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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World Gone Wrong hasTrack Stack A Lee