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   Background Stagger Lee's "Lid" Club at 911 N. 12th Street, St. Louis (Tucker Blvd. now). The historical Lee Shelton was an African American man born in 1865 in Texas.: 37 He later worked as a carriage driver in St. Louis, Missouri, where he gained a reputation as a pimp and gambler, and evidently served as a captain in a black "Four Hundred Club", a political and social club with a dubious ...

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3. missourilife.com › real-story-behind-bad-manThe Real Story Behind That Bad Man "Stagger Lee"

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   Billy Lyons was a levee hand who died after being shot by Lee Shelton, a pimp and nightclub owner, in a St. Louis saloon in 1895. The incident inspired a popular American murder ballad and a mythical figure in folk culture.

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   Length. 3:21. Label. Victor. Songwriter (s) Ray Lopez (credited on single) " 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. The song was first published in 1911 and first recorded in 1923, by Fred ...

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   How did Billy Lyons die?

   • Billy Lyons died early the next morning. Under the headline “Shot in Curtis’s Place,” the story that ran in the next day’s edition of the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat began, “William Lyons, 25, colored, a levee hand…was shot in the abdomen yesterday evening at 10 o’clock in the saloon of Bill Curtis…by Lee Sheldon, also colored.”

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   What happened to Billy Lyons & 'Stagger' Lee Shelton?

   • The events of the murder were fairly commonplace; two friends, Billy Lyons and “Stagger” Lee Shelton, were drinking at Bill Curtis’s saloon and became enthralled in a conversation about politics. Billy grabbed Shelton’s hat in anger, and when he refused to return it, Shelton shot Billy in the gut, picked up his hat, and left.

   A Brief History of Stagger Lee and Billy Lyons

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   What happened between Billy Lyons & 'Stag' Lee Sheldon?

   • According to the Globe-Democrat ’s account, Billy Lyons and “Stag” Lee Sheldon “had been drinking and were in exuberant spirits” when an argument over “politics” boiled over, and Lyons “snatched Sheldon’s hat from his head.”

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   Who shot William Lyons?

   • William Lyons, 25, a levee hand, was shot in the abdomen yesterday evening at 10 o'clock in the saloon of Bill Curtis, at Eleventh and Morgan Streets, by Lee Sheldon [sic], a carriage driver. Lyons and Sheldon were friends and were talking together. Both parties, it seems, had been drinking and were feeling in exuberant spirits.

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6. www.americanbluesscene.com › 2011 › 05A Brief History of Stagger Lee and Billy Lyons – American ...

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   May 9, 2011 · The origins of this tale begin with a Christmas Eve bar fight in Saint Louis in 1895. The events of the murder were fairly commonplace; two friends, Billy Lyons and “Stagger” Lee Shelton, were drinking at Bill Curtis’s saloon and became enthralled in a conversation about politics. Billy grabbed Shelton’s hat in anger, and when he ...

7. www.ultimate-guitar.com › articles › featuresThe True Story of Stagger Lee, the Most Sung-About Badass in ...

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   Feb 27, 2020 · The story is based on events that took place on Christmas Eve of 1895 in a bar in St Louis, Missouri, where two acquaintances, "Stag" Lee Shelton and William "Billy" Lyons were having a rowdy ...

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   Apr 1, 2010 · Billy Lyons was a levee hand who was shot by Lee Sheldon, also known as Stagger Lee, in a St. Louis bar on Christmas night 1895. His death inspired a blues song and a folk legend that influenced many musicians.

10. oldtimemusic.com › the-meaning-behind-the-songThe Meaning Behind The Song: Stagger Lee by The Grateful Dead

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    Dec 25, 2023 · The lyrics suggest that Billy had won Stagger Lee’s Stetson hat by throwing lucky dice, which led to a confrontation and ultimately, Billy’s demise. The lyrics also mention a character named Bayo, who seems to be a law enforcement figure hesitant to apprehend Stagger Lee. One of the intriguing aspects of this song is that it is based on a ...