[11] Also in 1924, the first version with lyrics was recorded, as "Skeeg-a-Lee Blues", by Lovie Austin. Ive got two little babies and a darlin, lovin wife. However, practically all the various iterations of the song have Stagger Lee executed for his crime: In reality, Lee Shelton was paroled in 1909 but found himself in trouble again just two years later. He was nicknamed Stag Lee or Stack Lee, with a variety of explanations being given: he was given the nickname because he "went stag", meaning he was without friends; he took the nickname from a well-known riverboat captain called Stack Lee; or, according to John and Alan Lomax, he took the name from a riverboat owned by the Lee family of Memphis called the Stack Lee, which was known for its on-board prostitution. Billy died of his wound shortly thereafter, and Lee was sentenced to a twenty-five-year prison term. Before World War II, the song was commonly known as "Stack O'Lee". Following Lees shooting of Billy Lyons, a St. Louis newspaper printed a letter to the editor from members of the Four Hundred Club, stating that Mr. Lyons and Sheldon were friends and were talking together. He teaches creative writing at Washburn University and is a former poet laureate of Kansas. He was paroled in 1909,[1] but was imprisoned again two years later for assault and robbery. Shelton is very popular with those of his class in the Third Police District, and is not without funds.. That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O Lee, Billy de Lyon told Stack O Lee, Please dont take my life, In the St. Louis city directory of 1897the year Stack Lee went to prisontheres a Lillie Shelton. Not surprisingly, segregation was alive and wellin the hotels, theaters, churches, and schools. Eventually, the two men got into a dispute, during which Lyons took Shelton's Stetson hat. In 1931, folk great Woodie Guthrie sang a rendition of the song, likely adapted from John Hurts version, as the lyrics are very similar. Its no coincidence that Stagolee faded from African-American folklore just as a new wave of well-dressed bad muthafuckas arrived on the scene, also rolling Cadillacs. Directed by Billy Lyons, Kim Ferraro and Seth Isler, this 2019 film splits its focus between Handman's work as artistic director there and as an acting teacher. He played Sebastian "Bas" Monroe, a former US Marine Corps sergeant who served with Miles Matheson . [10], The song was first recorded by Waring's Pennsylvanians in 1923, and became a hit. HarperCollins published "A Lush and Seething Hell" by John Horner Jacobs in 2019. A bastion of blues and ragtime music, Deep Morgan was also a neighborhood in which gambling flourished and prostitution was rife. Im still awed and humbled, every time I pick through those boxes, by the artifacts he was able to unearth. Billy is an actor, director, teacher, and producer living in midtown Manhattan, where hes trained with and been the close assistant to Wynn Handman for many years. Burnside, who also sang popular versions of Stagger Lees song. The Pearsons of St. Louis may be living proof that Billy Lyons had a wife and kids. The factory was guarded by two vicious bulldogs., Sheltons parting gesture, in other words, was to will his meager possessions to the biggest drug kingpin in St. Louis. Lyons refused, and Sheldon drew his revolver and shot Lyons in the abdomen. 1,431 likes. Walter O'Keefe: August 18, 1900 June 26, 1983 American The personal traumas that allegedly drove her to do it included the recent slaying of her step-father, William Lyons, by Lee Sheldon [sic]. The shoddiness of 19th-century journalism makes me skeptical of anything reported only once. Ive tried to refrain from any mythologizing of my own, but I cant help conjuring a scene: a prison official asks Stack Lee, bedridden and skeletal, if the friend into whose care hes being paroled is a respectable citizen who makes an honest living. In bars, barbershops, and prisons, he remained the baddest n who ever lived, the antihero of profane epics and rhyming toasts whose exploits offered a fantasy of freedom from lifes indignities. at twelve oclock they killed him, theys all glad to see him die Before he could be released, the infamous Stack-O-Lee died in prison of tuberculosis. Through every generation and nearly every musical style, Stagger Lee has made an appearance. A Caring Friend. [9], A song called "Stack-a-Lee" was first mentioned in 1897, in the Kansas City Leavenworth Herald, as being performed by "Prof. Charlie Lee, the piano thumper". Was there a real Stagger Lee? Stack Lee passed away in the prison hospital, wasted by his illness to less than 100 pounds. He always addresses Stagolee, and its always some version of the same two-sentence appeal: Please dont take my life. 1978-present. A question that almost everyone who writes about Stagolee eventually takes up is, Why are we still talking about this particular murder? [2], Last edited on 23 February 2023, at 16:09, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Celebrities' open letter to Scotland full text and list of signatories | Politics", "Doctor Who recap: series 38, episode five Fugitive of the Judoon", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Neil_Stuke&oldid=1141146332, 2 episodes (12 August 2010 & 28 February 2011), This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 16:09. In 1975, Reed Gardner (Billy) and Robbie Lemley opened Billy Reed's Restaurant & Bakery, highlighting the award-winning recipes from Billy's grandmother, who taught him how to bake. You can check Billy out in the film John Nieto: A Author and music critic Greil Marcus explicitly ties the Stagger Lee archetype to Sly Stone and his album There's a Riot Goin' On in his book Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music. The State of Missouri charged Lee Shelton, alias Stack Lee, with the murder of Williams Lyons (from the papers of John Russell David). It is virtually impossible to predict what people or events will be caught up in the myth-making machine and what will simply fall by the way. As a born-and-bred Oklahoman, the scene immediately caught my attention. In a typescript draft of Davids book, I found the following: Surviving documents record that two of the Lyons childrenFlorence and Mariewere already in St. Louis Colored Orphans Home by May of 1894 where they were baptized by Father Cassius Mason of All Saints Episcopal Church. In a 1911 article in the Journal of American Folklore, the sociologist Howard W. Odum presented several versions of the song, which hed been collecting throughout the American South: Stagolee killed a man an laid him on de flo, That bad man, oh cruel Stack O Lee, Gentlemans of the jury, what do you think of that? Lee was our captain. So we're lucky to have a full cast, totaling 166 narrators (including stars like Ben Stiller, Keegan-Michael Key, Julianne Moore, and Don Cheadle), lending their talents to this paranormal historical tale. [13] Also in 1924, the first version with lyrics was recorded, as "Skeeg-a-Lee Blues", by Lovie Austin. We know from these statements that Lyons left . Such brushes with mainstream success never compromised Stags street cred, though. Im talking about Paul Harvey, whose daily broadcast The Rest of the Story aired on more than 1,100 radio stations for thirty-plus years. I had to borrow cassette players from three different friends before I found one that would play the 90-minute Memorex, which is actually a dub of a reel-to-reel recording from 1973a 40-year-old copy of a 46-year-old conversation with an 88-year-old man. Type above and press Enter to search. Lee was arrested, tried, andafter two trialssentenced to twenty-five years in the Missouri State Penitentiary. The story was first covered in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat on December 28th, 1895. He visited so many nursing homes, his widow told me. Nuno Marques Planeamento e Atividades Econmicas at Municpio de Setbal . [10] The earliest versions were likely field hollers and other work songs performed by African-American laborers, and were well known along the lower Mississippi River by 1910. It only took until 1902 or 1903, depending on the source, for the first printed lyrics referring to the Stagger Lee murder. As per our current Database, Billy Lyons is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020). [8] The song was well known in African American communities along the lower Mississippi River by 1910. 1939 - John Amos, American actor 1943 - Cokie Roberts, American journalist 1944 - Mick Jones, English guitarist, and songwriter 1948 - Grard Depardieu, French-Russian actor . The folk versions are much more dramatic. In none of the official records or newspaper accounts is mention made of the children or lovin wife of William Lyons.. RIP Officer Lyonsyou will be missed! He has touched so many lives. 22 February 1966 (age 57) Deal, Kent, England. All rights reserved, The Real Story Behind That Bad Man "Stagger Lee". The song exploded in popularity and became #1 on the Billboard Pop Charts. David Lyons, currently appearing as Billy Walters in Billy Wonderful at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool until 4 April. Director Billy Lyons' documentary on Handman, It Takes A Lunatic, premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival and is airing on Netflix. Rest in peace dear friend. When I spied Billy de Lyon, he was lyin down on the floor Michael Douglas, Richard Gere, Susan Lucci, Eric Bogosian, John Leguizamo, Woodie King, Jr. New York, Documentary, Drama, Art, Biography. The murder, reportedly motivated partially by the theft of Shelton's Stetson hat, made Shelton an icon of toughness and style in the minds of early folk and blues musicians, and inspired the popular folk song "Stagger Lee." The William Lyons who failed