Listener comments!

Thu. 10/8/09 6:03am From: Chuck

Morning! Almost overslept, glad I made it...

Thu. 10/8/09 6:05am From: Meghan

Morning! Yeah it's one of those mornings.... I am still waking up myself.....

Thu. 10/8/09 6:06am From: Dave B in NYC

thank goodness for insomnia, UWTP and bad movies in the collection...

Oh, and coffee too!

Morning all!

Thu. 10/8/09 6:06am From: Pieter

Morning all, sadly missed last show in it's live format, making up for it now!

Thu. 10/8/09 6:07am From: Chuck

Coffee! Good.............

Thu. 10/8/09 6:08am From: Meghan

Good Morning Dave and Pieter! Yeah i am hoping the coffee starts to kick in soon

Thu. 10/8/09 6:11am From: Chuck

I can't help wondering if Stagger Lee was a real person and the story is true... Come across anything in your research to tell, Meg?

Thu. 10/8/09 6:12am From: Meghan

I am going to go over the history, but in quick... he was a VERY real person....

Thu. 10/8/09 6:14am From: Chuck

Bad people can become legends....

Thu. 10/8/09 6:34am From: Chuck

Must've bee a really nice hat to have to kill someone over it... Of course, alcohol had to be involved...

Thu. 10/8/09 6:37am From: Meghan

yeah no doubt... all over a hat! You make history cause you want your hat back... go figure huh!

Thu. 10/8/09 6:39am From: Chuck

Also interesting how the actual story got changed musically... There was no mention of gambling in the newspaper story you read... Very typical of legends...

Thu. 10/8/09 6:41am From: Meghan

Yep.... granted there is news and word on the street news...

Thu. 10/8/09 6:43am From: Chuck

Yeah, but both are subject to distortion... "Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see."

Thu. 10/8/09 6:48am From: Chuck

Now they turned him into a cop killer!?! Glad I'm known for other things...

Thu. 10/8/09 6:59am From: Pieter

It just went from 2 to 3 children? Or did I mishear that?

Thu. 10/8/09 7:03am From: Meghan

I heard 3 now....

Thu. 10/8/09 7:03am From: Chuck

I don't think I've ever heard a version of this song where the lyrics where exactly the same... Artistic license?

Thu. 10/8/09 7:05am From: Meghan

That is what makes this fun..... it's like the game telephone....

Thu. 10/8/09 7:07am From: Chuck

It would be fun to find a band that could play the song and have them ask: "Which version? hehe...

Thu. 10/8/09 7:10am From: Pieter

One song I heard had the lyrics saying he had 'one girl and one boy' ... so there I would assume it was 2 ...

Thu. 10/8/09 7:12am From: Chuck

Careful, Pieter! Clearly there are few facts in the music about the actual events... Much has been fabricated for the songs...

Thu. 10/8/09 7:17am From: Chuck

Where, Oh Where can my baby be... I had an originial 45 of it as a kid...

Thu. 10/8/09 7:22am From: Meghan

That was that messed up song.... Thanks Chuck

Thu. 10/8/09 7:24am From: Chuck

Yeah, there where a slew of tragedy songs from that era... Go figure...

Thu. 10/8/09 7:28am From: Dirty Old Man

Great show. How about a "Little Red Rooster" show sometime?

Thu. 10/8/09 7:29am From: Meghan

You are right... i have thought of that too.... heard XM do a huge run of it before...

Thu. 10/8/09 7:29am From: Chuck

Humm... Tragedy songs as a possible theme? Keep it on a back burner otherwise UWTP could turn too depressing and grim...

Thu. 10/8/09 7:38am From: steve krinsky

He was a bad man! There's a great chapter in Greil Marcus' book, MYSTERY TRAIN, on the Staggerlee legend.

Thu. 10/8/09 7:39am From: rick

Of course, there is Beck's version on Avalon Blues, the Mississippi John Hurt tribute album.

Thu. 10/8/09 7:39am From: Chuck

Check your gmail when you get home, Meghan... I just sent you a murder theme song that I love...

Thu. 10/8/09 7:40am From: Dum Dum Guy at the Gates of Dawn

Inquiring minds want to know: Will Meghan actually play the Grateful Dead on her show today?

