NP: Stagger Lee

[Bekah]

What a fascinating read! Thanks.  :)

Bekah
cr: M&D


At 8:14 AM -0700 5/9/03, Steve Maas wrote:
>Some of you may be interested in this.  Steve Maas
>
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>Cecil Brown
>Thursday May 08 2003
>The Guardian
>
>Godfather of Gangsta
>In the red-light district of St Louis in 1895, a pimp shot a man 
>dead in an argument over a hat. The ballad telling the story has 
>been recorded by hundreds of bluesmen and jazzers - and even the 
>Clash. It also helped create modern-day rap.  Cecil Brown  tells the 
>remarkable tale of Stagolee
>
>http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4663884,00.html
>
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