Stagger Lee
Dec. 16, 1978
Nashville Municipal Auditorium
This is the best Stagger ever. Lotsa great contenders, but Jerr’s tone is as powerful as it ever was on this night, and it peaks here. That venue must’ve had a lot of juice running through the system, cuz it’s on full display on this very special version. I don’t usually get too indignant about any version - to each their own - but there’s no damn way this isn’t the absolute top of the Stagger Lee mountain. Suffers from lack of fame + mainstream appeal.
