Otis Redding: Lonely & Blue
These are not songs for daylight. read more
Found in: Music, Reviews15 Great Stax Records Songs
Today marks the 45th anniversary of the release of The Dock of the Bay, the first album by Otis Redding to be released after his premature death in a plane crash in December 1967. In honor of this anniversary we've gathered some of the greatest songs released on Redding's label, Memphis's legendary Stax Records. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the Day, MusicThe 10 Best Otis Redding Songs
Raised in middle Georgia in Macon, the town Little Richard put on the music map, he had a short yet astonishingly prolific career before joining the 27 Club after dying in a plane crash. While it is easy to idolize musicians taken during their prime, especially one who produced five albums in the five true years of his recording, Otis deserves the rampant praise. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the Day25 Great Songs For Driving
The mantra of the road has always been simple. "Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road," Kerouac offered. Dylan advised, "Just take everything down to Highway 61." read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the Day22 Awesome Break-Up Songs
Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore. Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard. Kim Kardashian and that really tall sports dude. It seems like there's been a slew of celebrity splits lately... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe Nine Most Untimely Rock 'N' Roll Deaths
Yeah, but how do you define untimely? Like this: The artists on our list died when they clearly had their best work ahead of them. ... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayStax Readies Otis Redding's Live on the Sunset Strip
On May 18, old-school soul fans can purchase a slice of music history in the form of a 2-CD box set featuring the recordings of a series of 1966 live performances by Otis Redding at Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles. Live On The Sunset Strip covers three live sets, sequenced exactly as the sets unfolded, including Redding’s spoken intros. The set also includes a booklet with rare photos and liner note commentary by NPR Morning Edition‘s Ashley Kahn. “In 1966, Redding was 24 and defined not only the sound but the style and look of a true soul... read more
Found in: Music, NewsNautical Rock: Pirate Radio Takes Pop to the High Seas
Pirate Radio, the latest movie by Love, Actually director Richard Curtis, isn’t just set to music—it’s suffused with it. On a ship off the British coast in the 1960s, a pack of rowdy men (and one woman) blare triumphant rock and pop to an English audience strangled by the government’s soporific blandness. On the boat, in cramped quarters in the middle of the sea, the DJs live out some very rock ’n’ roll fantasies, with everything from The Kinks to Otis Redding always in the foreground. Curtis spoke to Paste about some of his favorite songs in the movie. “I... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesTales of the Coffin Nail: 27 Smoking Songs That'll leave you Breathless
Aside from that one weekend on the eve of 7th grade, when my parents left me with my older sister, I’ve never been a smoker. When I actually inhaled, it always tore my throat up so bad I couldn’t even finish a whole cigarette. Still, that weekend, a random, inconsequential moment occurred that I still—for some strange reason—remember in astonishing detail. It was the night before the first day of school—late August 1991 in the Atlanta suburbs—and an intense thunderstorm had just rolled through. My sister was already asleep in her basement apartment, so I took my boombox down to... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayOtis Redding tribute scheduled for Feb. 17 at UGA
On Feb. 17 the University of Georgia will hold an Otis Redding tribute at 2 p.m. in Mahler Auditorium. Performances will feature Randall Bramblett, John Berry, T. Graham Brown, Bryan Howard and Jimmy Hall of Wet Willie.... read more
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