The article mentions his first wife but not the second. Or maybe I missed it.
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.
Quaid did a lousy job of playing him. He acted like he was retarded. Kinda’ reminded me of the Reverend Jim character on TAXI.
Jerry Lee is first cousins with Jimmy Swaggart and Mickey GIlley. Jerry knows the gospel, and all he has to do is call his cousin if he has any doubts about where he will spend eternity.
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: