PPP266: Musical Mystery Opus 3, No. 2 "Down in History"

Piano Parent Podcast: helping teachers, parents, and students get the most of their piano lessons.

In the style of Mike Rowe’s podcast “The Way I Heard It” and Paul Harvey’s radio show “The Rest of the Story”, this episode of the Piano Parent Podcast brings you the backstory of a musician or song or a moment in music history. I use these musical mysteries to tell you something you might not know about someone or something that is somewhat familiar.

In this case, I will tell you the story of a young author who never wrote the great American novel but still managed to go "Down in History". Here is his story: