Stephen Ackles

Born of a Norwegian mother and American father in 1966, Norwegian country singer Stephen Ackles played a powerful brand of rock & roll, country, and gospel that revealed how strongly he was influenced by Jerry Lee Lewis. Ackles formed his first band, the Silly Dream, in 1982, and later in the decade played with Memory Band. In 1986 he formed Memphis News with vocalist Paal Flaata, recording an album in 1988 for the Hill label. Jerry Lee Lewis' fiddle player, Kenneth Lovelace, played on the 1991 release If This Ain't Music, which was produced by Narvel Felts. Felts joined Ackle...