Linda Gail Lewis -Queen of Rockabilly

Like her brotherJerry Lee Lewis, Rockabilly Hall of Fame memberLinda Gail Lewis's soaked up the sounds of hillbilly music and rhythm and blues in the rural areas of Louisiana. When JerryLee began to score hits with “Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On” and “Great Balls of Fire”, hesingle-handedly lifted the family from dire poverty to a life of relative ease.Linda Gail’s chief inspiration was Jerry Lee, but later, as the era of rock ‘n’ roll came into play,she also tuned into the sounds of Brenda Lee, Patsy Cline, and Lavern Baker. Linda Gail Lewis’sofficial recording debut came when she performed as Jerry Lee’s duet partner on “Seasons ofMy Heart” forSUNRECORDSin 1963. She recorded a full duet album with her brother in1969, “Together” onSmash Records, which featured their rowdy duet style on a variety ofcountry standards and rockers, they scored a top ten country hit with their version of “Don’t LetMe Cross Over.” And later that year their rousing duet remake of Chuck Berry’s “Roll OverBeethoven,” followed it onto the charts. The Lewis duo’s album did so well it led to Linda GailLewis’s first solo album for the label, “The Two Sides of Linda Gail Lewis". During this time,Lewis toured and recorded almost non-stop as part of her brother’s live show, appearing onshows like The Midnight Special withWolfman Jack,Mike DouglasShow,Johnny CashShow and her brothers show The Sounds of Jerry Lee Lewis.Lewis’s biggest career boost came via legendary Irish rockerVan Morrison. Lewis metMorrison at a Jerry Lee Lewis convention in England. After a sound-check jam session,Morrison proposed the collaboration, which resulted in the 2000 Pointblank/Virgin duet albumYou Win Again The album reached the pop charts and sold strongly at the duo’s live shows. Itbecame Lewis’s best-selling disc.Over the next 15 years, Delta Music Hall of fame member Linda Gail Lewis, toured the worldconstantly. She has played some of the biggest and most prestigious rock and roll festivals.During 2014 Lewis met Rockabilly guitaristDanny B Harvey(Rockats,Nancy Sinatra,Lemmy Kilmister) who introduced her to Lanark Records where during four extremely creativedays at Lanark Studios in Lancaster PA, Linda Gail Lewis, Danny B. Harvey, and her daughterAnnie Marie Lewis, cut 12 new rocking tunes which was released worldwide on an albumcalled “Hard Rocking Woman” in 2015 by Lanark Records. In August 2018 a new duo albumwill be released by Chicago based Bloodshot Records. The duo album is with Grammynominated highly critically acclaimed Americana / Folk singer and amazing guitar player RobbieFulks. It was recorded and produced by Robbie Fulks who wrote most of the songs.In the past few years Linda Gail has had a career retrospective album, “Early Sides 1963 -1973,and a live Linda Gail Lewis, Annie Marie Lewis & Danny B. Harvey CD & DVD, “FamilyJewels” released by Cleopatra Records. In 2022 she returned to her Alma Mater SUNRECORDS in Memphis with Danny B. Harvey, Annie Marie Lewis and Stray Cats drummerSlim Jim Phantomto record a tribute to her brother that was released by Cleopatra records onlya few months after his death in Oct 2022.

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