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Stack O'Lee Blues

Herb Wiedoeft's
Cinderella Roof Orchestra

Adolph Wiedoeft , Fred Bibesheimer, Gene Rose , Gerhardt Wiedoeft , Herb Wiedoeft , Jesse Stafford , Jose Sucedo, Joseph Nemoli , Vincent Rose

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This side was recorded in Los Angeles, California on May 14th 1924 featuring Herb Wiedoeft trumpet, Joseph Nemoli cornet, Jesse Stafford trombone, Fred Bibesheimer and Gene Rose clarinet, alto, & tenor sax, Vincent Rose piano, Jose Sucedo banjo, Gerhardt 'Gay' Wiedoeft tuba, and Adolph Wiedoeft drums.

*"Stack O'Lee Blues" is credited to Ray Lopez and Lew Colwell.

The song actually originated as a Southern folk ballad.

This version however it is not the traditional "Stack O'Lee Blues". The band tries to copy what would have been a possible Jelly Roll Morton arrangement. It starts with a piece of "Weary"/"Farewell"/"Wang-Wang" - "Blues", but oddly has no connection what-so-ever to the original Stagger-Lee. -Stanley King