Just saw and really liked the Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown and it brought back a great memory. Back in the 80’s (according to my hair) one of my FAVORITE performers, Jerry Lee Lewis, appeared at what is now The Avalon club on Vine St, and for some reason he was kind enough to Continue reading “BOB DYLAN- ANTISOCIAL AND DIFFICULT -BUT FASCINATING”
Jerry Lee Lewis will be MISSED- he was a one-of-a-kind character who made rock n’roll fun. His shows were wild and he often ended up brawling with some inebriated guy in the audience. Unlike many celebrities, he LIKED Star Magazine where I worked, and he invited me backstage to his dressing room when he played Continue reading “JERRY LEE LEWIS: THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES”
Jerry Lee Lewis was inducted into the the Country Music Hall of Fame today (it’s about time – the Rock n’Roll Hall of Fame snapped him up in 1986) and it brought back memories. Jerry was one of the original rockabillies (right, Brian Setzer?) and when I was writing for Star Magazine, I always went Continue reading “JERRY LEE LEWIS: REMEMBERING EARLY ROCKABILLY”
The LA Times just gave Jerry Lee Lewis a rave review for his weekend performance in Cerritos, and we are ASTONISHED by the fact that he’s still performing. He’s 83 now and has outlived and out-performed almost all of his 1950’s rock n’ roll contemporaries. (Little Richard is still around, but not performing) Jerry was Continue reading “WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN’ WITH JERRY LEE LEWIS”