“[Derek] McCulloch first remembers hearing the Stagger Lee tale when he was 8 years old from Lloyd Price’s song version, but it wasn’t until he read Greil Marcus’ essay collection ‘Mystery Train’ that Lee really started to percolate in his mind. ‘When I read that it was a true story, it really interested me,’ McCulloch said. ‘I didn’t know that much — I don’t think I even knew the lyrics to the song at that point.’”

Stagger Lee

BTW, Guy told you about the book tour that Derek McCulloch and Shepherd Hendrix are on right now, and that they’ll come to New York City this Friday night at the Barnes & Noble in Chelsea. I’ll be there too – I’m dying to meet these guys. I’ll tell you all about it by and by.