Lewis started his profession within the ’50s and rose to fame as probably the most well-known rock n’ roll singers and pianists. The four-time Grammy winner’s most up-to-date album, gospel document Jimmy Lee & Jerry Lee: The Boys From Ferriday, which was launched in July 2022, is a collaboration together with his cousin Swaggart, a televangelist “who had preached towards his music after they had been youthful.”
Based on his obituary, whereas engaged on the venture, “Lewis, although his voice and physique had been weakened by his harm and a latest stroke, appeared blissful, content material.”
Within the obituary, Lewis additionally described his personal legacy. Bragg wrote, “If you requested him, in his waning years, what he hoped folks would say about him, he had a easy reply: ‘You’ll be able to inform ’em I performed the piano and sang rock n’ roll.'”
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