Is it possible to reup. Hello Elaine Thank you for your kind words and yes I will re-up them all soon. By Ozzieguy PM 6 comments. Otis Redding was one of the most powerful and influential artists to emerge from the Southern Soul music community in the '60s. A bold, physically imposing performer whose rough but expressive voice was equally capable of communicating joy, confidence, or heartache, Redding brought a passion and gravity to his vocals that was matched by few of his peers.
He was also a gifted songwriter with a keen understanding of the creative possibilities of the recording process.
In , Redding traveled to Memphis, Tennessee with Jenkins when the latter scheduled a recording session for Stax Records. Over the next four years, Redding would cut a handful of soul classics: "Mr. Sadly, Redding would not live to see his greatest triumph: his most ambitious single, " Sittin' on The Dock of the Bay," was released little over a month after his death in a plane crash, becoming his first number one Pop hit and his signature tune.
Redding would become a bigger star in death than in life, and his recordings would be regularly re-released and repackaged in the years to come, as his legend and his influence lived on into the 21st century. Otis Redding's third album, and his first fully realized album, presents his talent unfettered, his direction clear, and his confidence emboldened, with fully half the songs representing a reach that extended his musical grasp. More than a quarter of this album is given over to Redding's versions of songs by Sam Cooke, his idol, who had died the previous December, and all three are worth owning and hearing.
Two of them, "A Change Is Gonna Come" and "Shake," are every bit as essential as any soul recordings ever made, and while they and much of this album have reappeared on several anthologies, it's useful to hear the songs from those sessions juxtaposed with each other, and with "Wonderful World," which is seldom compiled elsewhere.
Among the seldom-cited jewels here is a rendition of B. Redding's powerful, remarkable singing throughout makes Otis Blue gritty, rich, and achingly alive, and an essential listening experience. There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write a review.
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