TimeOut

Rock and roll's Captain controversial wild man and one of the most influential pianists of the 20th century has left us, great balls of fire ! ...  

...he was a nice guy...at least to me...

at Brocks. A little cllub outside of Cincinnatti on the Kentucky boarder. Later I learned that all the little girls in the front row were his "special" girls

which obviously turned out to be incorrect.

RIP

My favorite song of his. If you haven’t heard it, look it up.

Both the original Top Gun movie and the latest Top Gun: Maverick Sequel movie feature the "Great Balls of Fire" song quite prominently in both films... And then the immediate news of this artist's passing the next day, was a bit of a coincidental surprise... 

. . . many years ago in the kitchen of The Rainbow Bar and Grill. Even though Jerry Lee eventually fired him, he was still a fan of his, saying he'd never seen anyone give more in live performance than The Killer. Art