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Jerry Lee Lewis

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by Rick Bragg


  Hall, Roy. “I Remember Jerry Lee Lewis.” Country Music Inquirer, July 1983, www.kyleesplin.com/Roy%20Hall%20remembers%20Jerry%20Lee.htm.

  Hays, Will S. “Captain J. M. White,” in Robert Dabney Calhoun, A History of Concordia Parish, Louisiana. Louisiana Historical Quarterly 15, no. 1 (1932).

  Hendrick, Kimmis. “A Rock-and-Blues ‘Othello.’” Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 23, 1968.

  “Home of Jerry Lee Lewis Won’t Reopen to Public.” Associated Press State and Local Wire, in Desoto Times Today, Aug. 11, 2005.

  Hubbard, Kim, and Mary Shaughnessy. “A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goes on as Rock ’n’ Roll’s Oldies but Goodies Make It to the New Hall of Fame.” People, Feb. 10, 1986.

  Humphrey, Mark. “Jerry Lee Lewis.” Esquire 97, no. 6 (June 1982).

  “IRS Puts Jerry Lee Lewis’ Property on Auction Block.” Associated Press, Oct. 23, 1980.

  Jerome, Jim. “Fame, Tragedy and Fame Again: Jerry Lee Lewis Has Been Through Great Balls of Fire, Otherwise Known as Hell.” People, Apr. 24, 1978.

  “Jerry Lee Lewis ‘All Right’ After Stomach Surgery.” United Press International, Nov. 13, 1985.

  “Jerry Lee Lewis and the Law.” Washington Post, Nov. 24, 1976.

  “Jerry Lee Lewis Files Bankruptcy Petition.” Associated Press, Nov. 9, 1988.

  “Jerry Lee Lewis Fined.” Delta Democrat-Times, May 8, 1975.

  “Jerry Lee Lewis Has Little Left, Lawyer Says.” Associated Press, Dec. 9, 1988.

  “Jerry Lee Lewis Undergoes Second Stomach Operation.” Associated Press, July 11, 1981.

  “Jerry Lee Lewis’ Wife Dies.” Washington Post, Aug. 25, 1983.

  “Jerry Lee Lewis Wins Achievement Award.” Associated Press Online, Jan. 5, 2005.

  “Jerry Lee’s Wife Had ‘10 Times’ Usual Methadone Dose.” Associated Press, Sept. 17, 1983.

  “Johnny Cash Visits Ailing Jerry Lee Lewis at Hospital.” Associated Press, July 13, 1981.

  Johnson, Robert. “TV News and Views.” Memphis Press-Scimitar, Dec. 5, 1956.

  “Jury Finds No Cause for Charges in Death of Singer’s Wife.” Associated Press, Sept. 21, 1983.

  Kempley, Rita. “‘Great Balls’: Tall Tale of Hot Wax.” Washington Post, June 30, 1989.

  King, Wayne. “Swaggart Says He Has Sinned; Will Step Down.” New York Times, Feb. 22, 1988.

  Lewis, Jerry Lee, and Charles White. Killer! London: Century, 1995.

  Lewis, Linda Gail, with Les Pendleton. The Devil, Me, and Jerry Lee. Atlanta: Longstreet, 1998.

  Lewis, Myra, with Murray Silver. Great Balls of Fire: The Uncensored Story of Jerry Lee Lewis. New York: Morrow, 1982.

  Lewis, Randy. Review of Mean Old Man, by Jerry Lee Lewis, Los Angeles Times, Sept. 7, 2010, http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/09/album-review-jerry-lee-lewis-mean-old-man.html.

  Loftin, Zeke. “Jerry Lee Lewis.” Twisted South 1, no. 2 (Winter 2011).

  Lollar, Michael. “Jerry Lee Lewis Opens His Home for Tours, Cash.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, Aug. 3, 1994.

  “Magazine, ABC Question Jerry Lee’s Role in Wife’s Death.” Associated Press, Feb. 3, 1984.

  “Methadone Linked to Death of Entertainer’s Wife.” Associated Press, Sept. 14, 1983.

  Murphy, Leona Sumrall. A Teenager Who Dared to Obey God. South Bend, IN: LeSEA Publishing, 1985.

