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1 | ARTIST | TITLE | ALBUM | YEAR | NOTES | MEDIA | AUTHOR | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | ALLAIR, JOHN | Stack-O-Lee | Larkspur | 1988 | slow, then upbeat elaborate piano background with vocals from Van Morrison's pianist. Nice. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | AMEN CORNER, THE | Outro: Stag-O-Lee (live) | If Paradise Was Half As Nice | 1969 | barely recognizable, this is a live recording with enthusiastic music and someone yelling "stag-o-lee" several times. the band features Andy Fairweather-Low | CD | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | ANDREWS, BEN | Stagolee | Gallows Pole | 2001 | nice take on John Hurt's song. good energy, nice playing. the cd also includes a spectacular 11-minute version of Gallows Pole. | CD | Trad. J. Hurt | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | ARCARI, DAVE | Stagolee | Vol. 1: Something Old, Something Borrowed | 2006 | a great voice and some nice acoustic guitar from this Glasgow bluesman. fantastic stuff. | CD | Trad./Hurt | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | ARCHIBALD | Stack-A-Lee, Parts 1&2 | Carnival Day - Essential New Orleans R&B | 1950 | first mainstream hit, with a long instrumental ending | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | ASBELL, PAUL | Stack-A-Lee | Steel String Americana | 2002 | the artist credits the lyrics to the "Louisiana side of the family." there's a bulldog, a broken glass and the devil. good version with some really nice acoustic guitar. | CD | Trad. | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | BACHELOR'S TWO, THE | Stag-O-Lee | single | no info about this one - probably early or mid-60s. Lloyd Price's song with some fun organ playing. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | BACKDROPS, THE | Stagger Lee | Delta End | 2003 | 60s-garage style (Troggs, etc) Japanese version. the lyrics are a mystery to me but they definitely yell "Stagger Lee" quite a bit. fun! | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | BAKER, MICKEY | Stack O'Lee | Blues and Jazz Guitar | 1977 | nice folk/blues version from half of "Mickey and Sylvia" | Vinyl | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | BALLERO, JIMMY | Stagger Lee | And the Renegade Band | 1992 | not terribly exciting version with a long sax solo | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | BAMA | Stackerlee | Prison Songs V. 1: Murderous Home | 1947 | very creepy a cappella version from inside a prison | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | BANJO DAN & THE MID-NITE PLOYBOYS | Stagolee | Some Rust, Runs Good | 2000 | bluegrass version of Lloyd Price's version. good fun. | CD | Trad., adapted by Banjo Dan | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | BARNES, JIMMY | Band Introduction (Stagger Lee) | Soul Deeper - Live at the Basement | 2000 | eight + minutes, with much of the time taken up with band introductions over Stagger Lee music. Barnes eventually sings the Lloyd Price song. | CD | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
15 | BARNES, JIMMY | Stagger Lee | Soul Deep | 1995 | uneventful live version by this Australian singer. | CD | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
16 | BARR, RICO & Jump 'n' Jive Review | Stagger Lee | This Is It | 2008 | perfectly bland swing/wedding band version. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | BARTHOLOMEW, DAVE | Son of Stagger Lee | New Orleans Big Beat | 1993 | Recorded between 1993 & 1997. The story doesn't have much to do with the original. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | BASSHOLES | Stack O Lee | The Secret Strength of Depression | 1997 | live at a radio station. Blistering guitar. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | BASSHOLES | Stack O'Lee | Out in the Treetops | 2003 | strange, high pitched vocals - guitar and percussion | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | BASSHOLES | Stack O'Lee and Billy Lyons | Blue Roots | 1992 | raw, lo-fi guitar and vocals version. Sort of White Stripes-esque. Awesome | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | BEANLAND | Stagger Lee | Beanland | 1990 | nice rock version, good piano piece at its core | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | BECHET, SIDNEY | Old Stack O'Lee Blues | The Best of Sidney Bechet | 1946 | instrumental jazz version | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | BECK | Stagolee | Avalon Blues - Tribute | 2001 | tribute to Mississippi John Hurt | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | BERMUDA TRIANGEL | Stagger Lee | single | 1977 | Female German group (German spelling of "triangle"). A disco version! | Vinyl | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | BILLY'S BAND | Stagger Lee | Being Tom Waits | 2002 | rap version, more or less inspired by Nick Cave's version, by this Russian band with a Tom Waits fixation. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | BLACK FURIES, THE | Stagger Lee | Death Trip Saturday Night | 2005 | a San Francisco-based punk band. this version bears no resemblance to any other I've heard; the lyrics mention something about a Cadillac and a "killer in the night," but I don't hear much of the Stagger Lee story in here. | CD | Black Furies | ||||||||||||||||||
27 | BLACK KEYS, THE | Stack Shot Billy | Rubber Factory | 2004 | guitar and drums, heavy sludge blues version | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | BLIND PETE & PARTNER | Stagolee | Mississippi Blues & Gospel Field Recordings 1934-1942 | 1934 | poor sound quality acoustic blues. | CD | Trad. | ||||||||||||||||||
29 | BLOCK, RORY | Stagger Lee | Women in (E)motion Festival | 1988 | live acoustic, pretty much the Mississippi John Hurt version. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | BLOCK, RORY & STEFAN GROSSMAN | Stagolee | Country Blues Guitar | 1967 | very nice version of the John Hurt song. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | BLONDO, LUCKY | Stagger Lee | Je Roule a Cote de mes Pneus | 1979 | it's in French! high energy version with back-up vocals by the Jordanairres. | Vinyl | Trad. arr. Blondo | ||||||||||||||||||
32 | BLOOMFIELD, MIKE | Stagger Lee | I'm With You Always | 1977 | live at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, CA. beautiful acoustic guitar and a nice version. | CD | Traditional | ||||||||||||||||||
33 | BLUE RIDER TRIO | Stagolee | Harp, Steel and Guts | 2000 | acoustic blues, based on John Hurt. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
34 | BLUEGRASS ALLIANCE, THE | Stagolee | Newgrass | 1972 | acoustic bluegrass version | Vinyl | |||||||||||||||||||
35 | BOHEMIAN KNUCKLEBOOGIE | Stagger Lee | Shipwrecked Blues | 2006 | not really sure what to make of this. a fun and bluesy little song that once makes reference to maybe "swagger" lee. hard to tell. fun song, has little to do with stagger lee. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
36 | BOOKBINDER, ROY | Stack O' Lee | Ragtime Millionaire | 1977 | new orleans "lion's club/delion's blood" version. | CD | Trad. | ||||||||||||||||||
37 | BOONE, PAT | Stagger Lee | Great! Great! Great! | 1960 | better than expected straightforward version of Lloyd Price's hit. | CD | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
38 | BOYO, BILLY | Stagolee Stylee | Zim Zim | 1983 | instrumental reggae from this "sinjay" musician. not sure why it has this name, but it does. Billy Boyo was maybe 14 when it was recorded. | CD | Billy Theophilus Rowe (Billy Boyo) | ||||||||||||||||||
39 | BRIDGES, CURLEY | Stagger Lee | Keys to the Blues | 1998 | fairly straightforward blues version, piano based. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
40 | BROKE TOE REZO | Stagger Lee | I Shoulda Gone to the Hospital | 2001 | very nice seven+ minute delta blues version. the liner notes refer to "the infamous Texas tough guy." | CD | Broke Toe Rezo | ||||||||||||||||||
41 | BROMBERG, DAVID | Mrs. Delion's Lament | Reckless Abandon | 1977 | jazzy, dixieland version. Stag takes over hell in this version. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
42 | BROUSSARD, MIKE & NITE TRAIN | Stagger Lee | South Louisiana Style Music V. 1 | 1991 | weak jazzy cover of Lloyd Price's version. Uninspired. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
43 | BROWN, HYLO & the Bluegrass Cut-Ups | Stack-O-Lee | Legends & Tall Tales | 1967 | found this on a compilation called "Grassroots Bluegrass: Legends and Lost Classics." short and low-key bluegrass version | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
44 | BROWN, JAMES | Stagger Lee | The Godfather Returnes | 1967 | Lloyd Price's song given the James Brown treatment. good fun. | CD | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
45 | BROZMAN, BOB | Stack O Lee Aloha | A Truckload of Blues | 1992 | acoustic instrumental | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
46 | BURKE, FARO & THE DEALERS | Stack O Lee | Roving Gambler | 1960 | not sure about the year. same as the Bob Jones version. by that i mean it's the same song. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
47 | BURKS, DONNIE | Stagger Lee | The Swingin' Sound of Soul | 1969 | good late-60s soul version. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
48 | BURNSIDE, R.L. | Staggolee | Well Well Well | 1986 | acoustic live version, mostly spoken | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
49 | BYRD, JONATHAN | Stackalee | The Waitress | 2004 | slow, acoustic version | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
50 | CALLOWAY, CAB | Stack O'Lee Blues | The Early Years | 1931 | CD | ||||||||||||||||||||
