He loves driving a school bus for little boys and girls
with special needs so much so that he mentioned it in his acceptance speech.
It’s a special day in the afternoon bus line outside tiny
Watertown Elementary School in rural Tennessee.
A smiling 4-year-old blonde girl carries a neon-yellow
cardboard sign that reads “We Love Mr. Joe” and sheepishly hands it to the
beaming bus driver.
“Ms. Elise!” he says, chuckling, deep voice booming. “Thank
you, baby.”
Most kids at the small-town school love their bus drivers.
But this sign also is a large congratulations card — just
days earlier Joe Thompson won a Grammy award in Los Angeles, about 2,048 miles
away.
Thompson leads legendary gospel quartet The Fairfield Four,
which broke big outside the genre in 2000 by appearing at the end of the Coen
Brothers' movie “O Brother Where Art Thou?”
Still, that music thing is just a part-time gig for the
80-year-old bass singer.
To read more on this story, click here: Meet the School Bus Driver with a Grammy WhoLoves Driving a School Bus for Little Boys and Girls with Special Needs
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