Born 91 Years Ago Today in Louisiana, the Rock Pioneer and Country Star Who Was Accused of Trying to Kill Elvis Presley

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When Jerry Lee Lewis sits down at the piano, the instrument ceases to be just an accompaniment. He pushes it, kicks it, elbows it, and turns every performance into a spectacle. Thus was born one of the most recognizable images of early rock and roll. Lewis was born on September 29, 1935, in Ferriday, Louisiana, into a poor farming family. His father mortgaged the farm to buy the boy a piano. Jerry Lee began playing as a child, and at the age of …