2016 Schedule

Interactive: March 11–15  •  Film: March 11–19  •  Music: March 15–20

Linda Gail Lewis

Saturday, March 19
11:00PM - 11:40PM

Continental Club
1315 S Congress Ave

Artist-8499

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We welcome true American Rock and Roll Royalty to RajiWorld. Linda Gail Lewis is an American singer and pianist. Like her brother Jerry Lee, Rockabilly Hall of Fame member Linda Gail Lewis soaked up the sounds of hillbilly music and rhythm and blues in the rural areas of Louisiana. When Jerry Lee began to score hits with “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and “Great Balls of Fire”, he singlehandedly lifted the family from dire poverty to a life of relative ease.

Linda Gail’s chief inspiration was Jerry Lee, but later, as the era of rock ‘n’ roll came into play, she also tuned into the sounds of Brenda Lee, Patsy Cline, and Lavern Baker.

Linda Gail Lewis’s official recording debut came when she performed as Jerry Lee’s duet partner for Sun Records in 1963. Lewis’s first two solo releases, did well but failed to chart. It was after Jerry Lee mounted his late-1960s comeback via country music that Lewis was able to make it on...

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