Linda Gail Lewis Female Rockabilly Pioneer, Sister of "the Killer" Jerry Lee Lewis Releases NEW COLLECTION OF EARLY RECORDINGS FROM THE 60'S & 70'S! EXCLUSIVE ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

 

 

Female Rockabilly Pioneer 

LINDA 

 GAIL 

 LEWIS

Sister of Rock & Roll Legend

JERRY LEE LEWIS

Shares New Collection 

Of Early Recordings 

From The ‘60s & ‘70s!

EXCLUSIVE 

ON INTERVIEWING 

THE LEGENDS

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TO LISTEN IN ITS ENTIRETY

At a time when most female artists were content with crooning sappy love songs for mainstream audiences, vocalist and pianist Linda Gail Lewis was following her own muse, singing rowdy and rousing versions of early rock classics like “C.C. Rider,” “Jim Dandy” and “Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes).” The latter track might hint at what drove Lewis to blaze her own musical path as it is a duet with Lewis’s brother, well-known raconteur and rabble rouser Jerry Lee Lewis.

Lewis would go on to record several times with her brother but also branched out to record several solo albums throughout the years as well as a 2000 album with Van Morrison and, more recently, has appeared on albums by Robert Gordon and Ann-Margret! But it’s Gail’s early tracks that truly showcase her historic importance as a pioneer of rockabilly music, and these tracks have now been collected on a brand-new compilation, entitled Early Sides 1963-1973, giving fans of vintage rock and rockabilly a chance to discover her unique talents.

The audio has been completely remastered by guitar icon Danny B. Harvey who had this to say about the collection “It’s a well-known fact that from 1961 until the late ‘70s, Linda Gail Lewis sang and stood beside her big brother Jerry Lee Lewis, both onstage and in the studio. Not as well-known is during that time she also managed to record her own amazing solo singles in Memphis, Nashville and LA with legendary musicians & producers like Scotty Moore, Jerry Reed, Harold Bradley, Reggie Young & of course her brother backing her.”

PURCHASE

THE NEW RELEASE

EARLY SIDES 

1963-1973

LINDA 

GAIL

 LEWIS

AT AMAZON.COM

Vintage early recordings from a true pioneering female rock artist, and sister of Jerry Lee Lewis, Linda Gail Lewis! These early singles represent a diverse mix of musical styles from rockabilly to country to good old-fashioned Rock 'n' Roll! Includes two tracks with special guest Jerry Lee Lewis! Full color gatefold jacket with detailed personnel credits and vintage photos!

ALSO

WILD! 

WILD! 

WILD!

By Robbie Fulks 

& Linda Gail Lewis

Also available at amazon.com

Purchase the book

The Devil, 

Me, and 

Jerry Lee

Released – October 28, 1998

by Linda Gail Lewis (Author)

available at amazon.com

"Jerry Lee is not a candy ass," writes Lewis in this affectionate memoir of her life with her brother, rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis. What she's saying is hardly news? given that Jerry Lee's nickname is "The Killer," he hardly needs such a defense? but the author writes in a vivid, colloquial voice that makes old news seem almost fresh. Though Lewis's book abounds with colorful boasts regarding the sturdy Lewis libido (apparently shared by Jerry Lee, the author and their cousin Jimmy Swaggart), fans will learn little they didn't already know about the man who graced the world with the hit "Great Balls of Fire." Lewis is charming when she describes her fits of wanderlust, as when she left her family to tour the country with her older brother and his band, but one wishes she had applied her talent for brisk, direct prose to telling the story of the balancing act she has had to perform as both a mother and a traveling musician (which she only briefly addresses). Lewis also pads her narrative with worn-out anecdotes, recalling the moment when John Lennon kissed Jerry Lee's feet and the performance in which an uninvited and unwanted Janis Joplin joined Jerry Lee onstage. Lewis's appealing, plainspoken style notwithstanding, this slim family album will be appreciated by diehard fans and quickly forgotten by everyone else.

 

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LINDA GAIL LEWIS

TOURING 2022

LGL live

7/29/2022 Dan’s Silverleaf Denton, TX

8/12/2022 Lonesome Rose San Antonio, TX

8/13/2022 Continental Houston, TX

8/14/2022 TBA

8/16/2022 Rooster Blues House Oxford, Ms

8/17/2022 tba

8/18/2022 star bar atlanTa, ga

8/19/2022 tipsy burro saloon charlotte, nc

8/20/2022 Friday’s Creek Owings, MD

8/21/2022 Buckley’s Long Island, NY

8/23/2022 Cafe Nine New Haven, CT

8/25/2022 Dobbs Philadelphia, PA

8/26/2022 The Palace Theater Danbury, CT

8/27/2022 Lenny’s at Hawkes Plaza Westbrook, ME

8/28/2022 Terryville Fairgrounds Plymouth, CT

8/30/2022 Beachland Ballroom & Tavern Cleaveland, OH

8/30/2022 souThgate house revival Newport, ky

9/01/2022 rock’n’roll cafe memphis, tn

9/04/2022 Antone’s Austin, TX

 

