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Linda Gail Lewis Talks Rock and Roll

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Title

Linda Gail Lewis Talks Rock and Roll

Description

Excerpts from a phone interview conducted with Linda Gail Lewis on January 13, 2019.
Part 1: On what the Lewis family listened to at home and genre
Part 2: On learning and playing the piano
Part 3: Recording and touring from the 1960s to today, both solo and with her brother Jerry Lee Lewis
Part 4: Memories of Wanda Jackson and what it means to perform rock and roll "like a man."

Date

13 January 2019

Rights

(c) 2019

Format

.mp3

Interview Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Branstetter, Leah

Interviewee

Lewis, Linda Gail

Transcription

[Text transcriptions forthcoming]

Duration

5:25 (Part 1)
2:11 (Part 2)
7:33 (Part 3)
5:43 (Part 4)

Files

Linda Gail Lewis Interview_part 1.mp3
Linda Gail Lewis Interview_part 2.mp3
Linda Gail Lewis Interview_part 3.mp3
Linda Gail Lewis Interview_part 4.mp3

Citation

“Linda Gail Lewis Talks Rock and Roll,” Women in Rock & Roll's First Wave, accessed April 20, 2024, https://www.womeninrockproject.org/omeka/items/show/11.