Posted on 09/14/2006 2:13:45 PM PDT by kiriath_jearim
Goodness gracious.
Growing up during that same period, and in the same region, my home town radio never stopped rocking. Elvis was my favorite, but Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins were worthy. JLL was interesting, but I never bought a record of his.
Ironically, I will soon be returning there and will be living near the Jerry Lee Lewis Ranch.
Don't know if it's true or not.
In the mid 80s Lewis was scheduled to appear at a venue in Galt, CA just off the 99 Fwy. The audience started clapping and stomping when the show did not start. The manager called the sheriff's department and asked if they could find Lewis' limo in the area. An hour later, Lewsi showed via police escort. His limo was parked outside of a bar in nearby Lodi. The show?...............hot, as reported by the Sacramento Bee.
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Trivia factoid: Jerry Lee Lewis is also a cousin of both Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart.
I'm glad to see ol' Jerry Lee still alive and kicking, and if this latest album is even half as good as the last one he released 11 years ago ('95?) called 'Young Blood', it ought to be worth listening to.
Any Killerphiles who don't have the above mentioned '95 release ought to track it down, Lewis does a nice cover of Hank Sr.'s "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive", and my personal favorite is a great hot rodding tune, "Crown Victoria Custom 51", that is WELL worth a listen.
Jerry Lee Lewis has seen his share of heartbreak in his life, some of it self inflicted, some of it inflicted by others, I remember two JLL stories I'll share here, the more recent was from 1979, when he had a major hit on his hands once again, with a cover of (ready for this?) "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", and I remember watching him play it live on (of all things) Tom Snyder's "Tomorrow" program, and you couldn't listen to it without feeling some of the pain that Lewis has lived with through the years. That too, is a tune worth tracking down.
My earliest recollection of the Killer was back in 1957, I was VERY young and riding with my parents, my grandparents (my Dad's parents) and my Dad's younger brother (my Uncle of course) who had just gotten his learner's permit and was behind the wheel on a Sunday afternoon. The vehicle was a '58 Chrysler 300, and I remember my Uncle turning on the radio, and out blared "Whole Lotta Shakin", and my grandparents were not at all enamored with that new phenomena called "Rock N' Roll", I remember my Grandfather saying "what IS that noise anyway?", my Dad didn't make a comment (not wanting to take sides), but I remember my Mom sitting in the back with my Grandmother, and she had a smile on her face, and she was *almost* (but not quite), snapping her fingers to that tune, probably because she appreciated music from a son of the South, being from the South herself. (and this little tableau played out in the suburbs of Washington D.C.)
I still smile at that memory.
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The Million Dollar Quartet
Dec. 4, 1956 - Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash
You quoted the article as saying -- "But he set off one of the great rock 'n' roll scandals by marrying his 13-year-old cousin in 1957, while still married to someone else."
Well, the "cousin" was a -- third cousin, twice removed. That's quite distant, actually. The age might have been a question, but it was okay with the parents and he moved into the girl's parents' house, I believe. It was permissible, legally.
Thirdly, there was a divorce "in process" from his other wife. Basically, his problem was that he "jumped the gun" and got married when he should have waited for the *finality* of the legal paperwork (I think another three weeks).
So, all that combined to cause an uproar.
Regards,
Star Traveler
P.S. -- I was just in Memphis a few days back and stopped in to Sun Records to look around. It's still there. Saw Graceland, too.
Damn Beatles coming over here in 64 and then the rest of the British invasion RUINED REAL ROCK AND ROLL
I will hate them forever
60s was the dawn of the hippies--left wing wackos--The Beatles--Designated Hitter and Astro Turf
"The Million Dollar Quartet
Dec. 4, 1956 - Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash"
I was just down at Sun Records, in Memphis, a few days back and picked up a copy of that picture there. I thought it was a cool picture.
Regards,
Star Traveler
The Killer made in Big in Country Music after his Rock career
His Me and Bobby Magee is one of the best versions
Shirley you jest......
"All You Need Is Love"
Forever is a long time....
Jerry Lee could have been bigger than Elvis after Elvis went into the Army. The marriage flap in England blew that possibility away and it took him 20 years to come back completely.
Well.....I see you're guilty of ageism. I'm 72 and I'll bet I can still outrun you, and dance all night if I want to.
In 73-74, Jerry Lee and his wife lived in our neighborhood in Collierville, TN. At the time we owned a record shop there. He called my husband and asked him to come over and change the needle in his record player. Hubby said he was in the house with all the shades drawn down, sitting in the dark. He talked and talked about his career and showing off his records, and trying to elicit favorable comments from hubby. He said he was really pitiful, like an aging movie star still dreaming of when she was the young beautiful leading lady. Ever since then I've felt sorry for him. I'm glad to see that he has had a few chances to relive his glory days.
According to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame it happened on March 28, 1958.
http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=144
He spoke at a Demoncrat convention?
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