Stagger Lee

Whatever name you call Stagger Lee, we know one thing for sure: He shot Billy Lyons in plain sight, with a bar full of witnesses. If you’ve heard the song, you might think he did it because he lost a game of dice. But the real Stagger Lee wasn’t gambling at all. He got mad when Billy took his Stetson hat and wouldn’t give it back, so he fired the gun. What could lead to such a violent end? There’s a good chance it was politics — a life and death subject for these men. Preorder the "Songs In The Key Of Death" EP via Bandcamp now! See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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Stagger Lee is an episode from Songs in the Key of Death by Melissa Locker.

This episode is 00:29:40 long.

This episode was published on Jul 21, 2021.

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