Sonny Cox was once a wailing saxophone player in Chicago in the 60s, recording this album on the Cadet label.  He then apparently got into coaching high school basketball after his career was over, leading Chicago’s Martin Luther King high school to three state championships.  He was recently honored was one of Illinois’s 100 Legends of the IHSA basketball tournament.

From Peoria’s PJ Star:

After a few minutes of relatively innocuous chat, former Chicago King coach Landon “Sonny” Cox warmed up when talk turned to ingredients necessary for a state champion - three of which he won (1986, ‘90 and ‘93). “I’ve always said you can’t win a state championship with midgets,” Cox said after being honored as one of the 100 Legends. “You’ve got to have athletes, too. You can’t win the Kentucky Derby with a donkey.” … Speaking of Cox, Sonny once paid bills by making sweet sounds through a saxophone. His biggest album was the 1966 release “The Wailer,’’ which fetches $12.99 even today at Cousins Vinyl in Detroit.

Sonny, pictured in upper left row with the 1986 AA Illinois state chamionship team.

Kind of a cool thing for an ex-saxophone player to do after his career is over.  I bet he would be fun to hang out with and listen to stories.  And I thought it was neat that we were mentioned in the Peoria PJ Star newspaper.  We’ve got a promo copy for sale as mentioned by the article, actually for just $12.00.