Pinch Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Stroke. Certainly led a, er, unique life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 I didn’t know he was still alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 Yup. Not any longer though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 He was one of my uncles favorites. Complete original. RIP Killer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 (edited) 23 minutes ago, brad1 said: I didn’t know he was still alive. Cancel Culture 😀 Okay, that was tasteless. Edited October 29, 2022 by Pinch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Got to see him in concert in 1970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 R.I.P. Last of the first if you see what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 And so it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 R.I.P. Jerry Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 And just the other day we were discussing how his death was a false report. And what an odd feeling..... I saw the report of his actual death shown on TV as I was on the phone wishing my firstborn a happy birthday! This may sound funny, but...... All those rock'n'roll pioneers only had one thing in common..... They each had their own unique sound and performance style. All that followed were copycats. or amalgams of all of them. But the Killer couldn't be copied. Oh, you might could sound like him a bit. Wear similar clothes, comb your hair like his, but you won't match his energetic vibe. Sho' 'nuff Rest In Peace, Bruh.... Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 I've always been a fan of his music. Read his autobiography a few years ago. When I saw him in 1970, he was 35 years old and doing pretty good with his country music career. A couple friends of mine and I were with the local DJ who was MC for the show. He put on an energetic show and while the place emptied out before the next show, he just sat at the piano relaxing playing classical music and drinking water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 16 hours ago, Pinch said: Cancel Culture 😀 Okay, that was tasteless. The first one was funnier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 I still find it absolutely incomprohensible that a 22-year old marries a 13-year old, and a COUSIN at that. Thank God we have laws these days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 RIP Killer, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Toddz Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Remember when Elvis was censored from the waist down due to his 'vulgar gyrations'? About the same time The Killler would often play with one foot on the keyboard. The camera would zoom in to highlight this trick but had to include his face in the shot. As a result, the world got a close up crotch shot as well. Talk about one-upping the King! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 If you visit Sun studios in Memphis (and you should) the piano has a cigarette burn on one of the high keys from the Killer. They will let you play it (or at least not stop you) and you can sing into the famous microphone too. Afterward get yourself some Central BBQ.. cuz Memphis. RIP Jerry Lee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 It always fascinates that those guy's back then were starting with a blank canvas and everyone who followed just took it all for granted, so thanks for that. RIP Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 2 hours ago, ghost_of_fl said: What in the name of Chris Hansen was he thinking? This is so wrong: "He had gone to Louisiana and came back," she recalled. "He called me out to his car and showed me something. It was a marriage license. He had taken a friend of his to the courthouse. She posed as me and signed the marriage license application. And he brought his marriage license home to me for us to get married. I looked at him and I said, ‘Jerry, are you crazy? My daddy will kill you.’ And he said, ‘Oh no, he won’t. Your daddy likes me and your mama likes me.’ I just kept telling him, ‘They will kill you.’" "The next day, he said, ‘You wanna go to a movie or something?’" Williams shared. "I said, ‘OK, sure.’ So we got in the car and he drove straight to the preacher that married us. I guess he had it all set up. I was like a deer caught in headlights. You just stare and wonder, ‘Oh my God, where am I? What’s going on? How is this happening?'" Sorry but that kinda kills it for me - I don't want to hear anything about his "great balls of fire". At least with MJ there was some doubt. As much as I respect his contributions to music, I have to agree with you. It's beyond creepy. I didn't even want to hang out with someone who was 13 when I was effin' 15! 22? That's just... Ew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 4 hours ago, Pinch said: As much as I respect his contributions to music, I have to agree with you. It's beyond creepy. I didn't even want to hang out with someone who was 13 when I was effin' 15! 22? That's just... Ew. Im with you on this ,I find it just wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 But then too, many people believed it was pretty commonplace where Jerry Lee was from. Many cousins and even siblings have been known to tie the knot in the deep south. Which does explain a lot... And remember...... Doolittle and Loretta Lynn got married when she was 15 and he was 21. But they weren't cousins. Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 I married my first wife in North Carolina. We're filling out the paperwork and I said to the clerk, "Does it matter if we're first cousins?" The look on her face still makes me laugh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 An Arkansas wife confronted her husband when he came home, "You know what? I heard you were a pedophile!" The husband replied, "Well that's a mighty big word for a 13 year old". 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 40 minutes ago, Tman said: An Arkansas wife confronted her husband when he came home, "You know what? I heard you were a pedophile!" The husband replied, "Well that's a mighty big word for a 13 year old". Mic drop 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 (edited) This morning's Detroit Free Press has a long article about all the suspicions surrounding the death of Jerry Lee's fifth wife, who died shortly after they got married. She was from Garden City, Michigan. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/10/31/jerry-lee-lewis-wife-shawn-lewis-death/10652742002/?gnt-cfr=1 Ack! Just checked my link. If you don't want to subscribe to USA(and I wouldn't blame you) maybe somebody can find this story elsewhere. Sorry. Whitefang Edited November 3, 2022 by Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 (edited) On 10/31/2022 at 2:24 PM, ghost_of_fl said: At least with MJ there was some doubt. Doubt? From who? And he liked little boys. He was WAY weirder than Jerry Lee Lewis... Not that there's anything wrong with that... Edited November 3, 2022 by Murph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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