A friend and I placed an order back at Stag O Lee in June to save on shipping costs. Three months and a string of summer holidays later, it's finally here. Johnny Cash said, "Get a Rhythm." My rhythm? Rhythm & Blues. #vinyl #nowplaying #nowspinning #skymusic #homeoffice #stagolee
September 15, 2026 at 6:07 AM
A friend and I placed an order back at Stag O Lee in June to save on shipping costs. Three months and a string of summer holidays later, it's finally here. Johnny Cash said, "Get a Rhythm." My rhythm? Rhythm & Blues. #vinyl #nowplaying #nowspinning #skymusic #homeoffice #stagolee
Stagolee (Stagger Lee)
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August 28, 2026 at 9:46 PM
R.L Burnside - Staggolee
(*(Explicit)*)
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1986 field recording
Released 2001 on his album Well..Well..Well
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1986 field recording
Released 2001 on his album Well..Well..Well
Stagolee
YouTube video by R.L. Burnside - Topic
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June 21, 2026 at 12:25 AM
R.L Burnside - Staggolee
(*(Explicit)*)
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1986 field recording
Released 2001 on his album Well..Well..Well
(*(Explicit)*)
youtu.be/weP_DxUB7DU?...
1986 field recording
Released 2001 on his album Well..Well..Well
OJ is also the least Stagolee of any Stagolee. I mentioned him cause he's the only one in living memory, but his celebrity really sets him apart from the low class criminals that have historically been Stagolees and the "fuck the system" element is completely separate from the crime.
June 18, 2026 at 1:42 PM
OJ is also the least Stagolee of any Stagolee. I mentioned him cause he's the only one in living memory, but his celebrity really sets him apart from the low class criminals that have historically been Stagolees and the "fuck the system" element is completely separate from the crime.
Luigi is what happens when the Stagolee myth is done by a Tom Joad. There's that sequence early in Grapes of Wrath when Joad is hitchiking and the driver tells him how he can't shoot the bank. Its true, United Health was not murdered with Brian Thompson, but Luigi got as close as an individual can.
June 18, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Luigi is what happens when the Stagolee myth is done by a Tom Joad. There's that sequence early in Grapes of Wrath when Joad is hitchiking and the driver tells him how he can't shoot the bank. Its true, United Health was not murdered with Brian Thompson, but Luigi got as close as an individual can.
Rhythm and blues will carry me through the afternoon and send me into the weekend in a great mood. #vinyl #nowplaying #nowspinning #stagolee #compilation #homeoffice
May 22, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Rhythm and blues will carry me through the afternoon and send me into the weekend in a great mood. #vinyl #nowplaying #nowspinning #stagolee #compilation #homeoffice
of all the different ways I have seen Stagolee/Stagger Lee/Stag-a-lee/etc. spelled, my favourite is still Starkerlee, because it's adjacent to "starkers", English's funniest word for naked
May 14, 2026 at 12:35 AM
of all the different ways I have seen Stagolee/Stagger Lee/Stag-a-lee/etc. spelled, my favourite is still Starkerlee, because it's adjacent to "starkers", English's funniest word for naked
A compilation with some exotica and rhythm & blues to get me through the afternoon—hopefully it’ll also chase away this sickly feeling. #vinyl #nowplaying #nowspinning #stagolee #dustyballroom #homeoffice #sick
May 11, 2026 at 10:46 AM
A compilation with some exotica and rhythm & blues to get me through the afternoon—hopefully it’ll also chase away this sickly feeling. #vinyl #nowplaying #nowspinning #stagolee #dustyballroom #homeoffice #sick
Stagolee (Live)
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April 13, 2026 at 6:29 AM
If you haven't read it yet, there's a book length look at the history of Stagger Lee called Stagolee Shot Billy:
muse.jhu.edu/article/1969...
Truly an amazing work.
muse.jhu.edu/article/1969...
Truly an amazing work.
March 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
If you haven't read it yet, there's a book length look at the history of Stagger Lee called Stagolee Shot Billy:
muse.jhu.edu/article/1969...
Truly an amazing work.
muse.jhu.edu/article/1969...
Truly an amazing work.
