Jerry Lee Lewis, the last hero of the rock ‘n’ roll era

By Manolo Bellon
It’s simple, but as simple as it is, it’s exciting. Jerry Lee Lewis passed away on October 28 Permanently closes that stage of nascent and evolution Rock and Roll Music. There is no longer one of those formidable musical personalities. Louis was the oldest survivor and died at the age of 87. What a long-lived generation! anyway Elvis Presley At the age of 42 and Bill Hay At the age of 55, Fats Domino at the age of 89, Chuck Berry at the age of 90, Bo Diddley at the age of 79, Johnny Cash at the age of 71, and Carl Perkins at the age of 65.
The point is that the generation that created Rock and Roll Music.
Jerry Lee Lewis probably He embodies the best of any rebellious, free, and relentless spirit that defines the musical genre.. His life was marked by tragedies and scandals, but also by great successes and music that inspired subsequent generations. He was born in the rural area of ​​the southern United States, in Louisiana, on September 29, 1935, where his parents owned a small farm that provided them with a modest living. He lived in a veritable cauldron of influences as he did with Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and others. The national or national musicblues music developed by their neighbors of African descent, and religious music for whites and blacks and even The cajunmusic That the descendants of the French living in the Gulf of Mexico which merged with popular forms of American and African descent.
The story goes that Jerry Lee, when he was very young, one day saw a piano and sat on a chair and started playing. So, as instinct. Of course, in the family there was music and a cousin, Mickey Gilly, years later, became a music star country. Another cousin, Jimmy Swaggart, in addition to being a famous TV stand-up who later fell from grace, played the piano and sang. This does not include his slightly older cousin, Carl McAvoy, who guided him in his early efforts at playing the piano.
At only fourteen years old, he was invited to play at the presentation of a dealer’s car line, for which he was paid nine dollars. Good money in 1949. That’s why The boy’s father began to load the straight piano into the car To take him to various places where he appeared.
As his career took off, he secured a contract with The legendary Sun Records label in Memphis, on the field in Tennessee, where Elvis Presley was. He played on records for whoever needed it as well as his own songs. He alternated with his public presentations which were very popular due to the way in which he presented. Those facts that are close to scandal are starting to emerge as well. At just 17 years old, he married the daughter of a church pastor who was 16 years old. He soon left her, claiming that it interfered with his desire to play the piano. A year later, he was forced to marry another woman because he bore her. But he forgot a small detail: his divorce from his first wife was not completed.
Then his artistic career took off and his lively and frenetic show opened to the public. Her long, curly blonde hair is just as messy as she is He played the piano like crazy and sang a special blend of Blues, Gospel, Rock and Roll and music countrykicking the piano chair to play standingPutting his name, Jerry Lee, into all of his lyrics was a real fad. Later he alternated his name with his surname the killer (the killer also Matador) The nickname he got in 1976 thanks to the fact that at the birthday party of one of his musicians he pounced on him and almost hanged him with his tie.. He apologized, blaming him for the bad drinks, but was sued for personal injury anyway.