time with a guy who played drums for him when his three year old son died. The drummer’s brother played guitar. He said they heard on the radio about the kid drowning so they didn’t figure they’d play the gig in Newport, Arkansas that night. That afternoon Jerry Lee called and told them to head on over to Newport and get set up and he’d be there in time to play. They said they’d heard his son had drowned. He confirmed it and said “We still have to play.”

[Albion Wilde]

Jerry Lee Lewis vs. Ray Charles

Ray Charles.

[a fool in paradise]

That time when Ray Charles played piano with Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Little Richard, and James Brown with Bo Diddley and BB King playing guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DofQHvU_6oo

full concert here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_zywFj7vrk

PS, the man introducing James Brown at the beginning of the show introduced James at pretty much all of the shows. He was there when Little Richard was just getting started and he learned of James Brown. Came a point in time when James Brown had to do the Little Richard shows while Richard was on the road. He said that Little Richard was the ‘hardest working man in show biz’ because he was two places at once. But as James Brown established himself, he realized just how hard working James really was and it stuck.

[Ben Ficklin]

"and let me know what you think"

I think YouTube is a wonder because you can browse thru and listen to many versions of songs recorded/performed by many artists thru the many years/decades.

Lucky Old Sun is one such song. A couple of other songs that Jerry Lee and many others performed that are very old(1920s) are Trouble in Mind and Waiting on a Train(Jimmie Rogers). Yes, Jerry Lee knows how to yodel.