John Miller teaches "Billy Lyons & Stack O'Lee"

[mississippidel]

thanks for the lesson have loved this version first heard it by dave van ronk, great fun to play nice one

[KIRBYSLAYERm14]

dont sing yeah?

[Timeconsumer9]

The Black keys made a song called "Stack shot billy" check tht out, i think these songs are about the same ppl...

[HippieGuitarBoy]

@Timeconsumer9 There are 306 songs about the same people. Stagger Lee and Billy Lions.

[giorgiopicker]

good to see jm again

i have a record from the seventies and a book from thisgreat acoustic guitarist...

tnx

[koliCro]

5:52 actually... LMAO...

[koliCro]

OMFG... He gets SO lost on 5:55... HAHAHAHAHAHA.... Hilarious... Can't stop laughing... But great lesson and tnx for posting this. Never thought I'll find a lesson for such an old song.

[ramblingvine]

Thanks so much for posting this!

[NUNAVUTBREAKER]

it's kinda like 'angels laid him away' too, by John Hurt.

[jimwalsh2001]

Interesting...definitely different from the John Hurt version.

[Triplesod]

Well, obviously. You might as well say it is different from the Nick Cave version. They are different songs. The only similarity is they are all about the same character and roughly the same story

[mesimar]

Dave van Ronk did a version, very close to this.

[patrickbrcr]

Yeah, Van Ronk does the Furry Lewis version, and I also like Mississippi John's version, as well as the Grateful Dead's (again, totally different song). But hands down, the Van Ronk version kills...nothing better than that.

[MaceGill]

The Furry Lewis version! Great!

[guild618]

great lesson.