51 | CAMPI, RAY & THE RHYTHM ROCKERS | Stack-A-Lee | Rockabilly Blues! | 2006 | very solid rockabilly version with some spoken/sung processed vocals. not bad at all. | CD | Public Domain - Paulus | ||||||||||||||||||
52 | CANNON, ACE | Stagger Lee | Back to the Beginning | 2002 | instrumental saxophone version | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
53 | CAVE, NICK | Stagger Lee | Murder Ballads | 1996 | a particularly violent version | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
54 | CEPHAS & WIGGINS | Stack and the Devil | Somebody Told the Truth | 2002 | the story is mostly about Stack arguing with the devil. Fantastic. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
55 | CEPHAS & WIGGINS | Staggerlee | Dog Days of August | 1984 | nice piano/harmonica version | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
56 | CHAPARALLS, THE | Stag-O-Lee | Times to Remember | 1967 | ultra-obscure garage rock band (with trumpet!) from Pennsylvania. most of the band was under age 18, and the kid playing trumpet was only 13! | Vinyl | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
57 | CITY LIMITS, THE | Stagger Lee | single | 1966 | straightforward cover, nothing special. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
58 | CLASH, THE | Wrong 'Em Boyo | London Calling | 1979 | by the classic british band. A cover of The Rulers (rocksteady) | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
59 | CLAYTON, PAUL | Stackolee | Bloody Ballads | 1956 | short, acoustic folk version with some fun lyrics about the bartender having to clean up the mess. The vocals remind me of Pete Seeger. | Vinyl | |||||||||||||||||||
60 | CLEAR CREEK SINGERS | Stagolee | Up the Creek (aka Album 2) | this is probably from the mid/late 1960s. the liner notes indicate that this was some sort of college band, but there isn't much info. multiple singers, song set in New Orleans' "Lion's Club." | Vinyl | ||||||||||||||||||||
61 | CLUTCH | Tight Like That | Clutch | 1995 | not a cover - it's a song that mentions Stagger Lee as the traditional "bad man" archetype. the lyric is "Stagger Lees everywhere, trying to bring me doom, oh no." really cool to hear a reference like this. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
62 | COFFEE BAR SKIFFLERS, THE | Bad Man Stack-O-Lee | Skiffle Session EP | 1958 | good fun skiffle version - "I'm looking for you bad man Stack-O-Lee!" | CD | McDevitt | ||||||||||||||||||
63 | COLYER, KEN (Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group) | Stack-O-Lee Blues | Great British Skiffle comp. | 1955 | gentle acoustic version with guitar, bass, banjo and washboard. | CD | Trad. | ||||||||||||||||||
64 | COMPTON BROTHERS | Stagger Lee | Haunted House Charlie Brown | 1970 | slightly countrified version of Lloyd Price's hit. | CD | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
65 | CORTEZ, DAVE "BABY" | Stagger Lee | Tweetie Pie | 1965 | great fun. An instrumental cover of the Lloyd Price song done by what sounds like a roller skating rink organ. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
66 | COSMOS, THE | Stag-O-Lee | The Cosmos | 1991 | alternates between a retro and hard rock sound. pretty dreadful. | CD | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
67 | CRANE, TERRY | Stagger Lee | single | rockabilly version. no info. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | |||||||||||||||||||
68 | CRAZY ROCKERS | Stagger Lee | single | 1983 | from the Netherlands! | Vinyl | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
69 | CROUCH END ALL-STARS (w/IAN CHRISTIE) | Ol' Stack-O-Lee Blues | Sunday Best | 1986 | pleasant enough jazz version with some nice clarinet. | Vinyl | |||||||||||||||||||
70 | CURTIS, LUCIOUS & FORD, WILLIE | Stagolee | Deep River of Song - Mississippi | 1940 | CD | ||||||||||||||||||||
71 | DAOBOY BOB AND SIDEKICKS | StaggerLee Redux Y2K (School Shootin' Blues) | On My Way | 2007 | Very nice acoustic and harmonica version that uses Stagger Lee as a jumping off point to talk about school shootings. | CD | Daoboy Bob | ||||||||||||||||||
72 | DEALS GONE BAD | Stack-O-Lee | Everything Off-Beat V. 2 | 1999 | ok ska version. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
73 | DEAN, TERRY | Stagger Lee | Go!! Going!! Gone!! | 1965 | standard Lloyd Price cover from this Australian singer. | CD | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
74 | DETROIT JUNIOR | Staggerlee | 8 Hands on 88 Keys | 2001 | nice piano blues version | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
75 | DEVLIN, JOHNNY | Stagger Lee | 7" single | 1965 | probably early 1960s, can't say for sure. horns and strings in this cover of Lloyd Price's hit, with some entertaining spoken sections over music. | Vinyl | Trad. | ||||||||||||||||||
