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June 16, 2018

WATCH The King, The Killer, and The World--who want to believe! SEE the Mugshot

Jerry Lee Lewis arrested at the Gates of Graceland: Interview with Jerry Lee Lewis




Jerry Lee Lewis, Arrested at the Gates of Graceland









For the first and only time, JERRY LEE LEWIS recounts the true, quixotic tale of his infamous, crepuscular, failed Graceland invasion to a desperately lonely, strung-out Elvis Presley, by the only man who knows--Jerry Lee Lewis.

In this recently discovered, one-of-a-kind, exclusive interview, in "impossible to believe" candor, hitherto romanticized, first by Nick Tosches in his masterpiece, "Hellfire," and forever by all who have dreamed its sartorial possibility, hear the truth behind the mugshot heard round-the-world, previously dismissed by its piano-playing protagonist as mere tabloid fantasy, now revealed as Le Rock Star finale fantastique!

Discover the improbable cause behind the jagged cicatrix decorating the nose of champagne-drunk Jerry Lee Lewis! 

Where truth meets apocrypha, its full coruscating glory is real, and everything is permitted (Champagne defenestration, pistols brandished), and five Memphis Police cruisers are en route to Elvis Presley Boulevard! 

Due to inspire any hereafter told, THIS is an out-of-control rock 'n' roll 'telephone game' between The King, The Killer, and The World--who want to believe! 

Did he wish to kill the King? 

It is for you to decide...at last!

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In the early hours of November 22, 1976, Harold Loyd, Elvis, and the presiding guard on duty at Graceland, were greeted by an unexpected visitor, Jerry Lee Lewis.

Jerry Lee, accompanied by his wife, pulled up to the mansion's front gate in his new Rolls Royce Silver Shadow.

He asked Loyd if he could see Elvis, but was told that the King was asleep.

Lewis politely thanked Loyd and drove away without incident.

Later that morning at 9:30 a.m., Lewis flipped his Rolls while rounding the corner at Peterson Lake and Powell Road in Collierville.

The police report on the incident stated the Breathalyzer test yielded negligible results, but that Lewis was obviously tanked on something, and that he was charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, and driving without a license.

After the infraction Lewis most likely returned to his home to rest.

On November 23, 1976, less than 12 hours later, he was holding court at The Vapors, one of his favorite Memphis nightspots.

For reasons that are still debated, Lewis decided to leave the Vapors at about 2:30 a.m.

At precisely 2:50 a.m., almost 24 hours later to the minute, he again pulled up to Graceland, this time in a new Lincoln Continental. The car wasn't the only thing that had changed from the night before.

Lewis' manner was markedly different. He was armed, angry, and obviously inebriated -- a dangerous combination for a man mere mortals call 'Killer,' "He was outta his mind, man," recalls Loyd.

"He was screamin', hollerin', and cussin'."

'Get on the goddamn phone. I know you got an intercom system. Call up there and tell Elvis I wanna visit with him. Who the hell does he think he is? Tell him the Killer's here to see him.'

Loyd panicked. "I just put my hands up in the air and said, 'Okay, okay, Jerry, just take it easy'."

Loyd retreated to the guard booth and picked up the house phone. One of 'the boys' answered and Loyd apprised him of the situation.

Loyd was advised to call the cops and wasted no time in doing so.

Jerry Lee Lewis, Arrested at the Gates of Graceland
Jerry Lee Lewis Arrested at the Gates of Graceland: The Police arrest mug-shots

Moments later Elvis himself rang down to the guard booth. Loyd recalls their conversation precisely.

"Elvis was on the line and he said, 'Wh-wh-what,' -- "see, he used to stutter a lot when he got upset" -- 'Wh-wh-what the hell's goin' on down there, Harold?"

"I said, 'Well, Jerry Lee Lewis is sittin' in his car down here outside the gate, wavin' a derringer pistol and raisin' hell!"

"Elvis said, 'Wh-wh-what's that goddamn guy want?' (I said) "He's demanding to come up and see Elvis."

"He said, 'Oh, I-I-I don't wanna talk to that crazy sonofabitch. Hell no, I don't wanna talk to him. I'll come down there and kill him! You call the cops, Harold."

"I told him I already did, and he said, 'Good. When they get there tell 'em to lock his butt up and throw the goddamn key away. Okay? Thank you, Harold."

(Elvis is said to have watched the 'whole drama on his closed-circuit monitors'.)

Officer Billy J. Kirkpatrick was the first to arrive on the scene. Though Lewis was still seated in his car, Kirkpatrick knew he was armed and approached with caution.