to attend his kids baptism in 1894a year and a half before the Stack Lee murdermay have had the excuse of already being dead. When I ran my cursor over it, the name of her betrothed appeared: Wm C Lyons. I opened the document and stared at his signature, thinking, I am the only living person who knows Billy Lyonss middle initial. Neil Robert Stuke (born 22 February 1966 in Deal, Kent) is an English actor best known for his role of Matthew in the TV sitcom Game On and more recently for playing Billy Lamb in the BBC legal drama Silk . Billy Lyons will celebrate 158rd birthday on a Thursday 16th of March 2023. In 1987, retirement called and the two leased the restaurant for 25 years to a new owner, while retaining ownership of the . BY Billy Lyons. Lyons had good reason to think of this place as enemy territory. Heres the original arrest warrant. In August 2014, Stuke was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. But in 1979, shortly after the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published an article about his research, David was contacted by Susie Mae Myles and Arthur Buddy Johnson, two St. Louisans who credibly claimed to be the great-grandchildren of Billy Lyons. Back Submit. In honor of Mantels enormous contributions to literature, dive back into her Tudor world with Penelope Rowlandss essay about one of the key power dynamics Mantel explored: that between Cromwell and Sir Thomas More. There was no lack of carnal opportunity in Lee Sheltons part of town. Hilary Mantel, one of Britains most revered novelists, died last year at the age of 70. The discussion grew increasingly heated, and fueled by a significant intake of spirits, Lee dented Billys derby, whereupon Billy grabbed the Stetson from Lees head. Violent crimes were much less likely to be vigorously prosecuted if their victims were Black, as Sheltons almost always were. The latter indignantly demanded its return. Somewhere in his youth, Lee Shelton had acquired the nickname Stack Lee, presumably after a steamboatthe Stack Lee which was then plying the Mississippi River. Its a heartbreaking story, but also a testament to Davids love of the legends and his determination to get as close to their sources as possiblea doggedness that makes all my laptop sleuthing look like dilettantism. In his 1996 essay Stack Lee: The Man, the Music, and the Myth, he cites evidence that Lyons was the more belligerent of the two men and that Shelton probably shot him in self-defense. [14] By the time W.C. Heres a handwritten letter from Billy Lyonss sister and mother, pleading with the governor to deny Stack Lee a pardon. View Billy Lyons' profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Mr. Lyons was preceded in. Whats dat he killed him wid? The song was first published in 1911 and first recorded in 1923, by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, titled "Stack O' Lee Blues". But long before rehabilitating Thomas Cromwells reputation, Mantel was unparalleled in her crystalline dissections of power, whether between girls at the University of London or Dantonists in the French Revolution. See all See top. Billy "Spacey" Lyons is an Actor, Musician, Tattoo Artist and Motor. [3] In addition to those activities, he was the captain of a black Four Hundred Club, a social club with a dubious reputation. John Russell David was a graduate student in the early 1970s when he first uncovered the St. Louis origins of Stagolee by talking to a Black octogenarian who remembered the murder. [4], On Christmas night in 1895, Shelton and his acquaintance William "Billy" Lyons were drinking in the Bill Curtis Saloon. The latter indignantly demanded its return. A Johnson `64 classmate who will be missed by all of us. Fans of the now-defunct ABC soap opera One Life to Live will recognize Jessica Morris as Jennifer Rappaport, a role she played from 1999 - 2008, and will be heartbroken to learn that she has lost her father, Don Morris. [1]:2425 A story appearing in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat in 1895 read: William Lyons, 25, a levee hand, was shot in the abdomen yesterday evening at 10 o'clock in the saloon of Bill Curtis, at Eleventh and Morgan Streets, by Lee Sheldon [sic], a carriage driver. Billy, and I met in in high school in 1964 which would begin a life long close friendship. Billy Wonderful attempts to recreate. Here they tak. Hes a junk dealer.. But whether the word is used to celebrate or censure Stagolee, the implication of bad is always that hes dangerous and widely feared. Oh dat man, bad man, Stagolee done come. Who was Stagger Lee, who goes by different names depending on the storyteller;Stagger, Stack-O-Lee, Stackalee, etc.? Other notable pre-war versions were recorded by Duke Ellington (1927), Cab Calloway (1931), Woody Guthrie (1941),[10] and Sidney Bechet (1945). Nuno Marques Planeamento e Atividades Econmicas at Municpio de Setbal . Director