As a live act, the duo’s frenzied stage show rivalled even that of Otis Redding, with whom they toured Britain and Europe in ...
Booker T. Jones, who backed Sam & Dave on many of their classics, recalls the late soul legend: "I will miss this beautiful ...
Sam Moore, who influenced musicians including Michael Jackson, Al Green and Bruce Springsteen, was inducted with Dave Prater ...
There's nothing quite like a thrilling "overnight success" story. But when it comes to soul superstar Otis Redding, his ...
And I said, 'We’ve got to do a better job explaining it. Little Richard, Otis Redding, Chuck Berry — these artists were the cornerstones of rock and roll. If you look at the sounds over the ...
Play Tyler Childers! Play Sturgill Simpson!' Then it was, 'sing us some Beyoncé, sing some Otis Redding and Temptations, the Kings of Leon' — they wanted me to play music I loved, so I learned ...
And I said, “We’ve got to do a better job explaining it. Little Richard, Otis Redding, Chuck Berry — these artists were the cornerstones of rock and roll. If you look at the sounds over the ...
It’s now part of the National Recording Registry. "I remember being in the studio, and we heard ‘My Girl’ for the first time," Otis Williams, the group’s sole surviving founding member ...
By Richard Sandomir In late 1967, the music journalist Stanley Booth was on assignment to write about the Memphis soul sound for The Saturday Evening Post when he watched Otis Redding and the ...
“He’s a kindred spirit to me of a rare kind.” Phil Walden, Otis Redding’s former manager and president of the Macon-based Capricorn Records, aided in recruiting the Allman Brothers to put ...