tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post1233564181674854223..comments2024-03-28T14:27:19.894-07:00Comments on Burning Wood: Definitive VersionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-64633305001410752372014-02-27T07:27:23.932-08:002014-02-27T07:27:23.932-08:00forget about wikipedia (god, how i hate that site)...forget about wikipedia (god, how i hate that site) and amazon . . . here is an interesting link to Stackalee (Stagger Lee, Stagolee, etc.) and some coversdavidwolfsonnchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840531257455867084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-22706469197537108612014-02-26T19:32:51.289-08:002014-02-26T19:32:51.289-08:00David Bromberg's Mr Bojangles (especially live...David Bromberg's Mr Bojangles (especially live). And, another vote for Nick Cave's Stagger Lee. So out there all other versions (however good) seem rather anemic afterwards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-59323607771547216462014-02-26T18:55:53.093-08:002014-02-26T18:55:53.093-08:00How can you top Champion Jack Dupree:
http://www....How can you top Champion Jack Dupree:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m98nS2ylJSg<br />William Repsherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16690181505790748431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-39447931568733620652014-02-26T14:33:22.020-08:002014-02-26T14:33:22.020-08:00Buddy Holly - Words of LoveBuddy Holly - Words of LoveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-15173933119405447412014-02-26T14:24:54.141-08:002014-02-26T14:24:54.141-08:00Nick Cave did an amazing - and rather homoerotic -...Nick Cave did an amazing - and rather homoerotic - version of Stagger Lee that is pretty amazing.Joe non Papahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08100331361158046916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-14317112565030766282014-02-26T11:31:59.105-08:002014-02-26T11:31:59.105-08:00Mancini's "House of the Rising Sun"
...Mancini's "House of the Rising Sun"<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8onAOUzCnENoam Sanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-42924715545725651442014-02-26T10:55:48.982-08:002014-02-26T10:55:48.982-08:00I like Wilson Pickett's Stagger Lee better tha...I like Wilson Pickett's Stagger Lee better than the McCoys, but neither version better than Mississippi John Hurt's.<br /><br />The definitive version of Daddy Rolling Stone? I nominate the Forty-Fives. http://www.thefortyfivesband.com/home.html<br />Jeff Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03108880109700449182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-17494201337773651032014-02-26T10:36:35.583-08:002014-02-26T10:36:35.583-08:00I don't know. I'd take Otis Redding's ...I don't know. I'd take Otis Redding's performance of "Shake" over Sam Cooke's every day.Squintsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-16049383014288743992014-02-26T08:49:19.987-08:002014-02-26T08:49:19.987-08:00This may be a stretch to say a Sam Cooke cover is ...This may be a stretch to say a Sam Cooke cover is better than original ,but i've always had a thing for Wilson Pickett version of Bring It On Home To Me !!! Check you tube rendition and wonder if anyone agrees!!!drstunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-78440665247533536302014-02-26T08:42:06.140-08:002014-02-26T08:42:06.140-08:00http://www.amazon.com/Stagger-Lee-Derek-McCulloch/...http://www.amazon.com/Stagger-Lee-Derek-McCulloch/dp/1582406073<br /><br />This is the Amazon link to a great resource . . . really pokes around the whole mythos.<br />Also a website: staggerleebook.com<br /><br />It is a graphic 'novel' with great notes and sources.<br /><br />Here are a couple:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagger_Lee_Shelton<br />http://staggerlee.com (most of the links are dead)<br /><br />I will go with Dylan's version and/or the Grateful Dead's retelling.charlie c.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04818788485351287001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-53216307564079630502014-02-26T06:52:58.006-08:002014-02-26T06:52:58.006-08:00Pacific Gas & Electric's version called &q...Pacific Gas & Electric's version called "Staggolee" in 1970 was played in my house constantly--my friends and I used to act the story out! (I always wanted to play the devil at the end) It's the only version I know, and I still have the 45, which I found just the other day while cleaning out my entertainment center. (Coincidence, again????)Christinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-86582492625740922622014-02-26T06:35:47.142-08:002014-02-26T06:35:47.142-08:00Johnny Allen - Promised Land
http://www.youtube....Johnny Allen - Promised Land<br /><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOxGCxoNTMwAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15240136825771723989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-52577371374234769602014-02-26T06:12:45.949-08:002014-02-26T06:12:45.949-08:00I like Shiina Ringo's version of "Yer Blu...I like Shiina Ringo's version of "Yer Blues".<br /><br /><a href="http://alanwalkerart.com/audio/yer_blues.mp3" title="Yer Blues" rel="nofollow">http://alanwalkerart.com/audio/yer_blues.mp3</a>buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-46226331848537553772014-02-26T06:09:08.719-08:002014-02-26T06:09:08.719-08:00"Once, Twice, Three Times" is the clinch..."Once, Twice, Three Times" is the clincher for me.<br />The McCoys Stagger Lee is as good as any. It's a very durable song. I wonder how the worst version sounds?buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-81727877680668884302014-02-26T05:40:15.338-08:002014-02-26T05:40:15.338-08:00Two definitive versions:
Marlena Shaw's vers...Two definitive versions: <br /><br />Marlena Shaw's version of Roberta Flack's "Feel like making love" <br />(1974):<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK326HjaNTA<br /><br />James Brown & Marva Whitney with Dee Felice Trio performing Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" (1968): <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MneqmarFLQUAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-56997393621995621012014-02-26T05:25:06.641-08:002014-02-26T05:25:06.641-08:00OK so check out this one by Formerly of the Harlet...OK so check out this one by Formerly of the Harlettes<br />off their Columbia debut from 1977 (vinyl only, folks) It's Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage. It's a killer....<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA7Q1C9gxRYwhattawinonoreply@blogger.com