Bonus Episode: A Brief History of Gun Violence from Music’s Past

DISGRACELAND

Jake Brennan

True Crime, Music, Society & Culture

4.6 • 13.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

“The Devil’s Right Hand" – the gun. Many have died by it in music history. From the unknown piano player who helped influence rock ‘n’ roll to iconic stars like Marvin Gaye and John Lennon. On the heels of our Dr. John episode detailing the shooting that changed the trajectory of his career, and in advance of our Martin Scorsese archive episode detailing the rock ‘n’ roll director’s plan to shoot and kill his producer, we are giving you a brief history of gun violence in music history with a special dive into the shooting of jazz great Lee Morgan in the exclusive section of this bonus After Party episode. You can become an All Access member and hear this and more exclusive content, along with ad-free listening of all Disgraceland episodes, by going to disgracelandpod.com and signing up via Patreon or Apple Podcasts. To hear more great Disgraceland stories, check out our archive for episodes like these: Episode 121 - Otis Redding Episode 12 - James Brown Episode 24 - Spade Cooley To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Double Elvis. Hey, Discos. Need a little more disgrace land in your life? Just a touch to get you through? Yeah, me too. This is the podcast that comes after the podcast. Welcome to Disgraceland, the After Party.
0:35.1	Welcome to the disgraceland bonus episode, a little thing we like to call the after party.
0:40.2	This is the show after the show, the party after the party, the bridge to get you from one full
0:44.4	episode of disgrace land to the other, the backyard to dig into the dirt. Our mission to uncover the
0:49.6	truth, to confront the myth, to reclaim the story. On this bonus episode, we're giving a brief history of gun violence from music's past,
0:57.0	digging into the music that you listen to to lift you up,
1:00.4	rewinding back from the Dr. John shooting to the potential Martin Scorsese shooting,
1:04.9	previewing next week's episode on the band.
1:07.4	We get into your voicemails, text, DMs, and as always, a whole lot of rosy.
1:12.3	This is the podcast for the musically obsessed,
1:14.4	the outsiders, the independent thinkers who know
1:16.5	that the best history is the history that gets buried.
1:19.2	Disgraceland is where I tell the stories they didn't want told,
1:22.1	the kind you'll end up telling someone else.
1:23.9	All right, discos, let's get into it.
1:45.4	Last night I saw the trailer for a new documentary on HBO called Thoughts and Prayers.
1:52.4	The film examines active shooter preparedness in modern American life, and it got me thinking about all the rock stars who've lived and died by the gun, by what Steve Earl called
1:58.7	the devil's right hand. My first pistol was a cap and ball colt,
2:04.1	shoot as fast as lightning, but it loads of might slow. Loads of might slow, as I soon found out,
2:10.3	it can get you into trouble, but it can't get you out. So then I went and bought myself a Colt 45,
2:16.5	called a peacemaker, but I never knew why.
2:19.2	I never knew why I didn't understand.
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