Jimmy Van Eaton, Early Rock ‘n’ Roll Drummer Who Played at Sun Records, Dies at 86
J.M. “Jimmy” Van Eaton, a pioneering rock ‘n’ roll drummer who played behind the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis and Billy Lee Riley at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, died Friday (Feb. 9) at age 86, a family member said. Van Eaton, a Memphis native who came to the famous record label as a teenager, […]