  Nelson, Stanley. “A Century.” Concordia Sentinel, Feb. 25, 2004.

  . “Haney’s Big House—a Legendary Place—Down the Street from Morris’ Shop.” Concordia Sentinel, Nov. 26, 2007.

  “No More Nightclubs.” Washington Post, Dec. 11, 1970, p. C6.

  Palmer, Robert. “Waldorf Rocks ’n’ Rolls with Hall of Fame Stars.” New York Times, Jan. 25, 1986.

  . Jerry Lee Lewis Rocks! New York: Delilah Books, 1981.

  Pareles, Jon. “Rock Hall of Fame Adds Members.” New York Times, Jan. 22, 1987.

  “People in the News.” Associated Press, Sept. 13, 1980.

  “People in the News.” Associated Press, Feb. 20, 1981.

  “Presley’s Doctor Acquitted on All Prescription Charges.” New York Times, Nov. 5, 1981.

  Ryan, James. “Rocker Jerry Lee Lewis Honored with Star on Walk of Fame.” United Press International, June 14, 1989.

  Sanderson, Jane. “In the Wake of His Fifth Wife’s Death, Jerry Lee Lewis Takes Bride No. 6, Kerrie McCarver.” People 21, no. 19 (May 14, 1984).

  Sandlin, Lee. Wicked River: The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild. New York: Vintage, 2011.

  Sayre, Alan. “Evangelist Stepping Down Pending Investigation into Sex Scandal.” Associated Press, Feb. 22, 1988.

  “Scandals: No Apologies This Time.” Time, Oct. 28, 1991.

  Seago, Les. “Entertainer Released After Pleading, Posting Bond.” Associated Press, Feb. 16, 1984.

  . “Entertainer Fights for Life.” Associated Press, July 11, 1981.

  “Singer Taken off Critical List, Serious but Stable.” Associated Press, July 20, 1981.

  “Singer Undergoes Further Surgery.” Associated Press, July 10, 1981.

  Smith, Cecil. “‘Catch My Soul’ Rocks the Ahmanson Theatre.” Los Angeles Times, Mar. 7, 1968.

  Sullivan, Jim. “Jerry Lee Lewis: ‘The Killer’ Says the Wild Times Are Behind Him.” Chicago Tribune, July 28, 1985.

  Swaggart, Jimmy, with Robert Paul Lamb. To Cross a River. Baton Rouge: Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, 1984.

  “Tennessee Singer Is Ordered Arrested After Ignoring Court.” New York Times, Nov. 25, 1976.

  “The Sudden Death of Wife No. 5 Confronts Jerry Lee Lewis with Tragedy—and Troubling Questions.” People, Sept. 12, 1983.

  Tosches, Nick. Hellfire: The Jerry Lee Lewis Story. New York: Delacorte Press, 1982.

  . Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock ’n’ Roll. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 1996.

  “When Elvis and Jerry Lee Were Rock’s Naked Bikers.” Miami Herald, June 28, 1989.

  Willet, Edward. Janis Joplin: Take Another Little Piece of My Heart. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2008.

  Williams, Bayne C. “Jerry Lee Lewis’s Wife Seeks Divorce.” Memphis Commercial Appeal, Apr. 24, 2002.

  “Woman Riding in Swaggart Car Says She’s a Prostitute.” Associated Press, in Los Angeles Times, Oct. 12, 1991.

