Stagger Lee

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

In the absence of a home computer this week I totally missed out on "Stagger Lee Week" on Honey, Were You Been So Long?, a fantastic pre-war blues mp3blog. Anyway, he's posted something like 50 different verstions of Stagger Lee-related songs up there, from Mississippi John Hurt to Ma Rainey to Nick Cave and James Brown's versions. It's totally worth checking out, especially if you're not that famliar with the story (yes, this actually did happen) or just interested in the mythology of the whole thing like me. So there's that...

hey look · **Posted:** Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:03 pm

now that's gangsta.

(sorry)

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

i can only hope that the kid in that picture is currently getting faceraped in prison right now.

Chuck D · **Posted:** Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:08 pm

that's awesome, cotton, thanks for postring this. doc watson's and mississippi john hurt's are probably my favorite versions.

Donovan · **Posted:** Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:30 pm

Thanks, Cotton. I had never heard the story until a couple of months ago when a local college dj did a short Stagger Lee set.

two guns holla · **Posted:** Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:31 pm

This is my friend's blog. Peter's a good guy.

shiv · **Posted:** Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:33 pm

I like Wilson Pickett's version.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

MandyMoore..Fvdge? Wrote:

This is my friend's blog. Peter's a good guy.

no shit tommy. His is definitely one of the three blogs i check out regularly. Buy him a drink for me and I'll get ya back later.

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