As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s.
Category: Redding, Otis
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Steve Cropper: 9 Essential Songs
An architect of Memphis soul, Cropper made his guitar sing and sting. And as a songwriter, he collaborated on more than a few indelible anthems.
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Stanley Booth, Music Journalist Who Loved the Blues, Dies at 82
He is best known for his book about the Rolling Stones. But he mostly wrote about blues artists, some of them famous (B.B. King) and some less renowned (Furry Lewis).
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The Fiery Sounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival
Revisiting the event’s memorable set list, 57 years later.
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‘Stax: Soulsville, U.S.A.’ Review: Looking for a Little Respect
An HBO series tells the triumphant, tragic story of the record label Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes and the Staple Singers called home.
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A Brief Tour of Pop Music’s Caffeine Addiction
Hear songs by Sabrina Carpenter, Squeeze, SZA and more.
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Set the Table With This Thanksgiving Playlist
The Highwomen, James Brown and yes, the Cranberries.
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13 (Great) Songs With Parenthetical Titles
How Radiohead, Whitney Houston, Meat Loaf and others made a point with punctuation.
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Moogs and Muppets: Record Shopping in Brooklyn
Picking through the bins at the Academy Records Annex, and rediscovering “Switched-On Rock,” as well as albums by Tim Hardin and Otis Redding.
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Otis Redding III, Who Followed His Father Into Music, Dies at 59
He was grateful for Otis Redding’s enduring legacy, he said,d even if it overshadowed his efforts to make music of his own.