On March 12, 2008, a homeless man walked into a super market in Biloxi, Mississippi. He was able to scrape up enough money to purchase a sandwich. An overall rotten economy, a massive hurricane and maybe a little bad luck left a very talented musician in a place that, sadly, many residents of the gulf coast and Americans everywhere found themselves in the first few years of the new millennium. When he set his modest purchase on the checkout stand and was doling out change to the cashier he allowed a faint smile to pierce his lips. He looked up toward the ceiling from where the piped in music was playing the Sam and Dave classic, Hold on I’m Coming. He didn’t bother to tell the cashier, who was bouncing her head to the music, that it is his tenor sax that could be heard on that famous recording. It wasn’t long before Joe Arnold was back on his feet again. Arnold’s saxophone has been heard by virtually every person in America and by people all over the globe. He has however been photo shopped, air brushed and edited out of history. staxmuseum/events/news/view/blues-junction-interview-with-stax-sax-man-joe-arn
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