Axe Masterson (MySpace interview) is a Vermont blues/folk musician who's been playing live and in the studio for over 25 years. In 2007, he recorded an album as tribute to the Lomax field recordings, with a version of "Death Letter Blues" (a song best-known recently for the White Stripes' version) and, of course, his version of Stag.Musically, this is a peppy but stripped-down version, just Axe's vocals, harmonica, and some lovely slide guitar. The lyrics are similarly stripped down -- we don't get to hear about any gambling, or a bulldog, or Stag's adventures in hell, or how all the women weeped and moaned.
The CD is out of print, so the buy link down there goes to MP3 downloads at [redacted], the MP3 downloading service I personally prefer, and one which USED TO send a high percentage of proceeds back to the artists. ([redacted] has given me no money to say this; I just think they're great.)
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So i'm in Nawlins this past weekend, ambling through the Quarter, and what should my ears hear but the dulcet tones of Stag? Couldn't tell you who was playing, but i smiled nonetheless.
Excellent.
And welcome back -- the comments section hasn't been the same without ya.
Getting married really takes a chunk out of one's web surfing time, i'm learning.
I personally would like to thank you for the kind words and review on your BLOG of My Version Of "Stagger Lee"...aXe MaSteRsoN
You're ever so welcome, sir. And I would like to personally thank you for being the first musical artist (not counting the guy I knew for years before he recorded anything) to comment here -- now that's a real honor.
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