From The Other Side of the Mirror

Here’s this weeks show which highlights a classic American fable and one of the most recorded songs of all time. The song, that has been recorded for over 100 years, is about the perpetrator of a murder in St. Louis in 1895. The song is of course, Stagger Lee.

Cover Cecil Brown's Book "Stagolee Shot Billy" :Harvard University Press

1. Mississippi John Hurt – Stack O’Lee

2. Duke Ellington – Stack O’Lee Blues

3. Woody Guthrie – Stackolee

4. Fats Domino – Stagger Lee

5. Wilson Pickett – Stagger Lee

6. The Clash – Wrong em’ Boyo

7. The Trojans – Stack-A-Lee

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~ by john on April 19, 2010.

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Tags: duke ellington, fats domino, mississippi john hurt, stack-o-lee, stagger lee, stagolee, the clash, the trojans, wilson pickett, woody guthrie