Stack A Lee

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"Stack A Lee" is a traditional American folk and blues ballad about the outlaw Stagger Lee, famously covered by numerous artists across the 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blues ballad ⓘ
song ⓘ
traditional American folk song ⓘ
basedOn killing of Billy Lyons by Lee Shelton ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Stack O Lee Blues ⓘ
Stack-O-Lee ⓘ
Stackalee ⓘ
Stacker Lee ⓘ
linked to: Stackerlee

Stackerlee ⓘ
Stagger Lee ⓘ
linked to: "Stagger Lee"

Stagolee ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin African American oral tradition ⓘ
hasGenre blues ⓘ
folk ⓘ
murder ballad ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Stack-O-Lee ⓘ
Stackerlee ⓘ
Stagger Lee ⓘ
linked to: "Stagger Lee"

Stagolee ⓘ
hasMotif badman folklore hero ⓘ
hat dispute ⓘ
saloon violence ⓘ
hasNotableRecordingBy Beck ⓘ
Bob Dylan ⓘ
Dr. John ⓘ
Furry Lewis ⓘ
Grateful Dead ⓘ
Ike & Tina Turner ⓘ
James Brown ⓘ
Lloyd Price ⓘ
Ma Rainey ⓘ
Mississippi John Hurt ⓘ
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ⓘ
Professor Longhair ⓘ
linked to: Dr. John

Taj Mahal ⓘ
The Black Keys ⓘ
The Clash ⓘ
The Isley Brothers ⓘ
Wilson Pickett ⓘ
hasSetting St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ
hasTheme barroom confrontation ⓘ
gambling dispute ⓘ
murder ⓘ
outlaw ⓘ
hasTimePeriodDepicted 1890s ⓘ
influenced later blues and rock interpretations of outlaw figures ⓘ
isPartOf American folk music canon ⓘ

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