Jerry Lee Colbert

about

When I was 3 1/2 years old my dad bought me a small piano to teach me the fundamentals of music. Since my dad's left hand was crippled in 1971 it was difficult to teach me how to play piano. So when I was about 4 years old my dad took me to a piano teacher by the name of Shirley Harrison. I had her as a piano teacher for a short time. I had a couple of other piano teachers. I played mostly classical piano and ragtime. Some of the composers I use to play are Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Scott Joplin, and Stephen Foster. I played in about 4 recitals at Colleges. One of the colleges was Valencia Junior College in Orlando, FL. I had music teachers for a couple more years. Since my dad was a musician before he crippled his hand, he taught me a lot that the music teachers didn't teach me. Later on I played on a Kimball and a Baldwin piano. My dad wrote down sheet music to some popular country songs of the time and arranged it so the piano sounded like I was playing a guitar. He would call it written in guitar mode. When I was about 11 or 12 years old I started playing guitar. My dad taught me how to play. At about the same time I started singing. I had in previous years sang as I played the piano but didn't truly concentrate on it 'till I was about 11 or 12 years old. I didn't play much piano through my teens until my senior year in high school. I needed an extra credit. One in performing arts. So I decided to take beginner piano. After being away from the piano for 6 yea

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Welcome To My World

Forgive Me

The Music

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Forgetting You

Time Warp

Back To My Roots

Photographs & Memories

Forgive Me (Re-Mastered)

Just The Other Day

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Separate Ways

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My Way

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