| Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story Contributor(s): Bragg, Rick (Author), Pruden, John (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1483048772 ISBN-13: 9781483048772 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $40.49 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts - Biography & Autobiography | Rich & Famous |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.2" W x 5.8" (0.55 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The 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' 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bragg, Rick: - Rick Bragg is the author of three bestselling books, Ava's Man, All Over but the Shoutin', and The Prince of Frogtown. As a feature writer for the New York Times, he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for his "elegantly written stories about contemporary America." He divides his time between New Orleans and his native Alabama. Pruden, John: -John Pruden is an Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator. His exposure to many people, places, and experiences throughout his life provides a deep creative well from which he draws his intelligent audiobook narration and talented vocal characterizations. His audiobook reading of The Killing of Crazy Horse by Thomas Powers was chosen by the Washington Post as a Best Audiobook of 2010. |