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Pickup Lines: Little Joe reflects on hardship, family and the experiences that shaped his career

Pickup Lines: Little Joe reflects on hardship, family and the experiences that shaped his career
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Long before Little Joe became a Tejano music legend, he was a shy kid from Temple who dreamed of playing jazz guitar. Born in 1940, Little Joe grew up picking cotton with his family. His father worked for the Santa Fe Railway and taught his children to find work that made them happy. “You’re not...

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