Jan 08
Live footage Monterey
Jan 08
Music video from the new DVD 'Dreams To Remember: The Legacy of Otis Redding' by Reelin' In The Years Productions VISIT: http://reelinintheyears.com/ This DVD features 16 complete performances by Otis along with brand new interviews with Stax musicians Steve Cropper, Wayne Jackson, Stax Records founder Jim Stewart and Reddings wife Zelma. Release date Sept 18, 2007. Music video Directed & Edited by Bob Sarles Produced by Ravin' Films VISIT: http://ravinfilms.com/ Otis Redding wrote this song while living on a houseboat in Sausalito on the San Francisco Bay. We discovered the actual spot where Otis' housboat was berthed, and shot new Super8 footage from the spot for use in this video. Thanks to Anne Garfield, Joel Selvin and Bill Belmont. Otis recorded this song shortly before his tragic death. Steve Cropper finished production on the song after Otis' plane went down. Released posthumously, it was Otis' biggest hit ever. Enjoy!
Jan 08
One of my all time Favorite songs. Definately my favorite Otis Redding song
Jan 08
Live @ Monterey, this is the opening song of his show
Jan 08
The man with all that soul, my man Otis! This is a fantastic recording with a very tight touring band. Anybody know who was in it? The drummer hardly moves on the stool, but really drives the group with that fat back. Ready Steady Go Tv from 1967.
Jan 08
The 1966 Stax-Volt European Tour contains performance footage of the first major multi city tour of America's R&B superstars. Superb performances by Sam & Dave and Otis Redding hypnotized the European kids again opening up new audiences for them and propelling them to stardom. Features Booker T. and the MG's and The Mar-Keys. Did he cover the song from the Rolling Stones or did they cover it from him?
Jan 08
PLEASE WATCH THIS LINK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58iqIJ07qIs The man in this video is my Grandad, he was born in Calumet, Michigan in 1920. That's his dock on Sandy Lake, a short drive from the home where he was born. As a child my Grandad would visit his own Grandfather at the very same Lake. It has been throughout his life, a spiritual home. To fully understand the significance to this film you should watch another of mine called Sandy Lake - Memories. It's a film of my visit to my Grandparents cabin and a film that explains how my Grandad was separated from my Mother ( his eldest daughter ) for 49 years. This film, of my Grandad sitting on his dock was the main menu for a DVD that I made for my family as a record of my Grandads incredible story. PLEASE WATCH THE ATTACHED FILM, SANDY LAKE - MEMORIES.
Jan 08
Back in 1960 Otis Redding made his first recordings, "She's All Right" and "Shout Bamalama" with his group under the name "Otis and The Shooters". In 1962, Redding made his first real mark in the music business during a Johnny Jenkins session when, during studio time left over, he recorded "These Arms of Mine", a ballad that he had written. The song became a minor hit on Volt Records, a subsidiary of the renowned Southern soul label Stax, based in Memphis, Tennessee. His manager was a fellow Maconite, Phil Walden (who later founded Capricorn Records). Otis continued to release for Stax/Volt, and built his fan base by extensively touring a live show with support from fellow Stax artists Sam & Dave. Further hits between 1964 and 1966 included "Mr. Pitiful", "I Can't Turn You Loose" (which was to become The Blues Brothers entrance theme music), "Try a Little Tenderness" (a remake of the 1930s standard by Harry Woods, Jimmy Campbell, and Reg Connelly , later featured in John Hughes' film Pretty in Pink), "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones), and "Respect" (later a smash hit for Aretha Franklin). Redding wrote many of his own songs, which was unusual for the time, often with Steve Cropper (of the Stax house band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, who usually served as Otis's backing band in the studio). Soul singer Jerry Butler co-wrote another hit, "I've Been Loving You Too Long". One of Redding's few songs with a significant mainstream following was "Tramp" (1967) (a duet with Carla Thomas). In 1967 Redding played at the Monterey Pop Festival, which helped him to break into the white pop music scene. His biggest hit "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" was recorded only three days before Redding's death. It was released in January 1968 and became Redding's only number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100.
Jan 08
Otis Redding & The Bar-Kays - Try a little tenderness, December 9, 1967. This is Otis Redding's last television performance taped less than 24 hours before He and most of the Bar-Kays were killed in the plane crash on December 10th 1967. 1966 is the year this song was recorded and released
Jan 08
This is the late great Otis Redding's version of RESPECT. Aretha franklin covered this already hit record and truly made it her own.
Jan 08
Treat Her Right by Otis Redding IMO, this was the 60th best song of 1966 and the 438th best song of the 1960s
Jan 08
Jonny teaches Baby how to Dirty Dance :)
Jan 08
*Part One Of Two... The Legendary 'Big O' in concert... 1. Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song) 2. My Girl 3. Shake
Jan 08
Otis Redding performing I Can't Turn You Loose and Shake on british pop tv show Ready Steady Go. Eric Burdon of the Animals and Chris Farlowe join in on Shake. Otis is backed up by his ultra-tight energetic touring band to bring the house down.
Jan 08
"BRING IT ON HOME TO ME" - Released 1967. OTIS REDDING & CARLA THOMAS. 'King & Queen', released by Stax Records, is a duet album by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas, two of the label's most successful artists. The LP was Redding's sixth album, and Thomas' fourth. Included on King & Queen are the significant crossover hits "Tramp" (R&B #2; US #26) and "Knock on Wood" (R&B #8; US #30). Following the December 1967 death of Redding, the single "Lovey Dovey" (R&B #21; US #60) was also released. The original LP's liner notes were written by Tennessee Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. Track listing: "Knock on Wood" (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd) 2:48 "Let Me Be Good to You" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter, Carl Wells) 2:48 "Tramp" (Lowell Fulson, JimmyMcCracklin) 3:00 "Tell It Like It Is" (George Davis, Lee Diamond) 3:13 "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" (Hayes, Porter) 3:14 "Lovey Dovey" (Ahmet Ertegün, Eddie "Memphis" Curtis )2:33 "New Year's Resolution" (Randle Catron, Mary Frierson) 3:14 "It Takes Two" (Sylvia Moy, William "Mickey" Stevenson) 3:03 "Are You Lonely for Me, Baby?" (Bert Berns) 3:14 "Bring It On Home to Me" (Sam Cooke) 3:14 "Ooh Carla, Ooh Otis" (Alvertis Isbell, Otis Redding) 2:32 Joe Arnold - alto sax, Steve Cropper - guitar, Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass, Isaac Hayes - keyboards, Al Jackson, Jr. - drums, Wayne Jackson - trumpet, Booker T. Jones - keyboards, Andrew Love - tenor sax.
Jan 08
Many musicians attempt to make trumpet sounds with the mouth, LIPBONE REDDING perfects the art. Catch him every Friday night and Sunday Brunch at Jules in Manhattan.
