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Thread #168981 Message #4102450
Posted By: cnd
16-Apr-21 - 04:04 PM
Thread Name: New article on Stagolee and John Henry
Subject: RE: New article on Stagolee and John Henry
Jim, you may be interested in learning about a version of Stagger Lee entitled "Ollie Jackson" -- you can listen to it here
"Starks says he learned the song from a Charlie Washington of Kansas City. It employs the Stagolee tune and oft-used chorus to tell a similar story of Ollie Jackson's murder of brothers Dick and Babe Carr over a crap game in St. Louis, June 7, 1901."
There are two recordings of "Ollie Jackson" recorded by Starks (click), as well as a version of Stagger Lee entitled "Stackolee"