23 Jan The Enduring Power Of “Dock of the Bay”
By Gavin Edwards for the New York Times A posthumous pop hit collapses triumph and sorrow into a single song. Only a handful of performers have reached No. 1 with a...
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08 Dec CBS Remembers Otis Redding On the 50th Anniversary of “(Sittin’ On) Dock of the Bay”
Watch the clip here: https://www.cbsnews.com/videos/remembering-otis-reddings-biggest-hit-50-years-later/ ...
19 Sep David Lynch Muses on Otis Redding’s “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long”
Pitchfork.Read the original article in What music was running through your head when you were initially thinking up the new series? There were a couple of pieces of music that I...
19 Sep Six JAM Clients Land in Rolling Stone’s 50 Essential Albums of 1967
Read the full list in Rolling Stone. This survey of the most important and influential albums released in 1967 was first published in 2007 to mark Rolling Stone's 40th anniversary and the...
21 Jun Booker T. Remembers Playing With Otis Redding At Monterey Pop
Read the article at Rolling Stone. Of the now-legendary performances at the Monterey International Pop Music Festival in 1967, perhaps none carried the social weight of Otis Redding's. In a sharply...
13 May Otis Redding’s Unfinished Life Still Resonates – NPR
Listen to the full story at NPR. Get the book here. How did Redding walk into the door of Stax Records in Memphis? This is the Hollywood aspect of Otis' story. He was...
22 Mar Financial Times Features “Try A Little Tenderness”
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Amy Walker on how a saccharine love song was transformed by Otis Redding into a provocative and impassioned soul classic. Credits: Baierle Records, Cool Note, 104pro Media, Daxa production, Digital...
13 Dec NY1 Picks Otis Live At The Whisky For 2016 Gift Guide
Click here to watch the video! http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/sound-advice/2016/12/12/gift-guide-2016--top-gifts-for-music-fans.html...
19 Nov Mother Jones Can’t Get Enough Of Otis Redding
Read the original post at Mother Jones. Complete and Unbelievable…The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul Rhino Concord Music Group Is it possible to have too much Otis Redding? Not if you're talking about these...
03 Nov Pitchfork Bestows Glowing 9/10 Review On Otis Redding’s “Live At The Whisky”
Read the review at Pitchfork. “We’re hoping that this be one of the greatest albums that ever come out.” Otis Redding says these words just before launching into “Respect” on April 8, 1966,...