Billy Lyons (with co-directors Kim Ferraro and Seth Isler) jumps between relatively brief snippets outlining Handman's personal life and a more thorough, linear account of the American . By the time he faced off with Billy Lyons the following Christmas, pistol-whipping had become his specialty; at the coroners inquest, three witnesses said that Shelton struck Lyons with the .44 before shooting him. Lyons and Sheldon were friends and were talking together. William "Billy" Lyons April 18, 1946 - February 5, 2023 Sacramento, California - William (Billy) Lyons left us much too soon on February 5, 2023, surrounded by his adoring family. His voice is arid, his speech halting but extravagantly precise. Listen to a clip from John Russell Davids 1973 interview with Ed McKinney, and be sure to read Eric McHenrys annotation to the murder ballads oldest known lyrics. Researchers have tended to conclude that those two elements of the myth are songwriters embroideries. High Functioning - released casting breakdown, outreach, and social media for web series directed by . He owned one of the tenderloins more notorious nightspots, the Modern Horseshoe Club, and presumably used his job as carriage driver to direct white visitors emerging from Canal Streets Southern Railroad Station to his nightclub, the local bordellos, or directly to girls whose activities he personally oversaw. It was not unheard of, in other words, for the days news to pass from fact into folklore almost instantaneously, trapping many authentic details in the amber. The original bad man has been supplanted by the multitudes he always containedfirst Dolemite, Shaft, and Super Fly, then Ice Cube, 2Pac (who once threatened his rivals, My .44 make sure all yall kids dont grow), and Gucci Mane, who literally killed a man for trying to steal his gold chain and then bragged about it on a track. Yeah, but I wonder if there was ever a person whose name was , Lee Shelton? In early 1897, a reporter for the Kansas City Star transcribed some songs often rendered by the negro prisoners of the city jail, including Stacka Lee, an importation from St. Louis: Stacka Lee, cant you see Enjoy our next guest, Billy Lyons. Stagger Lee, alternately known as Stagolee or Stackalee, has been reinvented innumerable times as a work chant, field holler, blues, rag, jazz, rock, and folk song. Discover Molly Lyons's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. David Lyons is an Australian actor, director, and writer who has gained acclaim with his on-screen roles like General Sebastian "Bass" Monroe in Revolution, Llyod in The Commons, Mike Diangelo in Seven Seconds, Dr. Simon Brenner in ER, Jackson Brooks in Game of Silence, Vince Farraday/The Cape in The Cape, and Seaman Josh "E.T." Holiday in Sea Sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa However, the definitive version of the song came out in 1959 when rhythm-and-blues singer Lloyd Price topped the charts with his snappy, horn-drenched version. Join to connect billy lyons. [13], In 2004, The Black Keys recorded a song on their third album, Rubber Factory dubbed Stack Shot Billy, which tells the tale of the infamous murder. Did he really run with Jesse James, have a magical Stetson, or take hell away from the devil when he died, as has been suggested? To find a largely comprehensive documentation of 420+ Stagger Lee recordings, see StaggerLee.com. On the trail of a historical figure immortalized in African-American folklore, On Christmas night 1895, at Bill Curtiss notorious St. Louis saloon, a gun-toting carriage driver named Lee Shelton shot and killed his friend William Lyons. you can rest everybody but cruel Stack OLee? Within a few years, the city would pass a referendum banning black people from living on blocks that were minimally 75 percent white. His story has appeared in movies, poems, and even as its own comic book. I've heard of the Billy Lyons case. Copyright 2021 Gentleman at all times! He has also been a panellist on several episodes of the topical discussion series The Wright Stuff. Did she later become Lillie Shelton? Billy Lyons succumbed the next morning, one of five murder victims in St. Louis that Christmas Day. Actor, director, writer. Both parties, it seems, had been drinking and were feeling in exuberant spirits. According to an account of the incident in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, an argument was started between the heavy-drinking hotheads, the conclusion of which was that Lyons snatched Sheldons [sic] hat from his head. New York, New York, United States. The odds that this is a coincidence are infinitesimal. But the fact is that when children live in an orphanage, theyre usually orphans. Billy Lyons was the brother-in-law of Henry Bridgewater, an influential saloon owner and by some accounts the wealthiest Black man in St. Louis. He has been involved in controversial and politically influential motion pictures as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; The China Syndrome, Wall Street and Traffic, as well as such popular films as Romancing the Stone, Fatal Attraction and Marvel's Ant Man and Ant Man and the Wasp. My condolences to all who loved you. But the sheer ubiquity of Stack Lees name in the crime pages is impossible to explain away. The events of the murder were fairly commonplace; two friends, Billy Lyons and Stagger Lee Shelton, were drinking at Bill Curtiss saloon and became enthralled in a conversation about politics. Ma Rainey recorded the song the following year, with Louis Armstrong on cornet, and a notable version was recorded by Frank Hutchison in 1927. Ma Rainey and her band, (including a young Louis Armstrong on cornet), recordedStack OLee Blues in 1925. John Russell David died almost exactly 75 years later at almost exactly the same agejust a few months past his 47th birthday. This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 12:46. Stack Lee may or may not have been legally married, but Little Lillie Sheldon was no songwriters invention. Duke Ellington recorded a version in 1927, and in 1928 Mississippi John Hurt recorded what is perhaps the most famous and most definitive version of Stagger Lees song in history. Despite the tendency of folktales to grow taller, the canonical Stagolee story has remained impressively stable over the years: Stagolee is a bad man who objects to Billy Lyonss stealing his Stetson. Here are prison records with Stack Lees signature and fingerprints. Good Baby Films, Peter Garafalo, Motomu Ishigaki, Billy Lyons, Pamela Ford, David B. Ford, Kelly Gonda, Lou Gonda, Kasey Cunningham, Seth Isler, Krista Liney, Nick Solan, Susan Jane Sullivan, Dominic J. DeJoseph, Kim Ferraro, Seth Isler. Xinha Saldanha -- Portugal. You son of a gun! he says. The story endures in the many versions of the song that have circulated since the late 19th century. Except that the evidence hasnt been missing; its just been missed. . Lyons is a graduate of Ithaca College (BFA Acting) and has performed both regionally and Off Broadway. [10] In his version, as in all such pieces, there are many (sometimes anachronistic) variants on the lyrics. Nonetheless, Stagger Lee spread with extraordinary speed, beginning shortly after the actual killing. In its World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival, It Takes a Lunatic, director Billy Lyons (actor, director, teacher, producer and assistant to Wynn Handman) displays the man behind the mask and reveals there is no mask or gloss to Wynn Handman. Lyons died from his wound shortly afterwards. The first evidence for it is a reference to "Stack-a-Lee" being performed by "Prof. Charlie Lee, the piano thumper" in the Kansas City Leavenworth Herald in 1897. By the time his first trial ended in a hung jury, Shelton was already the subject of a popular prison ballad. However, as raised up by more than a century of popular culture, the righteous killer Stagger Lee has become an icon to generations, who see in the folk character a defiance of authority, pride of self, and strength in the face of adversity. The song continued to capture the imaginations of singers and poets everywhere until 1958, when Lloyd Price released a version simply called Stagger Lee. Billy Lyons is an actor, director, teacher, and producer living in New York City, where he's trained with and been the close assistant to Wynn Handman for many years. This was increasingly relevant because the republicans were losing their stronghold, and because Shelton was a democratic organizer, and Lyons a Republican one, according to StaggerLee.com. That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O Lee. We spoke to David Lyons about his role as newcomer Detective Billy Aames, and returning cast members Ron Cephas Jones (who plays Poppy's father, "Shreve" Scoville) and Mekhi Phifer (who . You can rest everybody but cruel Stack O Lee clide delaney Personal trainer and group fitness instructor Irlanda. [10], Last edited on 17 February 2023, at 12:46, List of number-one R&B singles of 1959 (U.S.), "Stacker Lee: A partial investigation into the historicity of a Negro murder ballad", "A Brief History of Stagger Lee and Billy Lyons", "Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orchestra", "19451946 Sidney Bechet | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic", "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart", "Largehearted Boy: Book Notes Derek McCulloch ("Stagger Lee")". The bad man emerged in their stories and songs as an alternative to more wholesome folk heroes like John Henry. In the year 2005, he had a recurring role in Seven Network Police drama called Blue Heelers and he was a guest star in the Seven Network or Network/Eleven Soap Opera called Neighbours.He starred in a ER which is a medical drama of . Today were bringing you another entry in American