October 14, 2007 - 14:23, by Lindemann, Brad
I first met S. Frank Mattox in the band room at Hazelwood Junior High School in New Albany, Indiana –our hometown. We were 12 years old. I last saw him at the Ocean Air Restaurant in downtown Indianapolis about a year ago. We were fifty then. So, the bookends that marked the beginning and end of our life together --from blowing our trumpets in little girls’ ears to pontificating in our usu...