We've lost another one, Jerry Lee Lewis one of the last of the original Rock and Rollers passed away yesterday at the age of 87, Damn fellas any of y'all ever see him on stage, what a great performer he was. R.I.P. Jerry Lee Lewis
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RIP Jerry Lee Lewis. Sad to hear of his passing. I never saw him perform live, only on TV. He definitely put on an energetic show.
His genius was his ability to copy the styles of black Boogy-Woogy, Country, and of all things, white Pentecostal preachers, and merge them into a unique kind of music
He liked em young too.
for whatever reason i thought this guy died over 10 years ago. so i was real surprised that he made it all the way to 87 up until yesterday.
there was a story where he drove over to elvis presley's residence and was denied entrance by the security guard for carrying a firearm. what would have happened if he was let in?
not only did he like them real young but he also liked them to be real close to family as much as possible.
At the end of the day the man was a brilliant showman, and his music was very cutting edge at the time. May your soul rest in peace Jerry.
If you haven't seen it, Mike Judges Tales from the Tour Bus is a good series. Season 1 episode 2 is all about Jerry Lee Lewis.
Not only was Jerry Lee Lewis jealous of the success of Elvis, he blamed Elvis for a shift from the roots of “real” rock n roll
He hated that Elvis moved away from Rockabilly and hard core rock and roll to ballads and main stream pop, allowing acts like Bobby Vinton and Frankie Valli to gain an audience
He’s also a cousin of Jimmy Swaggart
I forget - were Jimmy’s ho’s also young?
^ Jimmy Swaggart was also cousin to Mickey Gilley another country Rock a Billy star.
It's been said that nobody wanted to follow him on stage, including Elvis. He was a hard act to follow.
"or whatever reason i thought this guy died over 10 years ago" Mandela Syndrome.
I don't care enough about golden oldies to comment on Jerry Lee Lewis, but Mandela Syndrome is pretty fuckin fascinating.
somebody said that he liked them young.
Let that fucker rot in Hell like he deserves. Sure he was talented and ushered in the age of rock n roll, but it doesn't make up for all of the fucked up things he did in his life.
Got the nickname "The Killer" after trying to strangle a teacher while in high school.
His main source of money before his deal with Sun Records was a long string of petty thefts.
Committed bigamy by being married to 2 different women at the same time on two separate occasions. (Married 2nd wife while still married to 1st wife and married 3rd wife while still married to 2nd wife)
Seduced and married his cousin who was 13 at the time. He had another woman who was old enough go with him to fraudulently apply for the marriage license and then picked up the 13 year old from school, got married to her and them dropped her back home without telling her parents for weeks.
Had multiple wives divorce him due to serious and repeated physical abuse.
Had 2 wives die unexpectedly including one that he was suspected of killing (but never arrested for) and the other was suspected of committing suicide due to his physical and emotionalabuse..
Fled the country for years to avoid prosecution for tax fraud after repeatedly having property seized by the IRS for tax evasion.
Shot his bassist in the chest while drunk and shooting at beer bottles in a hotel room.
Crashed his car into the gate at Graceland and got out drunk and brandishing a gun telling the security guards to let Elvis know that "the Killer is here."
Yeah all those old school original southern rocker types are pretty much gone. I love putting on great balls of fire
I've never heard anything by Jerry Lee Lewis or any other fifties song in a strip club. I almost never hear a sixties one either. I was surprised one time when James Brown started playing. The biggest sixties band was the Beatles and I've only heard them three times in a strip club. It's not really until you get to the seventies that you start hearing earlier music. Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin are the seventies groups I hear most frequently in strip clubs. I've run into several strippers who like Stevie Nicks and know about Fleetwood Mac.
Ric Flair once said his famous catchphrase was taken from Jerry Lee Lewis's Great Balls of Fire. Wooo!
Lots of old school guys in this jam.
Strippers should showcase their talents by dancing to "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" in remembrance of Jerry Lee Lewis. Shake it baby, shake.. Shake it baby,shake!
Just as R.Kelly so good riddance
Jerry lee lewis refused to shake Jimmy hendrix s hand coz he wasn't white. You guys are right. Not many like him anymore.
Mohammed had a nine year old wife.
Mohammad was a pedophile too.
Jerry did like 'em young though !