They had just put out a record together called "Wild! Wild! Wild!" Here's the opening track, featuring Linda Gail Lewis on piano and vocals. Linda Gail Lewis was on FRESH AIR in 2018, along with singer-songwriter and guitarist Robbie Fulks. They recorded together, and she toured with him for many years in the '60s and '70s before going off on her own. They started performing together when she was 14, in the early 1960s. Linda learned to play piano from watching her brother. Before Jerry Lee Lewis became a star, their family lived in a shack in Ferriday, La. We'll kick things off with an interview Terry did with Jerry Lee's younger sister, pianist and singer Linda Gail Lewis. The scandal which followed their marriage ended Jerry Lee's career as a rock 'n' roll superstar, but he later found redemption in performing country music. In the second half of the show, we'll listen back to Terry's interview with Myra Lewis Williams, who was married to Jerry Lee when she was 13. Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire.īIANCULLI: We're remembering rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, who died October 28 at age 87 with excerpts from two interviews from our archives. I chew my nails and then I twiddle my thumbs. Got to tell this world that you're mine, mine, mine, mine. Well, I'm off to love you like a lover should.
I laughed at love 'cause I thought it was funny. JERRY LEE LEWIS: (Singing) You shake my nerves, and you rattle my brain. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "GREAT BALLS OF FIRE") I'm David Bianculli, sitting in for Terry Gross.
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