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🗓️ 25 January 2022
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0:00.0 | Imagine if Frank Sinatra went on stage every night with a gun in his waistband. |
0:04.1 | He always had a gun on him. |
0:05.6 | Or if Tupac got into a shootout on stage at a rodeo. |
0:08.9 | And suddenly there was just like this huge gunfight. |
0:12.0 | That's what Chalino Sanchez was. |
0:14.7 | He is widely considered the first Narco Corridor superstar. |
0:18.7 | Its lyrics celebrate the exploits of drug traffickers and gunfighters. |
0:23.0 | But Chalino didn't just sing about cartels, shootouts, and revenge. |
0:26.8 | He lived it. |
0:27.8 | He was a bad guy trying to be a singer. |
0:30.1 | Like some character in a Narco Corridor he might have written, |
0:33.2 | Chalino Sanchez seemed destined to die. |
0:36.0 | To this day, his murder was never solved. |
0:39.7 | For Futuro Studios in Sonoro, |
0:41.7 | in association with Cine Mielo Productions, |
0:43.9 | I'm Eric Galindo and this is Idolo, |
0:45.8 | The Ballad of Chalino Sanchez, |
0:47.4 | a show about the man who would become known as the godfather of Narco Corridos. |
0:51.9 | Idolo, the Ballard of Chalino Sanchez |
0:53.7 | is available on any platform for podcasts. |
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