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Mid-South Musician silenced by COVID but his sounds echo On

Fallen band leader played out of poverty, family hopes to help others learn the tune. Author: Chelsea Chandler Updated: 10:27 PM CST January 29, 2021 MEMPHIS, Tenn Decades and decades of music, inspiration and success. That s exactly how anyone would describe local musician and band instructor Joe Sills. He was fixture within the Mid-South and left a lasting mark through music education. He recently passed away but his life will be remembered for generations to come thanks to his son, also named Joe Sills, who watched his dad change lives and now he picks up the torch in his honor. He went from a little boy in a town with dirt roads to Madison Square Garden. Sills said. 

Calkins: A graveside concert for the leader of the band - Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News

Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of The Geoff Calkins Show from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is. Joe Sills  a legendary high school band director throughout West Tennessee  died of COVID-19. His former students are gathering to play a graveside concert in his honor Saturday. One of them will be playing Sills’ own silver trumpet. 

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