Honky Tonk Legend, Academy of Country Music award-winner, and Pasadena's own Mickey Gilley passed away Saturday and the community continues to mourn his loss.
The 86-year-old passed away from ongoing health issues in Branson, Missouri, where he helped run the Mickey Gilley Grand Shanghai Theatre. He had been performing as recently as last month but was in failing health over the past week.
Born in Natchez, Mississippi, Gilley grew up poor, learning boogie-woogie piano in Ferriday, Louisiana, alongside Lewis and fellow cousin Jimmy Swaggart, the future evangelist. Like Lewis, he would sneak into the windows of Louisiana clubs to listen to rhythm and blues. He moved toto work construction but played the local club scene at night and recorded and toured for years before catching on in the ‘70s.
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