Myra Gale Brown, now known as Myra Lewis Williams, is an American author best known for her controversial marriage to her first cousin once removed, and Rock-n-Roll Legend, Jerry Lee Lewis. And . Myra Lewis - Biography. Jerry Lee never saw Elvis again. However, upon landing in the country with his child-bride, it became clear that the Brits were not on board with Jerry Lee Lewis. Moreover, by the time Lewis tried to reestablish his rock & roll credentials in America, the Beatles were expanding all the possibilities of the music Jerry Lee and Carl Perkins and Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley and Little Richard had pioneered, creating new styles and unprecedented dimensions in which rock artists and their audiences might shake up the world. Despite the end of their marriage, the pair remained close as they co-parented Phoebe. By then Lewis was yelling, threatening the police. Instead, as he stood over that small grave, he knew that his drive was the only thing that could save him.. Not only were they criticizing her age, they were also pointing out the fact that Jerry Lee Lewis had once again married before his divorce was finalized. Thirteen year old Myra Gale Brown sitting on Jerry Lee Lewis lap. According to Rick Bragg in Jerry Lee: His Own Story, Owens handed it over to the singer and said, Careful. She co-wrote many books, such as Great Book Of Fire and The Spark That Survived, and earned people's love and popularity through her book. Jerry Lee held a defiant press conference at the London airport, boasting about his houses and cars and accusing the British of being just plain jealous, and the Lewises returned home to Memphis. Lewis was 22 and Williams was 13, and the press came down hard on him when it was revealed that she was also his second cousin and that Lewis was still married to his second wife, Jane Mitchum, when they wed. Jerry Lewis. She has a career in real estate in Georgia since 1980 (under the name Myra Williams or Myra Lewis Williams). Two of those unions ended in untimely deaths for the brides, and his fourth and final marriage came in 2012. "My generation was taught to hide under our desk when the bomb came, so you always had in the back of your mind that any minute, any day, life could come to an end," Brown once said in an interview. Everything just came together and a major explosion happened.". She also described Lewis drug addiction, being the victim of abuse, divorcing and jumping into a rebound marriage, the Gwinnett Daily Post said. Brown, Lewis' cousin, the pair developed a romantic relationship when the singer came to live with her family. Alamy Stock Photo One of the most shocking scandals involving cradle-snatching rock stars was the marriage of. His son Jerry Lee Lewis Jr., from an earlier marriage, wanted to drum in his fathers band and to live like his father, but he didnt have the mental constitution for the drug use. Remember, gossip is not gospel, Williams wrote on Instagram in 2015. 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I was only 13, but people said I was more mature than Jerry. Myra Gale Brown, during their divorce proceedings in 1970, accused him of subjecting her to "every type of physical and mental abuse imaginable." He ran into various legal, financial and. [14] Although Brown found the actors to be talented and friendly, she was not satisfied with the book or the film. Jerry Lee & Myra Lewis Interview ( 1958 ) robin haugsnes 5.68K subscribers Subscribe 793 Share 365K views 14 years ago Jerry telling about his tour in London, where everything went pretty bad,. Rock & roll is mean and corrupting music, said Jerry Lee, who was raised deeply religious in Louisiana (his cousin was the televangelist Jimmy Swaggart). Discover Myra Lewis's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. He hit the gate, he went on, Cause Is drunk.. Never hurt nobody unless they got in my way. She also released a memoir, The Spark That Survived, in 2016. He kept recording, releasing more than 40 albums from 1958 to 2014. Those who wouldnt had good reasons not to. Its got a hair trigger. Bragg related what happened next: It appears to be that way, Butch, Jerry Lee said, too drunk to be overly concerned. Williams also covered their marriage in the 1982 book Great Balls of Fire, which was adapted into a 1989 film starring Dennis Quaid as Lewis and Winona Ryder as Williams. The radio stations that didnt play it hated it. "So when a reporter asked me, 'Who are you?' His second marriage in September 1953 had caused quite a stir when people realized it had taken place 23 days before his first divorce was final. In Great Balls of Fire, Myra told of a night toward the end when Jerry came home and woke her, demanding sex. "What was happening back then, rock 'n' roll was coming on very, very strong. Myra Lewis (Myra Gale Brown) was