Levi Stubbs' Tears Levi Stubbs' Tears "Levi Stubbs' Tears" is a song by Billy Bragg. It was the first single released from Bragg's 1986 album "Talking with the Taxman about Poetry". The song's title refers to The Four Tops lead singer Levi Stubbs, whose music remains a source of comfort to the protagonist through years of abandonment, injury, and domestic violence. A guitar riff from the song was sampled by Norman Cook and featured in his 1989 song "Won't Talk About It", also featuring Billy Bragg on "falsetto soul" vocals. When Cook formed Beats International they released their own hit version of the
Keith Stubbs Stubbs eventually became a stockbroker with Paine Webber in Los Angeles, but left to pursue a career in comedy. Stubbs studied comedy improv at the Groundlings Theatre & School in Hollywood, California. He began performing stand up comedy in 1991. Stubbs has opened for notable comedians like Frank Caliendo, Lewis Black, Jim Gaffigan, Joan Rivers, and Joel McHale. Stubbs formerly hosted two radio programs in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. He first hosted "The Stubbs Show" on KEGA, 101.5 The Eagle. He also hosted "Keith Stubbs Sports" on ESPN 700. Stubbs has performed twice on A&E’s "An Evening at