I learned something this week after the passing of Richard Ben Cramer. He wrote the classic 1984 article in Rolling Stone about the suspicious circumstances of Jerry Lee Lewis’ fifth wife’s death. I say “the” article because it’s one that has always stuck with me, and I was talking about it with one of my two friends named Michelle K a few weeks ago. Now I’ve learned that the late great Mr. Cramer wrote the sucker. Talk about a small fricking world.Here’s a LINK.
Speaking of Jerry Lee, here he is, doing a bit of piano pounding: