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Jerry Lee Lewis : his own story /

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"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 "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire," that gave rock an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bragg, Rick (Author)
Other Authors: Lewis, Jerry Lee
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Lewis, Jerry Lee.
Rock musicians > United States > Biography.
Rock musicians.
United States.
Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Jolson in the river
  • The father of waters
  • Whiskey in the ditches two feet deep
  • The big house
  • Mr. Paul
  • Sun
  • "I been wantin' to meet that piano player"
  • Too hot to rock
  • England
  • "Who wants some of this?"
  • American wilderness
  • "He who steals my name"
  • Jet planes and hearses
  • The year of the gun
  • "Babies in the air"
  • The fork in the road
  • Last man standing
  • Stone garden
  • Epilogue: Killer.