Thu. 10/8/09 7:41am From: Meghan

Morning Steve and Rick! There are a couple great books on Stagger Lee.... I didin't pick up the Beck one unfortunately... i was looking for some like the Ventures and James Brown... too little time to play them all unfortunately. I have to find the Beck one to listen!

Thu. 10/8/09 7:42am From: Meghan

hehehe... Morning Dum Dum..... the answer is yes........ I had to. Not a fan, but it fit too well.... I even skipped out on Neil Diamond for it too.... what is wrong with me...

Thu. 10/8/09 7:44am From: Dum Dum Guy at the Gates of Dawn

The sky is yellow and the sun is blue.

Thu. 10/8/09 7:50am From: jeff p

welcome to thursday, everyone!

Thu. 10/8/09 7:52am From: Ogden Peepee

milk.

Thu. 10/8/09 7:55am From: Meghan

Morning Jeff and Ogden.....

Thu. 10/8/09 7:56am From: Chuck

Jeez, "The King" sounded drunk! It's happened...

Thu. 10/8/09 7:58am From: Meghan

Well it is the time of Fat Elvis.... plus it was just him messing around and they happened to be recording.

Thu. 10/8/09 8:04am From: Chuck

Again, the song is NEVER the same... Every version totally different... Melcher's having no resemblence to anyone elses...

Thu. 10/8/09 8:09am From: Chuck

Well, I never thought I'd hear a Dead song on your show, Meg... But, you're right, it is appropriate...

Thu. 10/8/09 8:10am From: Meghan

I am kind of in pain here..... Is Jerry even remembering the words? Thank GOD the Clash is next to wipe this clean

Thu. 10/8/09 8:12am From: David

Love that pretty Dead in the morning! words secondary.

Thu. 10/8/09 8:12am From: jeff p

god i hate The Dead.

Thu. 10/8/09 8:12am From: Chuck

LOL!!! Funny, Meg! Jerry isn't remembering much of anything anymore... Speaking of being grateful they're dead... HA!

Thu. 10/8/09 8:13am From: Dum Dum Guy at the Gates of Dawn

It is even more shocking when you learn that Garcia used a teleprompter on stage in his later years, and still managed to boot the lyrics quite regularly.

Thu. 10/8/09 8:14am From: Meghan

Glad someone is enjoying the Dead... i am there with you Jeff..... Wow, really Dum Dum? Scary....

Thu. 10/8/09 8:16am From: Chuck

Heavy drug usage never helps...

Thu. 10/8/09 8:21am From: Chuck

That's supposed to be Asbury Jukes, Meghan...

Thu. 10/8/09 8:22am From: Meghan

thanks.... fingers working without the brain attached....

Thu. 10/8/09 8:31am From: Chuck

Ah, BD's voice gets progressively worse every year... At least his song writing ability doesn't seem to deminish...

Thu. 10/8/09 8:33am From: messica

how is it possible that johnny cash didn't record a stagger lee?

Thu. 10/8/09 8:35am From: Meghan

GREAT question! Too bad he is not around to let us know.... Wonder if I just never found one.... but i did a lot of research..... hmmm

Thu. 10/8/09 8:35am From: Chuck

Who knows? Maybe he did but the recording hasn't come to light as of yet... There are still plenty of hidden or lost songs out there...

Thu. 10/8/09 8:51am From: jeff p

The Black Keys is another band i can't stand. I've given them a ton of chances but every time I listen to them I go " Nope. This sucks."

Thu. 10/8/09 8:53am From: Meghan

Oh really? I actually do like their stuff... hell it's not the Dead!

Thu. 10/8/09 8:54am From: Chuck

Taste in music is a individual as taste in food, Jeff... Like I hate bell peppers, but love hot peppers...

Thu. 10/8/09 8:54am From: jeff p

they remind me of cream and the rest of the mid-60's british white boy blues band

Thu. 10/8/09 8:55am From: Meghan

Wow...i totally don't get that from them.... interesting....

Thu. 10/8/09 8:57am From: Chuck

Samuel L. Jackson! The actor?!?! That's weird, yet cool...

Thu. 10/8/09 8:58am From: Meghan

Yep he did this song in a movie....

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