The Lincoln's sole occupant sat staring out the front window. When the police got to the open driver's side window, they found that the man was Jerry Lee Lewis, balanced on his knee was a chrome-plated, over-under style .38 caliber derringer pistol.

Kirkpatrick ordered him out of the car, but Lewis would not comply.

Kirkpatrick had to pull him outta the car, remembers Loyd.

He told him to keep his hands on the steering wheel where he could see 'em.

Jerry said he just wanted to see Elvis, but Kirkpatrick told him to shut up.

Now, Jerry, he had tried to hide his pistol by puttin' it in between his knee and the door. But when Kirkpatrick opened the door, the damn gun fell out onto the floorboard (laughs).

Kirkpatrick picked up the gun, and it was cocked and loaded.

Mr. Lewis was extremely unstable on his feet. His speech was slurred, and his breath smelled of alcohol.

Mr. Lewis was apprised of his rights and was arrested for carrying a pistol and being drunk in a public place.

The police report states, that on closer inspection, Kirkpatrick noticed that the front passenger window of Lewis' car was smashed in.

This accounts for the deep gash on the bridge of Lewis' nose, as seen in his mugshot.

According to Kirkpatrick's report, the injury was sustained,

'from broken glass resulting from attempting to jettison an empty champagne bottle thru [sic] the closed window of his '76 Lincoln.'

Kirkpatrick and four other officers took Lewis away immediately. But Loyd would receive another visitor before night's end.

He explains,

"When the wrecker came down and towed Jerry's car away (at approximately 4 a.m.), they hadn't much more than gotten outta sight when another car comes flyin' up the driveway and two guys got out. I recognized one of 'em as Jerry Lee's dad."

"He was laughin', sayin',

'Ha, ha, ha, ain't this some crap, man? I just got word that they've taken my son to jail. This guy with me here, he just got me outta the Hernando jail. I just got out, and Jerry done gone ahead.'

Sure enough, Elmo Lewis -- aged 78, no less, was arrested at 7:30 p.m. on the 21st for speeding and driving while intoxicated. He spent two nights in jail and failed to make his court appearance scheduled for the morning of the 23rd.

Like father, like son, indeed.

Here is Jerry Lee Lewis' own account of what happened, as related by Kay Martin, the president for life of Lewis' fan club

....

"Elvis called him and asked him to come out to the house to talk to him. Jerry was out on the town and by the time he got to Elvis' house, it was much past when Elvis had expected him and Elvis was asleep. Jerry had driven up after a sheriff from MS had given him a brand new handgun, but since Jerry did not have a permit for a concealed weapon, he had it on the dashboard of his car, as the sheriff had supposedly suggested."

The guard at Graceland asked Jerry what he was doing with the gun, and sarcastically Jerry said he hadn't brought it to kill Elvis, so the guy should chill out. He didn't. He called the cops. Jerry was PO'ed, but the gun stayed on the dash the whole time.

The situation blew over because it was a tempest in a teapot.
The sheriff who had given Jerry the gun cleared it up, too'.

Linda Gail's (Jerry Lee's youngest sibling) interpretation of November 23rd also tells a similar story.

'Jerry Lee admitted to me that he had been partyin' and drinkin' and that he was a little bit out of it', Gail recalls', but he swore his intentions were good.

He's very misunderstood, you see. It's a shame really'.

By Linda Gail's account, it was Presley who wanted to see Jerry Lee (as told to her by her father and as he describes in the video below).

He was depressed and called over to the Vapors hoping that Jerry Lee would come to Graceland and keep him company.

She insists that Loyd never even informed Presley of Jerry Lee's arrival, and that Jerry Lee grew belligerent only because he feared for what Presley might do if he didn't see him.

I believe really and truly that the people who were associated with Elvis at that time were trying to manipulate him.

"He was supporting all of them financially, and it was in their best interest to keep him isolated."

Linda Gail continues,

"Jerry really had no motive to lie. Why would he leave a place where he was having a perfectly good time to go down to Elvis' house and make a scene? It just doesn't make any sense. He had his whole entourage with him and a couple of girlfriends, and they were having a great time. There was no reason for him to go down there other than that he was concerned for his friend."

Linda Gail's voice takes on a halcyon quality when she remembers Elvis and Jerry Lee's friendship.

She speaks of their mutual respect for one another and tells stories of them riding motorcycles together and even going on double dates.

