New York Times BestsellerThe greatest Southern storyteller of our time; New York Times bestselling author Rick Bragg; tracks down the greatest rock and roller of all time; Jerry Lee Lewismdash;and gets his own story; from the source; for the very first time.A monumental figure on the American landscape; Jerry Lee Lewis spent his childhood raising hell in Ferriday; Louisiana; and Natchez; Mississippi; galvanized the world with hit records like ldquo;Whole Lotta Shakinrsquo; Goinrsquo; Onrdquo; and ldquo;Great Balls of Fire;rdquo; that gave rock and roll its devilrsquo;s edge; caused riots and boycotts with his incendiary performances; nearly scuttled his career by marrying his thirteen-year-old second cousinmdash;his third wife of seven; ran a decades-long marathon of drugs; drinking; and women; nearly met his maker; twice; suffered the deaths of two sons and two wives; and the indignity of an IRS raid that left him with nothing but the broken-down piano he started with; performed with everyone from Elvis Presley to Keith Richards to Bruce Springsteen to Kid Rockmdash;and survived it all to be hailed as ldquo;one of the most creative and important figures in American popular culture and a paradigm of the Southern experience.rdquo;Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story is the Killerrsquo;s life as he lived it; and as he shared it over two years with our greatest bard of Southern life: Rick Bragg. Rich with Lewisrsquo;s own words; framed by Braggrsquo;s richly atmospheric narrative; ; this is the last great untold rock-and-roll story; come to life on the page.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Interesting playBy Kathy HarnedVery short play but extremely well done as is everything written by ONeil. Very tragic and very very sad. Times have changed.