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Jerry Lee Lewis Middle Age Crazy 1977

  The picture above shows Jerry Lee Lewis after he was arrested in Memphis after trying to climb the fence and break into Graceland to see Elvis Presley.

Jerry Lee is still alive and still rocking. He was in the Betty Ford clinic once and they kicked him out because he would not work or do chores. A guy who worked for Jerry Lee told them "Jerry Lee doesn't have to do anything but rock and roll."

  Click to enlarge the above which is an advertisment for Gus Stevens nightclub in Biloxi,Mississippi from around 1968.

In 1968 a friend of mine was playing at Gus Stevens nightclub in Biloxi, Mississippi. He was George Cummings who a year or two later founded the band Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show.
Jerry Lee Lewis came into the club after hours and the juke box was  playing some Beatles songs. Jerry Lee said, "Turn that(expletive deleted)off". George told Jerry Lee "Man let them have their day. You have already had yours". Jerry Lee then took umbrage at that statement and invited George out in the parking lot to fight.
Dick Van Dyke's brother Jerry Van Dyke happened to be present and he broke up the argument and cooled off the situation and kept the two from going to fist city.

Jerry Lee Lewis Middle Age Crazy Arrested After Trying to Break in Graceland To see Elvis

Jerry Lee actually did have long blond hair like in the picture above in 1958. I saw him in the Fall of 1958 in Hattiesburg, Miss. It was a real small place like a warehouse. It was more like a high school dance size crowd. After it was over he ran out the front door. I saw him with his long blond curls. Some girl ran at him with a pair of scissors. He yelled, " Did you see that she came at me with a pair of scissors to cut my hair man!".
He used some local band musicians. The drummer was Popeye Phillips from Mobile, Alabama. Popeye later played with the band The Flying Burritto Brothers on their first album THE GILDED PALACE OF SIN. He plays the drums on the tune LITTLE HIPPY BOY.


The video linked below has a mug shot of Jerry Lee Lewis taken in Memphis after he tried to break into Graceland to see Elvis. I guess the King wasn't home or didn't want to see him. God Bless Jerry Lee. He is still around and still rocking. He went to the Betty Ford Clinic once to dry out and they told him he would have to work at something while there. He refused and checked himself out. One of his buddies said, "Jerry Lee doesn't have to do anything but rock and roll".
Here is a link to the video of Middle Age Crazy by Jerry Lee Lewis.
Since some of us are well past middle age and are approaching old age this song no longer applies to us. Unless 70 is the new middle age.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj0o0QO2riY&feature=fvw