Jerry Lee Lewis who passed away at the age of 87 lit a fuse to rock and roll, creating "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On," and "Great Falls of Fire," while leaving his fans "Breathless," and rock and roll would never be the same. His first hit was a amped up version of a country classic, Ray Price's "Crazy Arms." He was known by his childhood name "the Killer," and admitted that he sang "the Devil's Music." He made some bad choices along the way, and halted a star-making career with one of those bad choices, but he continued to rock on, gospel on, and country on to rebuild his career as a "country and western" and "gospel" singer after his rock appeal had subsided.
But his influence lived on in rock artists like Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, and other eternal rockers like the Beatles. He was the last living member of the first entering class (in 1986) at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he now has passed away. He was probably rock's finest pianist if not its most energetic with his rollicking exuberance style.
He was often unshakable in his view of what he should do and the way he should sing and play. As a teen, he was asked to leave a bible institute after playing ‘My God Is Real’ in his swah-buckling boogie-woogie style, and rock ’n’ roll style. [He] figured that’s the way it needed to be played.”
Bruce Springsteen said that Jerry Lee he was not just a rock artist he was rock'n'roll. He captured it's energy, it's enthusiasm, it's worts, and its failures. Jerry Lee contributed to all of them. And when the rumors of his death started to come out a few days ago, his spokespeople denied its truth, Like everything he did, he wanted to die on his own terms when he wanted to, and where he wanted to.
But his influence lived on in rock artists like Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, and other eternal rockers like the Beatles. He was the last living member of the first entering class (in 1986) at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he now has passed away. He was probably rock's finest pianist if not its most energetic with his rollicking exuberance style.
He was often unshakable in his view of what he should do and the way he should sing and play. As a teen, he was asked to leave a bible institute after playing ‘My God Is Real’ in his swah-buckling boogie-woogie style, and rock ’n’ roll style. [He] figured that’s the way it needed to be played.”
Bruce Springsteen said that Jerry Lee he was not just a rock artist he was rock'n'roll. He captured it's energy, it's enthusiasm, it's worts, and its failures. Jerry Lee contributed to all of them. And when the rumors of his death started to come out a few days ago, his spokespeople denied its truth, Like everything he did, he wanted to die on his own terms when he wanted to, and where he wanted to.
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