Jerry Lee Lewis His Own Story, Rick Bragg
Jerry Lee Lewis His Own Story, Rick Bragg
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Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story

Author: Rick Bragg

Narrator: John Pruden

Unabridged: 15 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/28/2014


Synopsis

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 Lewis—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 “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and “Great Balls of Fire,” that gave rock and roll its devil’s edge; caused riots and boycotts with his incendiary performances; nearly scuttled his career by marrying his thirteen-year-old second cousin—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 Rock—and survived it all to be hailed as “one of the most creative and important figures in American popular culture and a paradigm of the Southern experience.”Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story is the Killer’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 Lewis’s own words, framed by Bragg’s richly atmospheric narrative, this is the last great untold rock-and-roll story, come to life on the page.

About Rick Bragg

Rick Bragg is the author of a trilogy of bestselling books on the people of the American South. He is a professor of writing at the University of Alabama.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brett on March 31, 2022

"If there was one thing he was serious about, it was the piano, and he committed himself to it single-mindedly", pg. 75 I enjoyed the realism and story behind the legendary Jerry Lee Lewis. He saw the piano for the first time at age 4 at a relative's house. He was forbidden to touch it and this insta......more

Goodreads review by Creighton on January 28, 2024

I feel like I am very lucky that I was raised by my parents and grandparents on different kinds of music, all good stuff, nothing new, or on the radio. One of the artists I heard at a young age was Jerry Lee Lewis, and I've been a fan for a long time of his music. This semester at college, I decided......more

Goodreads review by Chris on December 21, 2014

When I had read somewhere that Rick Bragg was writing a book on Jerry Lee Lewis I got very excited that I would be able to once again read a Rick Bragg book. I of course knew of Jerry Lee Lewis but not all that much as he was a bit before my time when he was a huge star. Sometimes when you anticipat......more

Goodreads review by Schuyler on January 10, 2015

Jerry Lee Lewis is not a likeable guy. His entire life has been spent acting the spoiled brat; throwing tantrums, slapping convention in the face, and being totally self-immersed. Rick Bragg, the author of “Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story,” to his credit, doesn’t try to hide this unfortunate quirk. H......more