Trombone star Fred Wesley, Jr. is best known for his work as a sideman with James Brown in the 1960s and 70s, ... Just as he took a job as the first black milkman in Mobile, Ala., ...

`Sideman.” It’s a word that has followed Johnnie Johnson like a three-legged stray for half a century, from his days as Chuck Berry’s right-hand man on through his forthcoming induction into ...