Arts > Music > Soul > USA > Otis Redding   1941-1967

‘Yes, I like Dylan – he’s my favourite singer now.

I love the Rolling Stones as well’ … Otis Redding.

Photograph: Gilles Petard

Redferns

Otis Redding: Mr Cool and the clique from Memphis

At the end of this month, Rhino will issue Soul Manifesto 1964-1970,

a new box set featuring studio, live and posthumous albums

from the period.

Rock’s Backpages revisits this interview

with the soul giant from Melody Maker

on 17 September 1966

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otis-redding-interview-rocks-back-pages-mr-cool-and-the-clique-from-memphis

Soul king … Otis Redding.

Photograph: Gilles Pétard/Redferns

Missing in action:

do you have photos of these great lost gigs?

From Radiohead’s first show in Oxford

to Pink Floyd in London in 1967,

some of the top live performances in British history

seem to have gone unrecorded.

If you have forgotten shots,

Jukely want to hear from you

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Otis Ray Redding, Jr.    1941-1967

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/jan/19/
missing-action-photos-british-gigs-radiohead-pink-floyd-otis-redding-jukely

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/
opinion/the-greatest-music-festival-in-history.html

https://www.npr.org/2017/05/13/
528116058/otis-reddings-unfinished-life-still-resonates

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/sep/09/
otis-redding-live-track-just-one-more-day-never-released

http://www.npr.org/2015/05/30/
410264042/like-an-avalanche-otis-reddings-unstoppable-crossover

http://www.npr.org/2014/10/28/
359613658/the-mysterious-case-of-arthur-conley-otis-reddings-protege

http://www.npr.org/2000/09/17/
1082281/-sittin-on-the-dock-of-the-bay - March 6, 2012

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/feb/15/
vinylword.joequeenan

https://www.npr.org/2007/12/10/
17075938/widow-of-otis-redding-reflects-on-husbands-legacy

http://www.npr.org/2000/09/17/1082281/
-sittin-on-the-dock-of-the-bay - September 17, 2000

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