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I'm sittin' here restin' my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone🎶

Otis Redding was already having remarkable success in soul and R&B when he died in a plane crash in 1967. He was only 26 yo. In my hazy recollection of being 15 yo, this song stands out. Singer, writer, producer, talent scout. RIP

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Day 28 - #SittingOnTheDockoftheBay #OtisRedding #SongsofSummer

Listen here: https://youtu.be/rTVjnBo96Ug

1. Otis Redding (tagged)...more in comments!
2. Tom Waits is up there, Stevie Wonder, Phat Phunktion, Beyoncé...so many more
3. I LOVE seeing my friends play and classical concerts too, but some big pop music shows that come to mind: Primus/Bush (96), Weezer (97) Madison Blues Festivals (99,00) Slash (15), Metallica (17)...
4. Today: Ron Pope‘s Texas Wildflower Honey, Anderson .Paak‘s Celebrate, Janelle Monáe‘s Make Me Feel

#manicmonday @JoScho

My February reads. It was a great month! Dark Money, Otis Redding, and Broad Strokes were easily my favorites, with Shark Drunk close behind. I hope you all had a good month of reading, too. Happy #WorldBookDay! #februarywrapup

LOVED. Definitive bio of Otis Redding, and is a must-read for anyone interested in 1960s soul music and how popular music and race in America are and have historically been indelibly entwined. I stayed up all night finishing the last few chapters and even though I knew the ending, I still cried reading through the plane crash. This book gave bold, technicolor life to Redding, as musician and man, for me.

Book mail! I‘ve been dying to read about music lately 👏📚🎶

#TBRtemptation post 4! Released in May. This is a definitive biography of the quintessential '60s soul singer, released on the 50th anniversary of his iconic '67 Monterey festival performance. It's not jar an in-depth look at his very successful life, but also a social history of his time and place. Brimming with important information! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

This book is not an intimate portrait of one man, but rather a huge whorl of history with Otis as its enigmatic centre - a Venn diagram of race relations, the birth of soul music, the British Invasion, hippies, civil rights, an inside look at the recording industry in its heyday, the cross-pollination of musical influences from Little Richard, Sam Cooke, the Beatles, Hendrix, Aretha... great for students of music history.

#litsyreadingchallenge update: 20 books down, 5 to go!

@jessica

I bailed on this read. I wanted to read about Otis,but this book read like a college text book. No flow. Just how many big words can the author use is one sentence (and believe me...50 is too many!). I usually do not like to post bad reviews. I do not want to damage someone's hard work based on my opinion. However, this book needed some major adjustment to make a good biography.