LINDA GAIL LEWIS

Discography

Albums

Year Album

1969 The Two Sides of Linda Gail Lewis

Together (with Jerry Lee Lewis)

1990 International Affair

1991 Do You Know

Rockin' With Linda – Recorded Live in London

1992 I'll Take Memphis

1995 Love Makes the Difference

1999 Linda Gail Lewis

2000 You Win Again (with Van Morrison)

2001 Rock 'n' Roll Special (with The Firebirds)

2002 Out of the Shadows

Rock 'n' Roll

2004 Boogie Woogie Country Gal

Lie and Deny

2005 Me and the Boys in the Band

2006 Rock, Roll & Remember

Hungry Hill

2007 Dazed and Confused

Jabalaya

You Were There

The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll Live in France

2010 You & Me & Sweet Rock 'n' Roll – Best from Sweden

2015 Heartbreak Highway

Gas Station Flowers

Hard Rockin' Woman

2018 Wild! Wild! Wild! (with Robbie Fulks)

 

LINDA GAIL LEWIS

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WEEK OF JULY 8TH 2022

ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

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NEWS FLASH: RONNIE MONTROSE Dead at 64

By Ray Shasho

When Ronnie Montrose transposed into his first guitar solo at the Largo Cultural Center back in October, an exhilarated audience scrambled their chairs up against the stage to catch an impassioned glimpse of the legendary guitar virtuoso. Montrose genuinely had fun with the audience while playing their setlist to its perfection. Ronnie was all smiles that evening. It was his first tour in a long while after battling cancer. I was very fortunate to be Ronnie and Leighsa’s guest while I reviewed the show and witnessed the guitar virtuoso from back stage. It was a rare and wonderful experience indeed. Several weeks before the show, I was also fortunate to interview Ronnie by phone as he and wife Leighsa drove to their next gig in California.

Ronnie fought courageously but lost his battle with cancer yesterday. He recently celebrated his 64th birthday during a surprise party. The Ronnie Montrose official website released this statement…During the party, “He gave an impromptu speech, and told us that after a long life, filled with joy and hardship, he didn't take any of our love for granted.”

Guitar virtuoso Ronnie Montrose launched his brilliant career with Irish rocker Van Morrison. Montrose played on the albums Tupelo Honey and Saint Dominic’s Preview. And Ronnie’s guitar riff on Morrison’s huge hit “Wild Night” will forever be cemented as one of the most memorable in classic rock history.

Montrose left Van Morrison to join The Edgar Winter Group and enjoyed commercial success with the release of They Only Come Out at Night. The album climbed up to Number 3 on the Billboard charts and spawned the enormous Top 40 hits “Frankenstein” (# 1 hit) and “Free Ride.” (# 14 hit)

In 1973 Ronnie felt the desire to orchestrate his own band and so he formed the hard rock group that bears his own signature MONTROSE. The combination of Ronnie Montrose on Les Paul and Sammy Hagar on vocals created a hard driving rock and roll machine that churned out monster releases Montrose and Paper Money and Hard Rock Classics like “Hard Candy,” “Bad Motor Scooter,” “Space Station No 5,” “I Got the Fire” and “Rock the Nation.”

After Sammy Hagar left the band, Montrose released several albums before forming Gamma in 1979 with Robin Trower’s current lead vocalist Davey Pattison. The group released four cutting-edge rock albums.

After Gamma, Ronnie Montrose released a string of great albums and a return to the road as Montrose including a triumphant reunion appearance with ex frontman Sammy Hagar in 2005.

Over the years Ronnie Montrose has shared his electrified guitar wizardry with legendary artist like Herbie Hancock, Boz Scaggs, Gary Wright, Nicolette Larson, Paul Kantner and The Neville Brothers.

Here’s a short segment from my interview with Ronnie Montrose September 2011.

What made you pick up a guitar and start playing one day?

“What made me pick up a guitar? It weighed a lot less than a piano.”

Laughing

“A friend of mine had the instrument when I think I was seventeen and I picked it up and I just resonated with the electric guitar immediately so it was just something where I knew I was going.”

How did you start the band Montrose?

“Put the word out in the Bay area where I lived in the San Francisco Bay area. And Sammy Hagar had seen me play at Winterland with Edgar Winter and Sam got my number from a guy and said I was looking for a singer called me up told me I’m your man and I went to see him at a club he was playing at in San Francisco and realized he’d be the perfect guy for my lead singer in my new ensemble and that’s how that happened.

But I’m having so much fun now simply going around and playing Montrose and Gamma music.”

Any chance of you and Sammy hooking up again in the future?

“Every once in awhile I wouldn’t be surprised if Sammy and I hit the stage again just for fun and play some of our tunes but it all depends on what each one of us is doing.”

You guys are definitely going to blow the roof off the Largo Cultural Center.

“From my mouth to God’s ear.”

Our prayers are with Leighsa and the entire Montrose family.

Contact Ray Shasho at rockraymond.shasho@gmail.com