!!! Lucky LPH 500 – Stagger Lee (1926-72) !!!

24 versions of the song about the murder of William „Billy“ Lyons by „Stag“ Lee Shelton, in St. Louis, Missouri at Christmas, 1895. Und wieder eine großartige Musikauswahl von Lucky!

tracklist:

(1926) Sol Hoopii’s Novelty Trio – Stack O’Lee Blues
(1927) Frank Hutchison – Stackalee
(1927) Furry Lewis – Billy Lyons and Stack O’Lee
(1927) Long Cleve Reed + Little Harvey Hull (Down Home Boys) – Original Stack O‘ Lee Blues
(1927) ‚Ma‘ Rainey + Her Georgia Band – Stack O’Lee Blues
(1928) Fruit Jar Guzzlers – Stack-O-Lee
(1928) Mississippi John Hurt – Stack O’Lee Blues
(1928) Sam Ku West Harmony Boys – Stack O‘ Lee Blues
(1947) Bama – Stackerlee
(1950) Tennessee Ernie Ford – Stack-O-Lee
(1958) Champion Jack Dupree – Stack-O-Lee
(1958) Lloyd Price + Don Costa Orchestra – Stagger Lee
(1962) Curtis Jones – Stackolee
(1964) Billy Thorpe + The Aztecs – Smoke and Stack
(1965) Dave ‚Baby‘ Cortez – Stagger Lee
(1965) Jesse Fuller – Stackolee
(1967) James Brown – Stagger Lee
(1967) Tim Hardin – Stagger Lee
(1968) Mary Wells – Stag-O-Lee
(1969) Anonymously Yours – Stagger Lee
(1969) Ingfried Hofmann Band – Stagger Lee
(1969) Taj Mahal – Stagger Lee
(1972) Dr. John – Stack-A-Lee
(1972) Laura Dukes – Stack O’Lee Blues

total time: 70’34

Staggered by Lucky.
Cover art by Ashley Hoe, „Murder Ballads: Stagger Lee“, 2014 (from Etsy).
Dedicated to folk tellers.