Leeroy Stagger is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 alternative country

Alternative country

Alternative country is a loosely defined sub-genre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music...

 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

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Raised in rural British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Stagger worked in several local bands until gaining attention from acts such as Hot Hot Heat

Hot Hot Heat

Hot Hot Heat is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1999 from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.-Career:Dustin Hawthorne and Steve Bays had been in many different bands together since 1995 and met Hawley in 1998. In 1999, Hawley bought a Juno 6 keyboard and asked Bays to try playing it, as no one...

 and Carolyn Mark

Carolyn Mark

Carolyn Mark is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. She has recorded as a solo artist and as a member of the duo The Corn Sisters with American colleague Neko Case, as well as with the bands the Vinaigrettes, Jr. Gone Wild, Showbusiness Giants, the Fixin's and the Metronome Cowboys...

. Reinventing himself as a singer-songwriter, he released his debut independent EP

Extended play

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, Six Tales of Danger, in 2002.

Stagger has gone on tour as a supporting act for The Pixies, Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. They are based in Portland, Oregon. Since their 1996 debut album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think...

 and Evan Dando

Evan Dando

Evan Griffith Dando is an American musician, most famous for fronting the alternative rock band The Lemonheads. He is the only original member left in the current Lemonheads line-up, having served as lead singer since the band's original formation in 1986...

, and has collaborated with Kathleen Edwards

Kathleen Edwards

Kathleen Edwards is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. Her 2003 debut album, Failer, contained the singles "Six O'Clock News" and "Hockey Skates".- Personal life :...

 and Danny Michel

Danny Michel

Danny Michel is a singer-songwriter from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.- Biography :Danny Michel was born in 1970 next to the "Smiles n' Chuckles" chocolate factory in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada...

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Discography

• Six Tales of Danger (2002)
• Dear Love (2004)
• Beautiful House
  Beautiful House
  -Track listing:# Just In Case# Sweet Amphetamine# Stupid Love Song# Let Her Down# Count Me Out# Beautiful House# I Break Hearts# In The Night# House of Sin# One Note Lullaby# Sweet Liza Jane-External links:*...
  
  (2005)
• Tales from the Back Porch
  Tales From the Back Porch
  Tales From the Back Porch is an EP by Leeroy Stagger, released in 2006 on Boompa.-External links:*...
  
  (2006)
• Depression River (2006)
• Everything Is Real (2009)

External links

• Leeroy Stagger official site
• Leeroy Stagger at Boompa
• Profile of Leeroy Stagge in HARP Magazine