Dreams to Remember
Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2015]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xxix, 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
"A soul icon and the southern music he helped popularize come to life in this moving requiem,"--Amazon.com.
Contents:
Introduction : The Big O -- Prologue : "It was music" -- Son of a preacher man -- Heebie jeebies -- Rockin' Redding -- "It's something called soul" -- "A lousy singer" -- "Wait, we got time for another kid" -- Chops like a wolf -- Turning the knife -- The King of Soul -- Just one more day -- Crossing over -- The whole damn body -- Making the white feel black -- "The only son-of-a-gun this side of the sun" -- London calling -- Peace, love, and Otis Redding -- Hard to handle -- "So I guess I'll remain the same" -- Amen -- Epilogue : "Wouldn't that have been somethin'?".
Subjects:
Redding, Otis, 1941-1967.
Redding, Otis, 1941-1967.
Soul musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Soul music -- History and criticism.
Soul music.
Soul musicians.
United States.
Redding, Otis, 1941-1967.
Redding, Otis, 1941-1967.
Soul musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Soul music -- History and criticism.
Soul music.
Soul musicians.
United States.
ISBN:
9780871408730 (hbk.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Redding, Otis | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Redding, Otis | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Redding, Otis | Northeast Indoors | Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-337) and index.