This time last year, we released what remains my absolute favorite episode I’ve researched to date. I got SO into this topic, and since we seem to have quite a few new listeners, I wanted to re-release this episode. So please enjoy as I continue to be completely bewitched by Rock and Roll Myths, Legends, and Curses. 

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In this episode, Hailee is bewitched by rock and roll myths, legends, and curses.  

Who created Rock and Roll? It’s a question that has been heavily debated and there are many possible answers. Rock has certainly had a very turbulent history. Close calls, plane crashes, heavy use of drugs and alcohol, mysterious deaths, just to name a few. Join us this week as Hailee tells the tale of Robert Johnson who may have sold his soul at the crossroads to become an amazing musician, the 27 club, which claims the lives of numerous rock and roll legends at the age of 27, and the Buddy Holly Curse. 

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Recommended titles: 
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London 
Take a Walk on the Dark Side: Rock and Roll Myths, Legends, and Curses by R. Gary Patterson What We Don't Talk about When We Talk about Fat by Aubrey Gordon 
The Day you Begin by Jacqueline Woodson 
Jookin': The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture by Katrina Hazzard-Gordon 
The Walrus Was Paul: The Great Beatle Death Clues by R. Gary Patterson 
Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues by Elijah Wald 
Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll by the editors of Rolling Stone 
The Devil and the Bluebird by Jennifer Mason-Black  \

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