Reason 58: Tom Jones thinks he plays like Jerry Lee Lewis
-“Of Laurie’s piano prowess, Jones observes admiringly, “He must have listened to a lot of blues players, a lot of boogie-woogie players,” and notes that Laurie’s playing resembles that of Jerry Lee Lewis. Thomas marvels that when she saw him on the keyboards on House, she “could tell he was actually playing.”-
“It was a lovely surprise, because I’d only ever known him as an actor. I was tipped off a little bit with Jools Holland. And Jools told me that he loves boogie-woogie music, you know, the blues and… I didn’t know that before. I didn’t know he actually played. I didn’t know he played so well. Piano playing, you know, is… He must have listened to a lot of blues players, a lot of boogie-woogie players. He plays one song like Jerry Lee Lewis. You know, he starts it off slow and then he goes into this boogie thing and I love Jerry Lee Lewis.” Sir Tom Jones on Hugh Laurie
