TOSCHES, NICK — Hellfire - The Jerry Lee Lewis Story

Penguin Books 1971 'The greatest rock 'n' roll biography ever written' Rolling Stone X + 274 p., b/w photogr., index SOFTCOVER: (Orig. paperb. VERY GOOD) Born in deep south Louisiana and raised on the Old Testament, 'The Killer' was continually torn between a harsh Pentecostal God and the worship of alcohol, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. Nick Tosches's electrifying account chronicles the monumental highs and lows of the ever indomitable and ever wild Jerry Lee, who rises to dizzying heights as a rock 'n' roll icon, only to lose it time and time again to his inner demons.