Name: Myra Gale Lewis, Interview with Devin Miller — 041798 by Original Roots
Duration: 33 min 25 s
Description: A 30 minute interview with Jerry Lee Lewis' third wife Myra Gale Lewis Williams from 1998. Some interesting insights here and a few things she said I hadn't read or heard anywhere else.

A BeeGee's tune sung by Paul and Pete. Badly recorded at Kilos's when we opened for the late Luther Allison in January of 1975. We never wore those ridiculous satin shirts on stage, or anywhere else. This picture is from a photo shoot just before the band broke up. In fact those shirts may have been one of the reasons the band broke up. It's hard to remember that far back.

To Love Somebody

Another track from an imperfect recording of our 2-night gig at Kilo's in Murpysboro in January of 1975, as opening act for the late Luther Allison. This was played very loud (hence the distortion) and needs to be played back very loud - no cell phone/laptop speakers, please. Put on your Beats and crank it up. The bass and drums drive this one but the horns, Pete's guitar and Paul's vocals are spot on. Me and Pete do the backup vocals. Horn arrangement by Terry Ogolini. Don Cerpek on trumpet. Richie 'The Fatman' Roberts on bass. He was an animal, a very physical and deeply rhythmic player who used two big bass amps and a pick. I honestly don't know how any one could play his style without one. This performance captures the essence of what we were doing in 1975: dark, driving and relentless. This is before Eric Blomquist joined us on Hammond organ but it is probably one of our better performances of the tune. Just wish the sound was better.

13 I've Got To Use My Imagination

A 30 minute interview with Jerry Lee Lewis' third wife Myra Gale Lewis Williams from 1998. Some interesting insights here and a few things she said I hadn't read or heard anywhere else. 

Myra Gale Lewis, Interview with Devin Miller — 041798

A very up tempo version of Bob Dylan's classic, performed by Pontiac Jones at Kilo's roadhouse on April 12, 1975. This was a set introduction number with Pete on vocal, before we brought Paul out for the last set the band ever played. Hardly the first and certainly not the last time Pete sang this tune. Fast and syncopated, with me and the late Richie Roberts gelling on a groove that would probably raise Dylan's eyebrows. We were a bar band, and our job was to get the hippies and rednecks onto the floor and up to the bar.  That's why Pete counted this one off at that tempo. Same philosophy that drove Levon & the Hawks to play them fast on Yonge Street.

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Most Likely You'll Go Your Way...Pontiac Jones

January 22, 1975: Kilos' Roadhouse. Murphysboro, Southern Illinois.

I have at least three recordings of this tune, one (also on this page)with great Hammond organ work by the Late Eric Blomquist, and a couple of tracks where we did it as usual - Bass, Drums, Guitar and tenor saxophone - like on this track which also features Don Cerpek on trumpet. We were far from a Blues band, but don't say we didn't play the blues - old timey shuffle style. Paul brings out the true meaning of this old tune, and he does a different rap on all three recordings that I have. That pretty much confirms my opinion that he did it differently every single time we played it, and we are talking hundreds here. The tempo changes are from Pete signaling that he wanted to speed it up.  I liked it slower so we went back and forth.

This version is spare and brutal, true to the original, except maybe for Pete's demented but satisfying solo. Rated R - Not for the little ones. I'm afraid. This is also my favorite of the recordings I have of my band playing this tune..

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Pontiac Jones Help Me, Baby

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