GILLEY, MICKEY
(*1936)
GILLEY, MICKEY (b. M. Leroy G., Natchez, La., March 9, 1936) As owner of Gilley's Bar, Mickey Gilley rode the mechanical bull to country stardom in the late 1970s and early 1980s, following a long career in ROCKABILLY, country, and R&B. Gilley makes much of his pedigree, and he ought to; his mother, Irene, was the sister of JERRY LEE LEWIS'S dad, making Gilley and Jerry Lee first cousins (another first cousin is Jimmy I Have Sinned Swaggart). Born in Natchez, Louisiana, Gilley was raised in…