Phillips, Lewis

LEWIS PHILLIPS

  • From Lincolnton, Georgia.
  • Son of Earl and Janis Phillips (Janis was a member of the gospel singing group, The Lewis Family,).
  • 1972, at age two began touring with the Lewis Family.
  • At age six, played banjo on a Carol Burnett CBS-TV special.
  • 2001, released a solo album Empty Fields (Daywind).
  • 2010, after the Lewis Family disbanded, he began performing in a new band called The Lewis Tradition with his mother Janis Lewis Phillips, his cousin Travis Lewis, son of the late Wallace Lewis, and Travis’ oldest son, Jameson.