John Smith Hurt, better known as Mississippi John Hurt (July 3, 1893 or March 8, 1892 — November 2, 1966) was an American country blues singer and guitarist. Home Featured Magazine About. On Christmas Eve, 1895, in a St. Louis saloon, "Stag" Lee Shelton, a black pimp, shot William "Billy" Lyons. La sua performance al Newport Folk Festival del 1964 lo fece collocare tra i maggiori protagonisti del folk revival[2]. Il primo strumento - di seconda mano - gli venne acquistato dalla madre per un dollaro e mezzo. Home Featured Magazine About. In the 1960s, when Mississippi John Hurt was re-discovered, he would often play a folk-style story called “Stagolee” in which Stag and, interestingly enough, Jesse James, rob a card game in a coal mine. "Stack O’ Lee" Track Info. Stag O'Lee by Mississippi John Hurt maolchalium _____ "Stagolee," a short story by Julius Lester, was published in Black Folktales (1969) and is well worth reading. Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself how to play the guitar around age nine. Il soprannome "Mississippi" venne aggiunto dalla sua prima casa discografica, la Okeh, per caratterizzare il suo luogo di provenienza. Find Mississippi John Hurt – Stagolee lyrics and search for Mississippi John Hurt. Le canzoni che eseguiva più volentieri in concerto erano i brani ragtime Salty Dog e Candy Man, oltre alle ballate blues Spike Driver Blues (variante di John Henry) e Frankie.[2]. Paxton esegue frequentemente il brano nei suoi concerti. Recorded (for the most part) at Oberlin College in 1965, Live captures Hurt a couple of years after his rediscovery and one year before his death. TRY NOW. It's played very fast. Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself how to play the guitar around age nine. The Judge said, "Lets kill him, before he kills some of us." Constatato che lo stile musicale di Hurt era rimasto inalterato, così come l'abilità nel suonare la chitarra, Hoskins lo incoraggiò a recarsi a Washington e ad iniziare ad esibirsi dal vivo. "Stagger Lee", also known as "Stagolee" and other variants, is a popular American folk song about the murder of Billy Lyons by "Stag" Lee Shelton, in St. Louis, Missouri at Christmas, 1895. Mississippi John Hurt. This version is by Mississippi John Hurt in 1928 for Okeh records. Mississippi John Hurt Tabs with free online tab player. Il suo repertorio è costituito da un misto di blues, country, bluegrass, folk e rock and roll. 2007. Eyewitnesses say Billy snatched Stag's Stetson hat. Stagolee Mississippi John Hurt. Track. Vanguard Visionaries. Mississippi John Hurt - Stagolee lyrics. Play on TIDAL or open in our Desktop app Share. 2. Listen to Stagolee, a song by Mississippi John Hurt on TIDAL. Tutti; Originale; Traduzione; Police officer, how can it be L'ufficiale di polizia, come può essere You arrest everybody but cruel Stagolee Arrestate tutti, ma crudele Stagolee That bad man Che l'uomo cattivo Cruel Stagolee Cruel Stagolee Stagolee Mississippi John Hurt. Play on TIDAL. Watch the video for Stagolee from Mississippi John Hurt's Rediscovered for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Stagolee was a bad man They go down in a coal mine one night Robbed a coal mine They's gambling down there And they placed themselves just like they wanted to be Huge selection of 500,000 tabs. Con il suo stile originale nel canto e nel suono della chitarra acustica ha influenzato la musica popolare statunitense del XX secolo. Boom, boom, boom, boom went Stag's forty-four. The Immortal. Questa pagina è stata modificata per l'ultima volta il 17 apr 2020 alle 04:05. L'album postumo di Fahey The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick contiene poi una versione di questa canzone intitolata in maniera significativa Requiem For Mississippi John Hurt. Log in Start Free Trial Start Free Trial. 1. Characters count : / 50. Correct lyrics. Watch the video for Stagolee from Rory Block's Avalon: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Dopo l'audizione - a casa del musicista - di Monday Morning Blues, Hurt fu mandato a Memphis per registrare un 78 giri contenente fra l'altro le canzoni Frankie e Nobody's Dirty Business, e a New York per una sessione in studio con nuove canzoni fra cui Candy Man, Corinna, Corinna e Stack O Lee Blues (questi i brani verranno incisi in seguito anche da Bob Dylan).