"Those two guys really did love each other," she says. "I do believe my brother just wanted to check on Elvis. He went there to cheer him up and kinda bond with him again. I guess everybody over at Graceland didn't want the two of them to get together because Jerry was really havin' one big party at the time. If he and Elvis had started runnin' the roads together, can you imagine what that would have been like? It probably would have been more than Memphis could have stood."

I called Lewis' production company hoping to get an account of that infamous evening from the Killer himself. I didn't get very far.

'We don't need all that bullshit from y'all', barked an anonymous voice at the end of the line. That's in the past. If you wanna write something, write something positive, okay? Thank you much.'
 https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/jerry-lee-lewis-arrested-at-the-gates-of-graceland.shtml

Myra Lewis weighs in on Jerry Lee Lewis Play, 'Catch My Soul': You should have been there...Everyone should have been there! I was.

WATCH #JerryLeeLewis video post twofer, both from UK TV which you've never seen.

In one, Jerry has the beard.

I get in trouble sometimes by calling it 'Catch My Soul', but only by real hardcore JLL freaks; however, it was during the time when he was preparing for his role as Iago in the first production of the Shakespearean production of Othello by jack good called, Catch My Soul (and the only one in which he participated briefly).

If this long-winded description is too much, you can just watch the videos for their awesomeness, obscurity and documentation of the Killer at the peak of his career, somewhere between Myra Lewis Williams and Country stardom.

You (I) have never seen him so egotistical, narcissistic, and appreciated as he is/was during this transition of his career.

And you can also just watch for his bodyguard, Dick West, who basically steals the show with pure Memphis class!

Comments

Jerry was surprising good in that role.


if you abused yourself as much as your book seems to imply, i'll just take your word for it. i would love to have seen it. i think jerry only did a few performances in CA, but i don't remember if it was LA or San Francisco

Myra Lewis Williams


It was in LA.

I was there.

Jerry played a great part and was absolutely amazing as an actor on a live stage.

I was impressed, Of Course.

I was the one who drew hot water every night so he could soak his tired aching feet, but he was truly awesome and the play was great.

You should have been there.

Everyone should have been there!

I was.

Doug Meet
Doug Meet i forgot the link to the post with the other video and the story of these two vids. here it is:
 https://whatgetsmehot.blogspot.com/.../jerry-lee-lewis-my


Stanley Booth
Stanley Booth I didn't abuse myself. I was just trying to stay awake.
Doug Meet
Doug Meet unfortunately, i read your book along with every other rock book at a tender age. but yours stands out as the most tenderizing.

Doug Meet

Doug Meet that's when george jones thought he was donald duck. when he was on the cocaine

June 15, 2018

Lamar Sorrento is the Keith Richards of Outsider Art by Jaan Uhelszki (update)

Interview With Outsider Artist Lamar Sorrento

The best guitarist in Memphis put down his instrument almost 20 years ago and has become one of the most collected rock painters.


Lamar Sorrento is the Keith Richards of Outsider Art. Tall, angular, darkly handsome with a wicked air of mystery about him.

He looks more like a swaggering guitar player from some renegade '60s band than a world-class artist.
But that's because he is. Besides making bold, primitive, strangely disturbing paintings of rock icons by night, fueled by a lethal combination of a Starbucks decaf latte and a single beer, he spends his "off hours" penning and playing music inspired by the great holy trinity of the Beatles, Byrds, and Dylan, and the gypsy jazz of Django Reinhardt—the subject of his very first painting.
django.jpgThe self-effacing and self-taught Sorrento, whom many insist is the best guitarist in Memphis, put down his guitar one day in 1992 and picked up a paintbrush after watching a former girlfriend turn out paintings with alacrity.

"I just watched her and figured that I could do it, too."
And he did. Since that time he figures he has done over 30,000 paintings, some of which bedeck over 30 album covers and emblazon the covers of books, hang in museums, in most of the House of Blues, and decorate the tasteful walls of celebrities like,

Neil Young, Drew Barrymore, Billy Gibbons, Jimmy Page, Morgan Freeman, Susan Sarandon, Lucinda Williams, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, and, well, of course, Keith Richards.
He's been known to take commissions to paint the occasional dog and cat, but perhaps his strangest was the day the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland asked him to paint a 12-foot, 250-pound guitar to be auctioned for charity.

That is if you don't count the day Big Star's Alex Chilton came over to Sorrento's house and asked him to paint a rather Southern Gothic rendering of the reclusive musician and his girlfriend.