  INDEX

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  ABC, 198, 377, 422

  accordion, 128

  Acuff, Roy, 4, 58, 70, 142, 143, 375

  “Ain’t That a Shame,” 83

  Alabama, 92, 138, 158, 179, 198, 318, 322, 329

  “Alabama Jubilee,” 68

  Alexander, Arthur, 407

  Allen, Steve, 197, 201–7, 224, 297–98, 339

  “All Shook Up,” 197

  All You Need Is Love: Popular Music (TV show), 392

  “Amazing Grace,” 360

  American Bandstand, 209, 291

  American Music Masters series, 455

  amphetamines, 235, 323–24

  Angola Prison, 96–101, 107, 121–22

  Anka, Paul, 243, 247, 248–49

  Lewis and, 248–49

  Ann-Margret, 284

  “Another Place, Another Time,” 333–34, 338, 343, 346, 375–76

  record sales, 343

  Apollo Theater, New York, 221–24, 291

  Apollo 12, 349–50

  Arkansas, 75, 88, 179, 180, 222, 223, 292, 293, 297, 326

  Arnold, Jack, 258

  Assembly of God, 4, 5, 447, 73–75, 85, 115, 116, 119, 357, 435–36, 437

  Atkins, Chet, 160, 232

  Atlanta, 83, 148, 328

  Atlas Bar, 133–34

  Atlas Sewing Machine Company, 119–22

  Austin, Gene, 68

  Austin City Limits (TV show), 424

  Australia, 247–49, 353, 354, 440

  Autry, Gene, 59, 68, 91, 104, 165, 175, 180, 220, 258

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sp; Avalon, Frankie, 219, 299

  “Baby Baby Bye Bye,” 300

  Baez, Joan, 346

  Bakker, Jim, 433

  Ballard, Hank, 320

  banjo, 142

  Barefoot, Dr. Bebe, 465

  Barton, Reverend Jewell, 106

  bass, 146, 165, 181, 219, 223, 324, 412, 461

  Batey, David, 53, 462

  Batey, Paul, 59

  Baton Rouge, 26, 120, 412, 433

  Beach Boys, 299

  Beagle Records, 153

  Beatles, 316, 318–19, 327, 354, 378, 428

  “Beautiful Dreamer,” 402, 436

  “Before the Next Teardrop Falls,” 346

  Belushi, John, 393

  Berle, Milton, 205

  Berry, Chuck, 13, 83, 145, 146, 170, 172, 194–95, 222, 232, 300, 318, 320, 348, 367, 428, 451

  Big Beat tour, 251–56

  Lewis and, 251–56, 431

  performing style of, 253

  in prison, 299

  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, 428–31

  Bible, 38–39, 45, 46, 48, 112–19, 215

  bigamy, 272–77, 281

  big band music, 69, 126, 157, 222

  Big Beat tour, 251–56

  “Big Blon’ Baby,” 298

  Big Bopper, 299, 364, 365–66

  “Big Boss Man,” 322

  Big D Jamboree, 179

  “Big-Legged Woman,” 188

  Big Maybelle, 148

  Billboard, 176, 194, 221, 244, 278–80, 282, 303, 365

  Bing, Steve, 452–53

  Birmingham, Alabama, 15, 318

  “Black Bottom Stomp,” 175

  Black River, 1–2, 21, 23, 101, 140

  blacks, 25–26, 73, 222

  music, 64, 69, 81–88, 222, 252, 299, 447, 448

  nightclubs, 77–88, 297

  racism and, 26, 80, 82, 222, 223, 254, 327

  segregation, 26, 80, 82, 222, 223

  Blackwell, Otis, 197, 215, 219, 234, 246, 298

  Bland, Bobby “Blue,” 83, 348

  “Blueberry Hill,” 83

  Blue Cat Club, 104, 115, 123

  bluegrass, 94, 252

  “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” 144–45

  Blue Peter (TV show), 410

  Blue Room, New Orleans, 126

  blues, 4, 16, 64, 69–74, 77–88, 103, 123, 124, 132, 152, 157–59, 161, 180, 235, 252, 259, 292, 322, 327, 393, 429, 448