Stack should’ve sent him to see Stagolee
March 16, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Stack should’ve sent him to see Stagolee
Then Billy Lion started screamin
I heard him say Stagolee don't take my life
You know I got two little children
& a poor little old sickly wife
Stagolee told Billy
Yeah I know you got a cute little boy & girl
If you want to see your family billy
You'll have to meet 'em in another world
I heard him say Stagolee don't take my life
You know I got two little children
& a poor little old sickly wife
Stagolee told Billy
Yeah I know you got a cute little boy & girl
If you want to see your family billy
You'll have to meet 'em in another world
March 13, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Then Billy Lion started screamin
I heard him say Stagolee don't take my life
You know I got two little children
& a poor little old sickly wife
Stagolee told Billy
Yeah I know you got a cute little boy & girl
If you want to see your family billy
You'll have to meet 'em in another world
I heard him say Stagolee don't take my life
You know I got two little children
& a poor little old sickly wife
Stagolee told Billy
Yeah I know you got a cute little boy & girl
If you want to see your family billy
You'll have to meet 'em in another world
Stagolee went back on the corner
& stood up in the barroom door
& he said don't nobody move
Cuz I got me my forty-four
Stagolee cried Billy
& he shot the poor boy so fast
The bullet went through Billy
& it broke the bartenders glass
& stood up in the barroom door
& he said don't nobody move
Cuz I got me my forty-four
Stagolee cried Billy
& he shot the poor boy so fast
The bullet went through Billy
& it broke the bartenders glass
March 13, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Stagolee went back on the corner
& stood up in the barroom door
& he said don't nobody move
Cuz I got me my forty-four
Stagolee cried Billy
& he shot the poor boy so fast
The bullet went through Billy
& it broke the bartenders glass
& stood up in the barroom door
& he said don't nobody move
Cuz I got me my forty-four
Stagolee cried Billy
& he shot the poor boy so fast
The bullet went through Billy
& it broke the bartenders glass
You know Bertha rose out of bed screamin
She was lookin him dead smack in the eye
She said come on in honey
I can see some poor man's gonna die
Then Stagolee told Bertha
That he had lost his new cadilic
But he believed Billy was cheatin
& she knew he wouldn't go for that
She was lookin him dead smack in the eye
She said come on in honey
I can see some poor man's gonna die
Then Stagolee told Bertha
That he had lost his new cadilic
But he believed Billy was cheatin
& she knew he wouldn't go for that
March 13, 2026 at 1:35 AM
You know Bertha rose out of bed screamin
She was lookin him dead smack in the eye
She said come on in honey
I can see some poor man's gonna die
Then Stagolee told Bertha
That he had lost his new cadilic
But he believed Billy was cheatin
& she knew he wouldn't go for that
She was lookin him dead smack in the eye
She said come on in honey
I can see some poor man's gonna die
Then Stagolee told Bertha
That he had lost his new cadilic
But he believed Billy was cheatin
& she knew he wouldn't go for that
Stagolee lost all his money
Lost his new cadilac
He said I believe your cheatin'
Don't be here when I get back
Stagolee went home
& he knocked up on his woman's door
He said wake up little Bertha baby
& hand me my forty-four
Lost his new cadilac
He said I believe your cheatin'
Don't be here when I get back
Stagolee went home
& he knocked up on his woman's door
He said wake up little Bertha baby
& hand me my forty-four
March 13, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Stagolee lost all his money
Lost his new cadilac
He said I believe your cheatin'
Don't be here when I get back
Stagolee went home
& he knocked up on his woman's door
He said wake up little Bertha baby
& hand me my forty-four
Lost his new cadilac
He said I believe your cheatin'
Don't be here when I get back
Stagolee went home
& he knocked up on his woman's door
He said wake up little Bertha baby
& hand me my forty-four
It was early early one mornin'
Boys I heard that fool dog bark
He was barkin' at the two men
Who were gamblin in the dark
It was Stagolee & Billy Lion
Boys, they were gamblin that early day
Yeah, they tossed up that seven
Billy Lion told him the easy way
Boys I heard that fool dog bark
He was barkin' at the two men
Who were gamblin in the dark
It was Stagolee & Billy Lion
Boys, they were gamblin that early day
Yeah, they tossed up that seven
Billy Lion told him the easy way
March 13, 2026 at 1:34 AM
It was early early one mornin'
Boys I heard that fool dog bark
He was barkin' at the two men
Who were gamblin in the dark
It was Stagolee & Billy Lion
Boys, they were gamblin that early day
Yeah, they tossed up that seven
Billy Lion told him the easy way
Boys I heard that fool dog bark
He was barkin' at the two men
Who were gamblin in the dark
It was Stagolee & Billy Lion
Boys, they were gamblin that early day
Yeah, they tossed up that seven
Billy Lion told him the easy way
“‘Stagolee’ and ‘Ollie Jackson’ were ballads of Black men who had shot down rivals for seemingly trivial reasons in the same man’s saloon within six years of each other. The two characters were, in a sense, vying to occupy the same folkloric space... there wasn’t room enough for both of them.”
The Ballad of Ollie Jackson | North American Review
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March 8, 2026 at 7:53 AM
“‘Stagolee’ and ‘Ollie Jackson’ were ballads of Black men who had shot down rivals for seemingly trivial reasons in the same man’s saloon within six years of each other. The two characters were, in a sense, vying to occupy the same folkloric space... there wasn’t room enough for both of them.”
The blues standard ‘Stagolee’ was based on a real murder, and is super gameable! #ttrpg
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February 28, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The blues standard ‘Stagolee’ was based on a real murder, and is super gameable! #ttrpg
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That Cruel Stagolee: Molten Sulfur Blog
https://moltensulfur.com/post/that-cruel-stagolee/
#dnd #ttrpg
https://moltensulfur.com/post/that-cruel-stagolee/
#dnd #ttrpg
February 28, 2026 at 8:22 AM
That Cruel Stagolee: Molten Sulfur Blog
https://moltensulfur.com/post/that-cruel-stagolee/
#dnd #ttrpg
https://moltensulfur.com/post/that-cruel-stagolee/
#dnd #ttrpg
Stagolee (Stagger Lee) - Cisco Houston
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February 21, 2026 at 10:32 AM
I'll take any opportunity I get to recommend this fantastic book on the history of Stagger Lee www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Stagolee Shot Billy — Harvard University Press
Although his story has been told countless times--by performers from Ma Rainey, Cab Calloway, and the Isley Brothers to Ike and Tina Turner, James Brown, and Taj Mahal--no one seems to know who Stagol...
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February 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I'll take any opportunity I get to recommend this fantastic book on the history of Stagger Lee www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Stagolee · Hogman Maxey
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Stagolee
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January 21, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Stagolee · Hogman Maxey
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