Jerry Lee Lewis celebrates 81st birthday

Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis performs in concert at Harrah's Resort on April 12, 2014, in Atlantic City, N.J.
Owen Sweeney | Invision | AP 2014

Today's Morning Edition music is from Jerry Lee Lewis and guitarist Jimmy Page performing the Led Zeppelin classic "Rock and Roll," in honor of

A few years ago author Rick Bragg spent time with the rock 'n' roll pioneer while writing "Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story." Bragg says Lewis is thinking a lot about what comes next.

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