Jerry Lee Lewis: A Musical Prodigy with Conflicting Interests

This chapter explores the early life of Jerry Lee Lewis, a musician with a unique talent for transmuting different musical influences into his own distinct style. From a young age, he showed prodigious skill on the piano and was influenced by his uncle Carl McVoy and musicians like Moon Mullican and Sticks McGee. The chapter also delves into Jerry Lee's conflicting interests as a deeply religious young boy who also sneaked into blues clubs to watch talented black musicians.