Hey, radio drama lovers. They're playing our song. The following audio drama, together in song,

may tug at your heartstrings as well as some other major arteries. It was part of our ear for music show

recorded live at the Slipper Room on Sunday, April 30th, 2017.

Musical Curses and Omen.

Mississippi Blues legend Robert Johnson is said to have made a deal with the devil at the crossroads,

his soul in exchange for his mastery of the guitar.

And so many people believe that the great virtuoso of the violin, Niccolo Pagninini, Paganini,

Niccolo Paganini,

made a similar pact with the Prince of Darkness

that he was denied a Christian burial at his death in 1840.

And what do Jimmy Hendrix, Janice Joplin, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Kurt Cobain,

Amy Winehouse, and the aforementioned Robert Johnson all have in common? They all belonged to

the ominous 27 Club, musical superstars who all perished at the tender age of 27.

And poor Leonard Warren.

That's him singing here.

On March 4th, 1960, Warren, one of the greatest opera singers of his day,

collapsed on stage and died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage before he could finish the

aria you just heard. It was from Verdi's La Forza del Destino, the name of the aria,

Morir Tremenda Cosa.

Translation, to die, a tremendous thing.

No less a tremendous thing is the following tale

of music, memories, and voices from beyond.

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