Goodness Gracious Great Balls of Fire.. (Page 1/2)
maryjane OCT 28, 04:09 PM
Jerry Lee Lewis died at 87 yrs today..

I saw him perform in Norfolk many decades ago. His work was 'ok' but he was obviously inebriated, rude to specific audience members and very profane. Much of the audience walked out before the show was over..
williegoat OCT 28, 04:27 PM
They had that wrong, a few days ago, is this real?

edit: OK, it looks like it's real now.

https://variety.com/2022/mu...-of-fire-1235415340/

I never really was a fan, for several reasons. Not the least of which, it just wasn't my kind of music.

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Patrick OCT 28, 04:36 PM
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I had to double-check, as Jerry Lee was reported to have died two days ago as well.

He was a dynamic performer, but didn't always abide by societal rules. Marriage to his 13 year old first cousin once removed raised a few eyebrows, to say the least.

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Patrick OCT 28, 11:07 PM

Like a lot of talented musicians, Jerry Lee makes performing look so easy. Here's a sample going way back for the "youngsters" here who may not be familiar with Jerry Lee Lewis. He was definitely one of a kind.
maryjane OCT 29, 12:47 AM
"The Memphis Sound"......

Not a fan, of the music or the city.
I lived or was stationed there 3 different times. Too many of the performers of that era and locale were exactly the boozing pill poppers the media finally showed them to be.
There was much better music coming out of Beale St during the same era but it got little attention compared the white entertainers like JLL, Elvis, early Conway Twitty (before he went country) , Mickey Gilley etc.
blackrams OCT 29, 01:06 PM

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Originally posted by Patrick:

He was a dynamic performer, but didn't always abide by societal rules. Marriage to his 13 year old first cousin raised a few eyebrows, to say the least.




A few? I wouldn't cross the street to watch this pedophile perform. Don't care how good his music was.

Rams

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Patrick OCT 29, 06:09 PM

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Originally posted by blackrams:

I wouldn't cross the street to what this pedophile perform. Don't care how good his music was.



At the time he married her, she was of legal age.

I don't have to like and/or agree with an artist's political beliefs, sexual orientation, religious views, etc. If they've got talent, I can appreciate it.
rinselberg OCT 29, 06:26 PM
Oh, "blackrams" is hopeless that way.

He doesn't even "attend" my posts.

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williegoat OCT 29, 06:53 PM
A completely unoriginal piano player with his '56 FL, '58 Fleetwood and '44 wife/cousin, a few weeks before her 14th birthday.



He stole his whole shtick from Harry "The Hipster" Gibson.



Harry Gibson, from 1944. Coincidentally, the year Lewis' wife was born.



Of course, that whole style goes back to guys like "Pinetop" Perkins.

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blackrams OCT 29, 08:46 PM

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Originally posted by Patrick:

At the time he married her, she was of legal age.

I don't have to like and/or agree with an artist's political beliefs, sexual orientation, religious views, etc. If they've got talent, I can appreciate it.



We all have standards we live by, apparently your's are different than mine.

Rams