  Haney’s Big House, 77–88, 132, 215, 257, 292, 327

  “Blue Suede Shoes,” 160, 183, 186, 416

  Bonano, Sharkey, 69

  boogie woogie, 9, 69, 71, 72, 75, 76, 78, 103, 104, 111, 117, 137, 150, 407

  Boone, Pat, 196, 247

  bootlegs, 411

  Boston, 256–57, 291

  Bowie, Jim, 25

  Bradford, Gay, 44, 74, 75, 437

  Branham, Billy Paul, 113

  “Break Up,” 280

  “Breathless,” 234, 246–47, 250–51, 254, 263, 266, 298, 317, 321

  record sales, 250

  Brenston, Jackie, and His Delta Cats, 159

  Brion, Jon, 457

  Brown, Charles, 83

  Brown, Henry, 162

  Brown, J. W., 162–63, 168, 181, 204, 212, 222, 223, 236–43, 245, 267

  Brown, James, 8, 14, 299, 428

  Brown, Jane, 162

  Brown, Lois, 163, 168, 237–38, 241, 243, 245, 267, 270

  “Brown Eyed Handsome Man,” 172, 252

  B-sides, 225–26

  Buffalo, New York, 193

  Burke, Solomon, 299, 457

  burlesque, 109

  Burton, James, 412

  “Bye, Bye, Blackbird,” 463

  Calhoun, Lee, 30–34, 37, 40–42, 45–49, 51, 57–58, 73, 74, 87, 90, 106, 107, 114, 121, 135, 312, 380

  death of, 312, 356

  Calhoun, Stella, 30–31, 50–52, 74, 87, 106, 114, 131, 415

  Calloway, Cab, 72, 222

  Camp Meeting Hour, The (radio show), 357

  Canada, 185, 296, 348

  1957 tour, 184–94

  Caribou Ranch recordings, 411

  Carmichael, Hoagy, 70, 128, 313

  “Carry Me Back to Ol’ Virginia,” 313

  cars, 58, 63–64, 73, 77, 101–2, 106, 112, 124, 136, 141, 154, 159, 184–85, 195, 210, 417, 437

  Buick, 184, 185, 297, 344

  Cadillac, 138, 139, 141, 166, 171, 184, 194, 196, 210, 211, 226, 242, 245, 265, 270, 285, 290, 293, 314, 326, 346, 372, 437

  Chevrolet, 112

  Corvette, 383, 437

  Ford, 101–2, 106, 146

  Graceland accident, 398–400, 403

  Lewis learns to drive, 63–64

  Lincoln, 210, 211, 396–99, 441

  Oldsmobile, 159, 265, 434

  Plymouth, 136, 227

  Pontiac, 120

  Rolls-Royce, 372, 373, 396, 468

  Cash, Johnny, 160, 169, 179, 200, 207, 253, 300, 319, 391, 448, 456

  death of, 448

  drug use, 191

  Lewis and, 171–76, 185–91, 213, 350, 415, 416, 426

  on the road, 185–91

  Cash, June Carter, 415

  Cason, Buzz, 193

  Casone, Frank, 310, 311

  Catch My Soul (play), 335–42, 367

  CBS, 179, 198, 202

  “C. C. Rider,” 366

  censorship, 197–201, 203, 206, 207

  Chaney, Lon, 59

  “Chantilly Lace,” 364–66, 377, 419, 446

  Charles, Ray, 83, 231, 302, 320, 376, 429

  Checker, Chubby, 299

  Chess Records, 252

  Chicago, 66, 69, 82, 159, 198, 252

  Chitlin’ Circuit, 82

  Christian Science Monitor, 340

  church music, 67, 73–75, 103, 112–19, 131, 174, 360–62, 363, 402

  “City Lights,” 402

  Civil War, 2, 25–26, 60, 72, 402

  Clapton, Eric, 453

  Clark, Dick, 209, 250–51, 277

  classical music, 130, 176

  Class of ’55 (album), 426, 434

  Clayton, Louisiana, 49

  Clement, Jack, 160–62, 166, 172, 174, 181–83, 212, 214, 279

  Cline, Patsy, 141, 231, 391

  death of, 319

  Clinton, Bill, 326

  clothing, 146, 191–92, 205, 208, 272, 367

  Cochran, Hank, 436–37

  “Cold, Cold Heart,” 94, 180, 304

  Cold War, 245, 260

  Columbia Records, 198

  Columbia Studio, 332–34

  “Come What May,” 228

  comics, 201

  Concordia Parish, Louisiana, 1, 19–37, 38–76, 80, 96, 101, 196, 239, 247

  Concordia Sentinel, 82, 88, 107

  Conquer, 53–54

  Conrad, Charles, Jr., 349

  Cooke, Sam, 222, 231, 299, 428, 468

  Corbett, Perry, 44

  Coro Lake house, 298, 304–5, 313

  “Corrine, Corrina,” 320

  cotton, 29, 40, 63, 132

  Couch, John, 15

  country music, 69, 70, 72, 76, 92–95, 103, 126, 137–40, 161, 179–80, 186, 207, 221, 235, 300, 314, 316, 319, 322, 332, 343

