Jazz trumpeter, vocalist and bandleader Joe Gransden would seem to have it all – he’s played at the White House, Jazz at Lincoln Center, collaborated with Kenny G and performed for Clint Eastwood.
But for 30 years, there was a hole in his life, a hole that was the shape of a four-speed 1979 Firebird Trans Am. Young Joe got the car of his dreams as a 17-year-old, until he was forced to sell it.
Thirty years later, after sharing the story of his car with his kid and finding encouragement to chase after it in the least likely of places, Gransden hired a private investigator, took a deep dive into the Trans Am forums, and miraculously tracked down the vehicular love of his life.
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