Blues Scenes exclusive Brief History of a Song series. Add or change photo on IMDbPro Add to list More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy 1 win & 1 nomination total Known for Emmerdale Farm 4.8 TV Series Our family got back to our house around mid-afternoon and, as was her nature, Robin cleaned the Christmas leavings from the countertops and washed plates and glasses . [15], Lloyd Price recorded the song as "Stagger Lee" in 1958, and it rose to the top of both the R&B and US pop charts in early 1959. Stagger Lee has been sang about nearly countless times. During his field recordings, John Lomax oftenrecordedthe Stagger Lee song by various groups in the American South, from Texas to theAppalachia, often times in prisons. That same night alone, five murders were committed in Saint Louis, but only one shot to world-wide infamy through a tangled web of politics, folklore, and raw persistence. There, the infamous brothel, colloquially known as the Bucket of Blood, could operate without fear of civic interference. David planned to reveal their story in a book adapted from his unpublished dissertation, but he was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer in 1986 and died early the following year. And looking at the history of the man objectively, there is no reason to anticipate that it would. He will be missed! Billy "Spacey" Lyons is an Actor, Musician, Tattoo Artist and Motorcycle Enthusiast. In addition to being a sporting circle, it strongly supported the citys Democratic Party. Honorees included Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor Billy Crudup with celebratory toasts to Ken Greiner, Chair, [] All of his Stagolee researchboxes of criminal complaints, prison records, clippings, correspondence, photographs, floppy disks, and audio tapeshad been sitting in a St. Louis basement ever since. [3], Further details are preserved in trial accounts. September 14, 2019. The Macks were not just 'urban strollers;' they presented themselves as objects to be observed. As Billy staggered along the bar, clutching the rail, Lee walked up and, retrieving his Stetson, said, I told you to give me my hat! He then turned and walked calmly home. He was a native Sacramentan, born April 18, 1946, and son of Kenny and Catherine Lyons. In 18891890 alone, he was arrested for assault with intent to kill on three separate occasions. Lynch, who went by the name of Eric the Actor, died Saturday. Years active. On Christmas night in 1895, Shelton shot William "Billy" Lyons in a St. Louis saloon following a dispute. Stagolee and John Henry: Two Black Freedom Songs? Annie I. Bang/Invision, via Associated Press. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stagger_Lee&oldid=1139901017, The song is sung by an African American prisoner in Jack Black's autobiography, The song "Wrong 'Em Boyo" by the Jamaican, In John Hornor Jacobs' 2019 horror novella. Bill Lyons (I) Writer Producer Actor IMDbPro Starmeter See rank Bill Lyons is known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), In Search of the Trojan War (1985) and Blake's 7 (1978). 133 followers 134 connections. Physically, he was unprepossessing. A Brief History of Stagger Lee and Billy Lyons, The 28th Sandy Beaches Cruise to Set Sail in 2024 With Initial Lineup Announcement, An Q&A with Otis Taylor, New Album BANJO Out Now, Watch: Animated Video for John Lee Hooker Hit Boom Boom, River Crests in Memphis, Downstream Still Faces Dangers, Bluescentric.com the shop for Blues, Soul, and Rock n Roll, Mick Kolassa Announces Essentials Series, Kicks Off With Babys Got Another Lover, Listen: New Bob Corritore & Friends Single What Kind of Man is This ft. Koko Taylor. Stack Lee was also well connected, which may further explain his having gotten away with so much for so long. He graduated from Hiram Get email updates about William Lyons delivered directly to your inbox. As the oral legend spread of Stack Lee as a black man who would not back down, Billy Lyons turned into ''a small . Concurrent to following the demands of his profession, Lee was also the president of a social body known as the Four Hundred Club. Click To Watch Free 'NAACP Image Awards 2023' Live Stream. Available for both RF and RM licensing. Dove-gray spats covered the tops of his St. Louis flats low-heeled shoes, with long, pointed, upswept toes, on each of which was a small mirror, designed to catch the light. Amazingly enough, the song may be the most re-recorded in history, with well over four hundred separate recordings to its name. Geoffrey O'Hara: February 2, 1882 January 31, 1967 Canadian Singer and songwriter. Unable to get parole, he died in the hospital of the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City on March 11, 1912, from tuberculosis. By this time, folk versions of the Stagger Lee song were cropping up all across the South. 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