MULLICAN, MOON
(1909–1967)
MULLICAN, MOON (b. Aubrey Wilson M., near Corrigan, Tex., March 29, 1909–January 1, 1967) Mullican, one of the first great HONKY-TONK songsters and pianists, had a swinging style that influenced an entire generation of keyboard ticklers, particularly the Ferriday Fireball, JERRY LEE LEWIS . Raised in a religious household, Mullican began his keyboard career playing the family's pump organ, although his secular bluesy style was not pleasing to his fundamentalist family. Around age twenty-one he…