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Posted on 5/24/25 at 10:28 pm to Shoalwater Cat
The OT never ceases to amaze me on its reach into Louisiana celebrity lives.
Posted on 5/24/25 at 10:28 pm to Shredded
My godmother tutored his youngest kid when I was young and I’m pretty sure she was hooking up with Jerry at the time as well. Met him when I was 11 and he seemed cool just a bit kooky. She would tell crazy stories about his antics but he also was crazy generous too apparently.
Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:10 am to Shredded
My FIL (RIP) grew up in Ferriday and was cousins with JLL, Jimmy Seaggort, and Mickey Gilley.
Posted on 5/25/25 at 4:40 am to Gifman
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His nephew married my wife and I in north Georgia.
I think I read this wrong. It’s early.
The three of you are not married.
He officiated your wedding?
Posted on 5/25/25 at 4:43 am to Shredded
My Uncle was his 1st cousin. He knew him well from family functions with Swaggart and Mickey Gilley. All closely related. so I have cousins that related to him and know him somewhat....they stay away.
Posted on 5/25/25 at 6:28 am to Shredded
The story I remember was he busted in Howard Griffin (boat dealer) in Monroe & announced he wanted the biggest & fastest boat they had. Said he wanted to take it to Lake St. John to show off!
Posted on 5/25/25 at 6:42 am to TheRiver
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he wanted the biggest & fastest boat they had. Said he wanted to take it to Lake St. John to show off
Please tell me he bought one and then proceeded to wreck it be hitting a stump going 60mph in LSJ
Posted on 5/25/25 at 7:01 am to Shredded
Some cool stories in this thread. My mom used to talk about going “across the river” to see him back in the days where the nightlife was livelier in Port Allen than in BR. Apparently there was a club there that he frequented as a performer.
On a tangential note- a while back I was at the FloraBama and happened upon this guy Brandon Giles. He is a piano player and singer with a full backing band. The dude had “it”- the energy, charisma, and stage presence that made me stop and listen and watch. Two comparisons came to mind: Jerry Lee Lewis and Fred Leblanc. At first I thought the guy was cooked out of his gourd. I looked him up and apparently he is in recovery and takes his sobriety very seriously. So it’s just his performance energy. As I was watching I kept thinking this must be what it was like to see Jerry Lee Lewis when he was young. If you ever run across this guy go and see him. It’s a fun show to go see.
On a tangential note- a while back I was at the FloraBama and happened upon this guy Brandon Giles. He is a piano player and singer with a full backing band. The dude had “it”- the energy, charisma, and stage presence that made me stop and listen and watch. Two comparisons came to mind: Jerry Lee Lewis and Fred Leblanc. At first I thought the guy was cooked out of his gourd. I looked him up and apparently he is in recovery and takes his sobriety very seriously. So it’s just his performance energy. As I was watching I kept thinking this must be what it was like to see Jerry Lee Lewis when he was young. If you ever run across this guy go and see him. It’s a fun show to go see.
Posted on 5/25/25 at 7:02 am to makersmark1
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He officiated your wedding?
Haha good point. Yes his nephew officiated. His nephew owns a beautiful piece of land in Blairsville, GA and has turned it into a wedding venue.
Posted on 5/25/25 at 7:07 am to Tear It Up
I just so happen to be reading this right now. Came out in 82. It's really well written. Not like your usual music bios. It's from a different time
I'm about a third of the way through it
Main takeaways so far are...
Everyone knows he married his 13 year old cousin (they say she was the adult in the relationship), but nobody ever talks about how his sister Frankie Jean got married at 12 years old.
He hated being called Killer but he begrudgingly accepted it because it was so ubiquitous as time went on. People had started calling him that because he was such a good performer in the bars and clubs around Natchez
He was married twice before he married his cousin, and he was a bigamist because he hadn't divorced his first wife before he married the second. The second marriage was a shotgun wedding. He'd knocked her up and her relatives haf come to town with evil intent. His uncle Lee Calhoun, (both Jerry and Jimmy share a middle name in his honor) the big boss man of that area, had smothered things over but couldn't stop them having to get married
He spent three whole months at a Pentacostall Bible college a little bit south of Dallas before being expelled. He had a serious aversion to schooling of any sort.
Mickey was relatively normal, but Jimmy was always conflicted about the religious stuff.
That's all I've got so far.
I'm about a third of the way through it
Main takeaways so far are...
Everyone knows he married his 13 year old cousin (they say she was the adult in the relationship), but nobody ever talks about how his sister Frankie Jean got married at 12 years old.
He hated being called Killer but he begrudgingly accepted it because it was so ubiquitous as time went on. People had started calling him that because he was such a good performer in the bars and clubs around Natchez
He was married twice before he married his cousin, and he was a bigamist because he hadn't divorced his first wife before he married the second. The second marriage was a shotgun wedding. He'd knocked her up and her relatives haf come to town with evil intent. His uncle Lee Calhoun, (both Jerry and Jimmy share a middle name in his honor) the big boss man of that area, had smothered things over but couldn't stop them having to get married
He spent three whole months at a Pentacostall Bible college a little bit south of Dallas before being expelled. He had a serious aversion to schooling of any sort.
Mickey was relatively normal, but Jimmy was always conflicted about the religious stuff.
That's all I've got so far.
This post was edited on 5/25/25 at 7:10 am
Posted on 5/25/25 at 9:20 am to Shredded
My grandmother went to Ferriday High School and was a senior when he was a freshman. She thought he was cocky.
Posted on 5/25/25 at 9:24 am to Shredded
My Mom worked at a bank in Memphis where Jerry Lee came in.
He threw a hissy fit over not being able to do a cash advance on his Discover card.
As Mom described it, he came across as one of the most terrible people on the planet.
ETA: that was just one person's opinion. Maybe he was having a bad day.
He threw a hissy fit over not being able to do a cash advance on his Discover card.
As Mom described it, he came across as one of the most terrible people on the planet.
ETA: that was just one person's opinion. Maybe he was having a bad day.
This post was edited on 5/25/25 at 9:34 am
Posted on 5/25/25 at 9:34 am to TheRiver
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he busted in Howard Griffin (Land of Toys) in Monroe
Posted on 5/25/25 at 10:12 am to Rekrul
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he busted in Howard Griffin (Land of Toys) in Monroe
Howard Griffin Land of Toys loads of fun for girls and boys. Bring the kids and look around, the biggest toy deal in the town.
Toys, boats, motorcycles, etc. They sold nearly everything.
Posted on 5/25/25 at 1:57 pm to Camp Randall
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No but I bought a parakeet in Ferriday in the early 80s
Loved this one!
Posted on 5/26/25 at 5:16 am to KramerPlayer
No, Mercer family. Birth name, Junior. Got drafted by the white or Red Sox when he pitched for LaTech but chose to work for fish and wildlife department instead. Moved to Ga. And holds patent for several commercial varieties of peanuts he developed.
Posted on 5/26/25 at 6:35 am to Shredded
He was the main entertainment at the Bacchus Ball one Mardi Gras a few years ago. Put on a great show. His band was funny because you could tell they really kept their eyes on him for a clue about the next song he was going to play. He would kick the song off and they would follow along.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 8:29 am to Shredded
back in the 50's/60's my aunt and uncle ran several places on Lake Saint John, including a bar with a juke box and a piano. The patrons came to dance to juke box music, but JLL would show up and play the piano. The patrons would complain and uncle earl would have to kick JLL off the piano so the patrons could dance. at one point, they also had a tiny fisherman's motel, where one of the rooms was converted to a casino. Concordia was wide open in the 50's.
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