Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Rompin' Stompin'

 

Grady Lewis
Pinnacle #8788
date : unknown precisely


Rompin' Stompin'

Later remake of his very scarce platter on Star Records. (hear at YT here)

Grady Lionel Lewis (1933-2003)

Accomplished saxophonist, champion fiddler, professional educator, singer, expert on school law, high school principal, Grady Lewis had the opportunity to become a full time professional musician many times (he has been offered a job with Faron Young, Bill Monroe, Cedarwood Publishing Company to name a few), but he chose to remain an educator.

Grady Lewis had his own televsion show, The Grady Lewis Show, on WFMY-TV in Greensboro for a while in the late sixties.

Grady Lewis, of 329 Shoals Road, Pinnacle, then retired from the Surry County school system, passed away July 13, 2003, at his home.


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