76 | DIAMOND, NEIL | Stagger Lee | September Morn | 1979 | this is really, really bad. Way too smooth (bordering on easy listening) with a hint of a reggae beat!" | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
77 | DION | Stagger Lee | Lovers Who Wander | 1962 | pretty basic Lloyd Price cover. | CD | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
78 | DODDS, JOHNNY | Stack O'Lee Blues | Quadromania | 1929 | jazz - clarinet and vocals to the tune of "Frankie and Johnny." | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
79 | DOMINO, FATS | Stack & Billy | Let's Play | 1959 | in this version, Stack accuses Billy of killing his best friend. | Vinyl | Domino - Bartholomew | ||||||||||||||||||
80 | DOMINO, FATS | Stagger Lee (live) | Live in Montreux | 1973 | straightforward cover of Lloyd Price. | CD | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
81 | DON & THE GOODTIMES | Stagger Lee | Where the Action Is! | 1966 | Northwest/Seattle garage band version of Lloyd Price's hit. Plenty of energy. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
82 | DONEGAN, LONNIE | Stackalee | Showcase | 1956 | skiffle version. Somewhat reminiscent of rock island line. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
83 | DOUBLE DAGGER | "Stagger Lee" | Records Toresim | 2009 | Thrill Jockey Records 2009 Record Store Day compilation. Some excellent post-hardcore shouting and whatnot. I can't make out the lyrics very much but I hear stuff about trouble coming looking for me, Stagger Lee, etc. | Vinyl | |||||||||||||||||||
84 | DOUCETTE, ALFRED (BIG CHIEF ALFRED DOUCETTE) | Stagger Lee | Rollin' Wit Da Legends & Marie Laveau | 2007 | New Orleans-style cover of Lloyd Price's hit. | CD | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
85 | DOWN HOME BOYS - REED, LONG CLEVE & HULL, LITTLE HARVEY | Original Stack O'Lee Blues | Down in the Basement - Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s | 1927 | no reference to the hat | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
86 | DOWNCHILD (aka DOWNCHILD BLUES BAND) | Stagger Lee | So Far - A Collection of Our Best | 1977 | cover of Lloyd Price's hit with horns and piano. nothing special. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
87 | DR. HOOK | Stagolee | Vintage Years | groovy white-guy funk with typically entertaining Shel Silverstein lyrics | CD | Baxter Taylor/Shel Silverstein | |||||||||||||||||||
88 | DR. JOHN | Stack-A-Lee | Dr. John's Gumbo | 1972 | CD | ||||||||||||||||||||
89 | DR. JOHN | Stakalee | N'Awlinz: Dis Dat or D'Udda | 2004 | mixes up the stack story with stack o'dollars. An original story. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
90 | DUFFEY, DOUG | Stackolee | Traditional | 2011 | dr. john-esque version. very nice, and the rest of the album (traditional folk/blues) is a lot of fun. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
91 | Dukes, Little Laura | Stack O'Lee Blues | Tennessee Blues Vol. 1 | 1972 | a 1972 recording (on a 1975 compilation) of Little Laura Dukes singing Lloyd Price's song with a solo ukelele. great fun. | Vinyl | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
92 | DUPREE, CHAMPION JACK | Stack-O-Lee | Blues From the Gutter | 1958 | CD | ||||||||||||||||||||
93 | DYLAN, BOB | Stack A Lee | World Gone Wrong | 1993 | based on Frank Hutchinson's version | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
94 | EALEY, THEODIS | Stagger Lee | Raw | 1998 | solid electric guitar/band blues version. | CD | Logan - Price | ||||||||||||||||||
95 | EDDEN, AUDLEY | You Better Move On/Stagalee Medley | Sponger Moo | 1984 | version from the Bahamas. not so good. | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
96 | EDEGRAN ORCHESTRA & NEW ORLEANS JAZZ LADIES | Stack O'Lee | Shim Sham Shimmy Dance | 1990 | fun jazz/big band version with female vocals - tune is from Frankie & Johnny | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
97 | EDWARDS, CLIFF (aka Ukulele Ike) | Stack O' Lee Parts 1 & 2 | I'm A Bear in a Lady's Boudoir | 1928 | this version, set in St. Louis, talks about the fight between two "colored" men. Stack is sentenced to 69 years in jail. Cliff Edwards recorded Stack O' Lee in two parts - at the end of the first part he directs the listener to turn the record over to hear the rest of the story. | CD | Edwards | ||||||||||||||||||
98 | EDWARDS, DAVID "HONEYBOY" | Stagolee | Delta Bluesman | 1942 | short track with repeating lyrics ("stagolee, stagolee, stagolee was a man," etc.) | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
99 | ELLINGTON, DUKE | Stack O'Lee Blues | Volume 3: Black Beauty | 1928 | instrumental jazz version | CD | |||||||||||||||||||
100 | ELLIS, SHIRLEY | Stagger Lee | The Name Game | 1965 | a very fun version of Lloyd Price's song - more entertaining than the usual covers. Shirley Ellis is best known for her huge hit "The Name Game." | Vinyl |