![]() His blond hair falling in his face, he exhibited seemingly boundless energy…. He captivated legions of fans with his flamboyant attitude and unpredictable, charismatic showmanship in stage, television, and film appearances. Like his cousin, television evangelist Jimmy Swaggartwith whom he grew up, Lewis was torn between flesh and spirit. ![]() Learn More in these related Britannica articles. Get exclusive access to content from our First Edition with your subscription. ![]() Jimmy Swaggart American televangelist, and gospel music performer. In Jimmy Swaggart Ministries launched the SonLife Broadcasting Network, an international Christian television network to air both live and prerecorded programs. His ministry through a monthly magazine, The Evangelistand through an interdenominational church known as the Family Worship Center of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, continued into the 21st century. Swaggart made a comeback in with the launching of the SonLife Radio Network on national radio stations and later internationally on the Internet. In October police in IndioCalifornia, found Swaggart in the company of a prostitute after stopping him for a traffic violation. Indeed, another rival televangelist, Marvin Gorman, whom Swaggart had also accused of having one or more extramarital affairs and who was subsequently defrocked, provided photographs of Swaggart at a Baton Rouge motel with a local prostitute.ĭespite his tearful on-air apology in FebruarySwaggart was defrocked by the Assemblies of God in April but continued to act as an independent Pentecostal preacher. In Swaggart publicly accused fellow televangelist Jim Bakker of immoral sexual behaviour. ![]() Swaggart soon garnered a large viewing audience across the country by the mids his weekly telecasts reached approximately two million households in the United States, making him one of the most popular and successful televangelists of the era. His continued success as a gospel music artist enabled him to launch a local television ministry, which began in with a weekly program. In he began The Camp Meeting Houra radio show featuring gospel music and preaching that was soon broadcast nationally. Swaggart recorded several gospel albums in the s. In he was ordained by the Assemblies of God. His cousins Jerry Lee Lewisa rock and roll pioneer, and Mickey Gilley, a country music singer, inspired him to attempt a career in music. Their loud, brash, aggressive sound found favor with punks and indie rockers as well as with adventurous blues fans.He was defrocked by the Assemblies of God in after a sex scandal involving prostitutes. In 1997 they recorded a single, "For the Love of Jesus-Chapter 1" for Sympathy for the Record Industry, and an album, Takes One to Know One, on Fat Possum. ![]() Both men played regularly at the famed Big Haney's bar across the river in Ferriday, LA (the town that produced Jimmy Swaggart, Mickey Gilley, and Jerry Lee Lewis). He was also featured on the soundtrack of the 1979 Muhammad Ali TV movie Freedom Road. With the aid of a mic stand and some duct tape, Early was able to play drums and harp at the same time, and formed Hezekiah and the House Rockers. Early banged on pots and pans and played harp outside his father's grocery store as a youth, being taught in part by area harp wizard Papa George. Williams spent time in the army and worked as a baker, a truck driver, and on a road crew, all the while playing music on the side, picking up guitar himself after his father refused to give him lessons on the instrument. Elmo Williams (born February 6, 1933) and Hezekiah Early (born October 7, 1934) both grew up in the area of Natchez, MS. ![]()
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