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A superb new study of Jerry Lee Lewis that's as intense and fast paced as the life of "The Killer" himself, from the height of fame to the bumpy road that followed "The category in which Jerry Lee Lewis truly belongs is 'Jerry Lee Lewis.' The Killer is as big as Mount Rushmore, and he's also as American, as revered, as clichéd, as misunderstood, as corny, and as taken for granted as that monument. The curse of iconoclastic American success. Elvis felt it, so does Dylan. So will others who haven't been born yet." The story of Louisiana hellcat Jerry Lee Lewis and his 1958 wedding scandal-it was discovered that at 22 he had married his 13-year old second cousin, Myra, before he was divorced f...
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L'histoire du scandale du mariage de Jerry Lee Lewis, démon originaire de Louisiane, en 1958 - on découvrit qu'il avait, à l'âge de 22 ans, épousé sa petite cousine Myra âgée de 13 ans avant même d'avoir divorcé de sa précédente épouse - avait depuis longtemps établi la réputation de l'homme et de sa musique. Le scandale sera toujours plus excitant que n'importe quelle autre histoire. Toute sa vie, Jerry Lee sera hanté par ce cuisant souvenir et ne doutons pas qu'à sa mort, ce fameux scandale figurera en première ligne de tous les hommages qui lui seront rendus dans les journaux. Avec cet ouvrage, l'auteur laisse le scandale aux autres. Il préfère s'intéresser à l'époq...
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For use in schools and libraries only. Draws on more than two years of interviews between the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee to document Lewis' rebellious youth, marriages, party lifestyle, IRS setbacks and brushes with death.