After three sittings the painting was done to the late artist's great delight. But most of Sorrento's work is commissioned through his rather comic book website, which features bold pictures of iconic stars like

The Who, Dylan, Johnny Cash, many permutations of the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and many other staples on classic rock radio.
But that's not all. There are pithy southernisms, and hilarious quasi-political indictments like:

"OK folks: Do you know what is wrong with America? OK, let me tell you. This sums it all up, for me. Herb Alpert is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Link Wray is not. Nuff said!"
Sorrento, who lives in Memphis, Tennessee with his wife, Vicki, and four dogs is no ordinary painter. With an IQ that goes through the roof, a role in Delta, a New York Time's Critic's Choice film in 1996, and a sixth album titled Honky Tonk Trash Man due out next month (available on Reverberation and Crybaby), it seems there isn't anything he can't do. But you would never hear it from him.

"If you give me just a single hour, I can teach you to paint just like me.”

Hardly.


You call yourself “World Famous Artist and Musician” on your website?
There is only so much room for a banner title and I thought that would make people at least take a look.
Do you often have to defend that claim?
I have not had any challengers!
You say that you’re self-taught. How did you teach yourself? And why did you want to learn?
I had never made any kind of art. Ever. One day I just decided that I wanted a painting of Django Reinhardt because I am crazy about him. So I borrowed some paint and a canvas and had a go at it. I found it extremely hard but it felt oddly familiar to me..
Why didn’t you take proper lessons?
It never occurred to me.
How did you know that you were doing it right?
When I saw the first one I did looking back at me. It was talking to me. Then, when someone bought the first one.
How do you know when you’ve really captured someone?
That is just something I feel but can’t explain. I can’t make a painting look just like someone so I have to make it be them anyway.
Best compliment that you’ve ever gotten?
Your hair is magnificent.
What do you bring to your pieces that other artists don’t?
I don’t bring anything. It’s already there.
You seem to paint a preponderance of musicians. Why is that?
Musicians are interesting. Just ask any of them.
Do you meet any of your subjects?
Yeah, lots of times. It makes me uneasy.
Do you ever paint from real life?
What? As opposed to fantasy? My whole career is a fantasy.
Being a musician yourself, does that inform your work?
Yes.
Is there any similarity to your two pursuits? Overlap? Do you play guitar while you paint? Listen to music?
In the early days I listened to Beatles at enormous volumes. Now I listen to Buck Owens or Dylan, but very low volumes.
How is painting like making an album?
It’s not. It’s more like making a shirt.
dylanblue.jpgYou’ve said you paint artists you admire, what about ones that you don’t?
I give anybody a shot. It’s a challenge if I don’t like the subject but art for me is a job, not some cosmic event.
Favorite subject to paint?
Dylan.
What’s your biggest challenge been?
I painted the bottom of a Goddamn swimming pool in one day.
Best perk of your job?
Being able to drink beer while I work.
Hardest body part to paint?
The nose.
What subject you've painted has given you the most trouble?
No question, BB King.
What you’re known for?
Always having satisfied customers.
Are there some people/subjects you won’t paint? Why?
I hate painting bald men. I find it too hard. I like hair.
Do you have any rituals before you paint?
Oh God yes. I am practically Rainman-ish.
Where do you get your inspiration?
It comes in like a radio station. It has nothing to do with visual stimulation.
What if it doesn’t come?
I go play guitar and have some beer.
Are there days that you don’t paint?
Yes, you can’t force it or it will not look right.
What about the stuff you write on your painting. How do you choose that?
I found that words needed painting as much as the image. I used to never do that, but some of the people I painted were very obscure and the people didn’t know who they were jut by looking at them, so I started writing their names on the front to remove any doubts as to who I was.
People refer to your stuff as outsider art. Is that accurate? What do you call it?
I call it: “this is as good as I can paint.”
I understand you were once a short order cook and then worked in computer tech support; how does that help you in your art?
It gave me something to dread having to go back to.
Do you still cook? Best thing you make?
A bowl of cereal.
Is there a correlation between painting and cooking?
Paintings seldom smoke up the house.
A rule you live by.
Semper Esurio.
Stay hungry?
Yes, or yearning. Aspiring. I made it up. I took Latin for two years. I could translate Caesar if I had to.
You’ve said: My work is affordable for every common man or woman. Why is that important to you?
A painting should not cost more than an air conditioner.
Most challenging commission?
They all are, to me
What’s the strangest request you’ve ever gotten?
One time a record producer from Germany asked for a painting of Oprah interviewing Madonna in front of a sharecropper shack in the Delta. I painted it and he liked it.
A subject you’re often mistaken to be an expert on.
Women.
A subject you actually are.
I’m good at Scrabble.
Your greatest strength as a painter?
I paint fast.
As a person?
I don’t bother people.
Your greatest strength?
My giant head size.
Something you’d change about yourself?
I’d make my head smaller.
All you need is?
Something to be enthusiastic about.
What do you say to yourself when thing get difficult?
I say stuff like, “Why didn’t I finish college?"
What are you like when you’re drunk?
I’m more charming.
Is it important to be understood?
Yes, but it’s not important to be understood by everyone. But it helps a lot of someone you respect tells you that they understand what you are doing. That way you don’t feel like you’re standing completely alone in left field.
On your website, you say you give super fast service. How long does it take you to paint someone?
How soon do you want it...?
Tell me about meeting Howard Finster. You said on your website that you thought he was inspirational. How? Did he give you any advice?
No, he was just a regular guy. Artists don’t want advice anyway.
What’s on your to-do list?
To make another album and go on the Beatle tour in Liverpool.
How different is Lamar Sorrento the artist from Lamar Sorrento the man?
One’s cooler than the other.

