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Radio station 91.7 KXT played Mississippi John Hurt’s “definitive” version of “Stack O Lee” which has been re-made many times (with versions named “Stagger Lee”, “Stagolee”, etc.) and led me down a rabbit hole to the cosmic horror novella “My Heart Struck Sorrow” by John Hornor Jacobs and now apparently I must find a copy of “A Lush and Seething Hell.”
https://www.johnhornor.com/my-heart-struck-sorrow
#StackOLee #StaggerLee #JohnHornor #music #books #RabbitHoles #CosmicHorror
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Radio station 91.7 KXT played Mississippi John Hurt’s “definitive” version of “Stack O Lee” which has been re-made many times (with versions named “Stagger Lee”, “Stagolee”, etc.) and led me down a rabbit hole to the cosmic horror novella “My Heart Struck Sorrow” by John Hornor Jacobs and now apparently I must find a copy of “A Lush and Seething Hell.”
https://www.johnhornor.com/my-heart-struck-sorrow
#StackOLee #StaggerLee #JohnHornor #music #books #RabbitHoles #CosmicHorror
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Radio station 91.7 KXT played Mississippi John Hurt’s “definitive” version of “Stack O Lee” which has been re-made many times (with versions named “Stagger Lee”, “Stagolee”, etc.) and led me down a rabbit hole to the cosmic horror novella “My Heart Struck Sorrow” by John Hornor Jacobs and now apparently I must find a copy of “A Lush and Seething Hell.”
https://www.johnhornor.com/my-heart-struck-sorrow
#StackOLee #StaggerLee #JohnHornor #music #books #RabbitHoles #CosmicHorror
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Radio station 91.7 KXT played Mississippi John Hurt’s “definitive” version of “Stack O Lee” which has been re-made many times (with versions named “Stagger Lee”, “Stagolee”, etc.) and led me down a rabbit hole to the cosmic horror novella “My Heart Struck Sorrow” by John Hornor Jacobs and now apparently I must find a copy of “A Lush and Seething Hell.”
https://www.johnhornor.com/my-heart-struck-sorrow
#StackOLee #StaggerLee #JohnHornor #music #books #RabbitHoles #CosmicHorror
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Radio station 91.7 KXT played Mississippi John Hurt’s “definitive” version of “Stack O Lee” which has been re-made many times (with versions named “Stagger Lee”, “Stagolee”, etc.) and led me down a rabbit hole to the cosmic horror novella “My Heart Struck Sorrow” by John Hornor Jacobs and now apparently I must find a copy of “A Lush and Seething Hell.”
https://www.johnhornor.com/my-heart-struck-sorrow
#StackOLee #StaggerLee #JohnHornor #music #books #RabbitHoles #CosmicHorror
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Just like #DieHard is a #ChristmasMovie, so is #StaggerLee by the #GratefulDead a #ChristmasSong. Hope you enjoy it as part of your #TuneTuesday #PlayItAgainSanta theme by @Kitty #Christmas
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On Christmas 1895, riverboat gambler William "Stack" Lee shot and killed William Lyons in a St Louis saloon in a dispute over a Stetson hat. The take quickly entered folklore and song. In different telling, the titular character can be a hero, anti hero and outlaw, a 20th century manifestation of the Trickster, defying convention and blending the lines between failure and triumph. Here's a few favourite versions, taking the take from ballad to folk hero.
