 Brenston claimed he served more than three years in the 82nd Airborne, but records show that he enlisted on January 19, 1946 and was released as December 18, 1946.Returning to Clarksdale from army service, Brenston learned to play the tenor saxophone and linked up with Ike Turner in 1950 as a tenor sax player and occasional singer in Turner's band, the Kings of Rhythm.The local success of the band prompted B.