Jerry Lynn Williams
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Blues-rock singer/songwriter Jerry Lynn Williams was born in Dallas, TX, in 1948. Raised in nearby Fort Worth, he learned to play piano from his church pastor’s wife and at 11 acquired his first guitar. Williams quit school at 14 to tour the roadhouse circuit with his band the Epics, briefly joining Little Richard and playing alongside lead guitarist Jimmy James, later known as Jimi Hendrix. When authorities learned Williams was still in his mid-teens, they sent him back to Fort Worth, where he
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jerry
- Family name
- Williams
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dallas
- Place of death
- Saint Martin
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of death
- 2005-11-25
- date of birth
- 1948-01-01
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