Title:
Jerry Lee Lewis : his own story / Rick Bragg.
ISBN:
9780062078223
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Harper, [2014]
©2014
Physical Description:
x, 498 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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 wildness -- "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.
Summary:
The result of two years' worth of interviews, a chronicle of Lewis' life and career relates encounters with other musical legends and his lifelong rivalries with Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry for the title of king of rock and roll.
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OCLC Number:
ocn859586305
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