Family, friends and fans gathered Saturday to bid farewell to rock `n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis at memorial services held in his north Louisiana hometown.
Lewis, known for hits such as "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," died Oct. 28 at his Mississippi home, south of Memphis, Tennessee. He was 87.
"He was very weak," Swaggart said. "I remember saying, `Lord, I don't know if he can do it or not.' But when Jerry Lee sat at that piano, you know he was limited to what he could play because of the stroke, but when the engineer said the red light is on and when he opened his mouth, he said, `Jesus, hold my hand, I need thee every hour. Hear my feeble plea, oh Lord, look down on me.
Swaggart said the guys stood there, with their jaws dropped in amazement. "What a sense of humour he had," Swaggart said as the audience laughed. "He was a poor kid from Ferriday who made it to the heights he made it to. I'm very impressed with his life story. I'm saddened by him leaving, but his legacy will live on," Ellis said.
Lewis won a Grammy in 1987 as part of an interview album that was cited for best spoken word recording, and he received a lifetime achievement Grammy in 2005.
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