June 14, 2018

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By D.JKruliq D.JKruliq updated 29 days ago



Hello friends!

Another list here for you sexy fans. Fourth time is the charm, I guess (-: :-P (-; It was difficult to arrange these in a certain period of time. Hopefully, you'll like it, even if it didn't come out as planned. The um ...outrageous (?!) covers are (honestly) throughout these fine pages. Wish you all a Happy, if belated New Year!

Thanks all for your help and happy gazing!


  1. 1

    The Cambridge Circus - Pour 1998

    Starting this list with a festive Betty Page. Happy New Year to all!
  2. 2

    The Cheetahs (3) - A Message To Santa Claus!

    Time for a double take! hint* [▲] (;-D)
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    The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland

    14 For Sale from $69.99
    Yes, this classic cover has been added on other lists, by other website members. Someone gave me a hint to add it anyway, to make the lists more complete. Sure um, ...why not! ;-)
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    Rickshaw / Bad Machine - Get Your Action / Liberation Scheme

    6 For Sale from $3.54
    Ooh. Francesca "Kitten" Natividad on the cover. Wise choice for a very fine covergirl.
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    Desiree Cousteau - Porn Star Gorgeous Desiree Cousteau

    1 For Sale from $60.00
    Yes, she was gorgeous and hey! ...she's still hot!
  10. 10

    Colleen* - Untitled

    4 For Sale from $35.42
    Colleen (Applegate), a.k.a. Shauna Grant, the late ex-porn star.
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    Patricia Paay - The Lady Is A Champ

    40 For Sale from $1.17
    A real knockout ...for sure! (-;
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    The Top Of The Poppers - The Best Of Top Of The Pops 1984

    6 For Sale from $13.39
    You got it! Yes, it's the buxom Page 3 gal (U.K.) Samantha Fox on the cover.
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    Lio - Best Of Lio

    Lio as in a tigress in disguise ...just maybe?! ;-P
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    The Tutti Frutti-Girls

    Yes, not an album cover, but do these babes really need one? They were all pretty hot looking!
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    Ewa Sonnet - Nie Zatrzymasz Mnie

    3 For Sale from $17.70
    Polish meaning translates to "You Won't Hold Me", or it could also mean "You Won't Keep Me".
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    Captain Kidd (2) - Treasure Chest

    2 For Sale from $15.00
    Pardon me, Captain ...A full chest of what?! She must've been his first mate. (-; ;oP :-P
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    Beauregard, Violletti & Ste-Claire - En Plein Orgasme

    19 For Sale from $7.00
    A recreation of the famous "Wild Cherry" Lp cover? Sure, why not? Has worked before! (-:
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    Gil Ventura - Sax Club Number 3

    12 For Sale from $7.09
    Yes! More Gil Ventura covers (this and the next entry). More sexiness from Mr. Ventura in other lists too. (-; :oD
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    Charles Wilp - Charles Wilp Fotografiert Bunny

    15 For Sale from $7.99
    Never mind the bunny(?!) fur, the gal is the bunny in our eyes, righty?
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    Gruppo Irakere* - Salsa Agro Dolce

    2 For Sale from $76.77
    What's, um ...missing from this cover?, heh. (-;
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    Washington Jamb Band - Gonna Get Your Cherry

    4 For Sale from $650.00
    A dirty-minded, but surely fun title and art.
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    Stefan Makoy - Impolutions

    8 For Sale from $2.36
    Pollution does not apply to this cover whatsoever! 0-:
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