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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A fictional account of the history behind folk legend Stagger Lee and the song that was inspired by his murder of Billy Lyons. “Stag” Lee Shelton shoots and kills Billy Lyons during an argument in a St. Louis saloon in the 1890s. Billy Lyons’ family has political clout in the community and they want to see Stag hang. But Stag has connections of his own and lawyer Nathan Dryden is hired to keep Stag from hanging. Other characters of interest include Mama Babe who runs a local whorehouse; Justin Troup, who takes over Stag’s case after Dryden dies of a morphine overdose; Justin’s fiancee Evelyn, one of Mama Babe’s former whores; and Hercules Moffat, the whorehouse pianist and Evelyn’s affair. The author includes historical notes, citations and explanations of deviations from the historical account. Don't know where that Turtle guy gets off posting a review of a 200+ page book having read only 5 pages -- but if he'd stuck with it, he'd have found the book is pretty much the opposite of what he claims here that it is. It's a brilliant distillation of 100 years of history, music, and folklore, faultlessly true to its source, keenly penetrating in its insight, and devastating in its emotional impact. Don't believe the Turtle guy. This is a wonderful book. The story of Stagger Lee; Stack-o-Lee; Stacker Lee; the names changes depending on the teller or singer of the folk song that stems from a true story. Lee Shelton killed Billy Lyons in a turn of the century (20th century) bar fight over a Shelton's Stetson hat. The story has been differently interpreted over the years by musicians ranging from prison inmates, Ma Rainey, Bama, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, the Clash, and countless others. The book is a bit confusing at first because the authors intertwine a fictional love story, but once you get into it, it's a good read. Illustrations are not up to Spielgelman caliber, but are original, creative, and well-done.
Stagger Lee is also an amazing book that looks at the story behind the song and the legend it describes. You don’t even need to know the music to appreciate this intertwined exploration of culture, fame, artistic creation, politics, racism, love, and revenge.
On Christmas Eve 1895, shots rang out in a St. Louis barroom. A hundredyears and a thousand songs later, this ordinary little murder had become alegend. This is the true story of what happened after Stagger Lee shot Billy. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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