  Lewis’s career in, 332–34, 343–66, 374–77, 387–91, 410–11, 445

  Nashville, 141–44, 332–34, 347

  radio, 344, 346, 366, 390

  Country Music: A Family Affair (TV show), 410–11

  Country Music Awards, 408

  Country Songs for City Folks (album), 322

  Cramer, Floyd, 137

  Cramer, Richard Ben, 422

  “Crazy Arms,” 161–62, 171, 175, 176, 181, 188, 223

  on radio, 168

  Creation, 83

  Creedence Clearwater, 372

  crime, 96, 121–22

  Crosby, Bing, 392

  Crow, Sheryl, 457

  Cunningham, B. B., 461

  Dallas, 114, 179, 291

  “Damn Good Country Song, A,” 387, 442

  dancing, 85–86, 150

  Daniels,
Danny, 324

  Danny and the Juniors, 243

  d’Ardillières, Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville et, 22

  Davis, Jimmie, 97

  Davis, Oscar, 221, 230, 262, 267, 269, 270–71, 275, 277–78, 300, 415

  Davis, Sammy, Jr., 339

  De Bruhl, Edward, 361

  Decca, 148

  Depression, 2, 26–27, 28, 29, 32, 40–43, 58, 140, 158, 259, 301, 312

  Des Moines, Iowa, 286–90

  de Soto, Hernando, 22

  Detroit, 58, 101

  “Diana,” 247

  Dianne Lane house, 245–46

  Dick Clark Show, The (TV show), 250–51

  Dickinson, Angie, 339, 340

  Dick Tracy (movie), 440

  Diddley, Bo, 231, 348, 392

  disco, 152

  Dixieland, 69

  Domino, Fats, 83, 111, 145, 146, 198, 219, 220, 232, 243, 244, 253, 299, 347, 366, 428, 430, 451

  “Don’t Be Cruel,” 173, 197, 366

  Don’t Knock the Rock (TV show), 315–16

  “Don’t Let Go,” 233, 320

  “Don’t Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold),” 111

  “Down the Line,” 307, 317

  “Down the Road a Piece,” 68

  “Down Yonder,” 143, 376

  Drifters, 198

  “Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee,” 71, 102, 368

  drugs, 11, 110, 133, 191, 235–36, 286

  Lewis and, 11, 133, 191, 235–36, 286, 322–28, 353, 359–60, 372–74, 387, 388, 395–400, 408–12, 420–22, 426, 434, 441, 447, 452, 458

  drums, 128, 163–65, 181, 219, 223, 324, 329, 351, 352, 372, 412

  early rock-and-roll, 163–65

  dubbing, 165, 391

  duels, 25

  Dunbar, William, 23

  Dundy, Elaine, 26

  Dupree, Jack, 69

  Dylan, Bob, 391, 407

  Ealey, YZ, 81

  Early, Hezekiah, 80, 82, 83

  Ed Sullivan Show, The (TV show), 194, 202

  Edward, John Frank, 106

  Elektra, 406–7, 445

  Lewis at, 406–7, 410–11

  Emerson, Billy, “The Kid,” 164

  “End of the Road,” 165, 175, 176

  Escott, Colin, 298, 456

  Estes, John, 157

  Evans, Marilyn, 171, 174

  Everly Brothers, 243, 428

  “Every Day I Have to Cry,” 407

  Fabian, 299

  Fair, Juanita, 15

  “Feelin’ Good,” 304

  Feron, Charles, 397

  Ferriday, J. C., 26

  Ferriday, Louisiana, 21, 26–27, 32–37, 43–76, 77–122, 130, 192, 210, 220, 226, 264–65, 277, 309, 327, 362, 432, 467–69

  Ferriday Elementary School, 60, 67

  Ferriday High School, 110, 144

  Fink, Mike, 22

  Fitzgerald, Ella, 222

 

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