born on 11 July, 1944 in United States, is an American author. I didnt question God., He was supposed to travel to England in a few days his first trip there since the country had shamed him. Myra Lewis Williams, as she's now known, made those comments to journalist Alan Light when he met up with her and Lewis for a 2010 story for Rolling Stone. Lewis upended pop music with Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On and Great Balls of Fire, but his personal life was a chronicle of scandal and controversy. What I wanted was a baby in my arms, a home, a husband, a kitchen to cook in, a yard to raise roses. Longtime Gwinnett resident Myra Lewis Williams has penned a new memoir sharing her life story, including her teenage marriage with her second cousin rock n' roll star . Tweets. My little brother was born because I begged my parents for a baby at ten years old.. So when a reporter asked me, Who are you?, I was the one who let the big ol cat out of the bag. All of Jerrys managers told him, Do not take Myra to England, because the British press was known to rip Americans apartthats where all the tabloid journalism started. At one of the lowest points of his career, Jerry Lee Lewis performed some of the most astonishing music of his life. [4] After Lewis finalized his divorce from Mitcham, he remarried Brown on June 4, 1958. Myra Lewis Williams (ne Gale Brown, July 11, 1944) is an American author, best known for her controversial marriage at the age of 13 to rock and roll musician Jerry Lee Lewis, who is her first cousin once removed and was 22 at the time. Myra Gale Lewis Williams (ne Brown; born July 11, 1944) is an American author, best known for her controversial marriage at the age of 13 to rock and roll musician Jerry Lee Lewis, who was her first cousin once removed and was 22 at the time. He sought out his cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis, who was also an unknown musician at the time. The 100 Best Albums of 2022. I guess I went through like a trial by fire. That Doesnt Justify What He Did Offstage, Charlie Watts Is a Jazz Drummer: The Lost Rolling Stone Interview. It was adapted into the 1989 film Great Balls of Fire!, starring Dennis Quaid as Lewis and Winona Ryder as Brown. Some artists can only be the person they dreamed of being in those moments when they are onstage or before a camera or singing a song or writing a page. Hes no longer part of my life. Meanwhile, Williams wrote in an Instagram post in 2015 that she had keep in contact with Lewis over the years due to their shared daughter, Phoebe. But Lewis had a storied private life, and his career took a nosedive in the late 1950s, when he married Myra Gale Brown. The book was adapted into the 1989 film Great Balls of Fire!, starring Dennis Quaid and Winona Ryder. Though Lewis has been married five other times, it seems that Myra remained close to his heart. J The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Myra Gale and Jerry Lee Lewis, first cousins once removed, married when she was thirteen years old and he was twenty-two. Things grew much worse when new information came back from the States: Myra was in fact 13, not 15. It barely scratched the Top 100. By the late 1960s, hed been living a punishing life on the road, drinking and taking pills steadily, going without sleep as he did it all. The rock & roll establishment, always willing to look the other way, embraced him. Lewis was 22. She is most popular for her union with rock 'n' move performer Jerry Lee Lewis who is her subsequent cousin. It was as if now being onstage wasnt saving him like it had; it was simply a means to stay on the road with musicians he could party with. The British press reacted with outrage. The fallout began immediately after Lewis told the reporters that his wife was 15. The singer married his first wife, Dorothy Barton, when he was just 16. Later, he pulled the new car up to Gracelands gates and hit the gates head on. When Lewis didnt show for his hearing the next day, a Memphis judge ordered him arrested again, but changed his mind when he learned the piano player was in the hospital with a peptic ulcer. Phoebe Lewis-Loftin later became her father's manager and lived at his ranch in Nesbit, Mississippi until 2012, when he married Judith Brown,[12] the ex-wife of his first cousin once removed, Rusty Brown (Myra Gale's brother). By the time they made it home, it had been discovered that Myra was the daughter of Jerry Lees cousin and bass player, J.W. And so, the story was cooked up. "Hes no longer part of my life. He seemed wounded to the women he met, and sometimes they would go to bed with him because they were sympathetic to the wounded man. Everything just came together and a major explosion happened.. Myra Gale Brown : I don't know how to be a wife. 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