Considering it’s the city responsible for launching bands including R.E.M., The B-52s, and Widespread Panic, it should come ...

The New York Times gave only four inches at the bottom of a column on page 19 to the death exactly one month ago of Otis Redding. The Times reported the plane crash and listed the musicians who ...

In 1962, Johnny Jenkins and the Pinetoppers had an audition in Memphis for the rising new label, Stax Records. Jenkins blew ...

He set the tone for the shows. Otis was the biggest star, so he closed the show, but even Otis was nervous after Sam had been on the stage. Sam and Dave were a team, a consummate team. Oh my God.

then sent the audience off into the tropical evening alongside Johnson and the Sugar Cubists background vocalists with a blazing recreation of Otis Redding’s “Hard to Handle.” Gov’t Mule ...

The city’s rhythmic roots go back nearly a century before rock and soul took center stage. It all started with a hum, thanks to the humble kazoo.

Otis Redding was born in Dawson, Georgia on September 9, 1941 and was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Redding started his music career singing in gospel choirs around the ...

As part of Booker T. and the MG’s, Stax’s house band, Jones played on soul landmarks by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Carla Thomas and especially Sam & Dave. Two days ago, Jones heard ...