It’s the story of Spade Cooley, "Hollywood’s King of Western Swing” music in the 1940s and 50s. And once again, Burt and Jeff don’t focus on the music, but the man himself-- a man who made OJ Simpson look like Mr Rogers. Soade Cooley not only abused his lovey wife, he stomped her to death. After a sensational trial, he went -- well, we don't want to give up any more spoilers in The Wife & Death of Spade Cooley. (Just make sure you read it to the end!)
Read it at Legs McNeil’s and Gillian McCain’s website, PleaseKillMe.com. The site's tagline is “This is what’s cool” -- though one of the hashtags for the Cooley story is “Uncool People.”
You’ll see why!
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