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The Great Divide: Why Jimmy Swaggart Rejected Jerry Lee Lewis’s Lucrative Music Offer

"The story of the American South in the 20th century is often defined by the tension between the "Saturday night" of the juke joint and the "Sunday morning" of the church pew. Nowhere is this cultural tug-of-war more personified than in the relationship between two of Ferriday, Louisiana’s most famous sons: Jimmy Swaggart and Jerry Lee Lewis. Though they were first cousins who shared an identical, ferocious talent for boogie-woogie piano, their paths diverged in a way that would shape both the music industry and the world of global evangelism. The most pivotal moment in this familial saga occurred when Jerry Lee Lewis, having reached the pinna..."

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