Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (822 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0722D34NX |
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| Number of Pages | : | 469 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Makes me sad I just couldn't get into it Kathryn Hoover I was excited to read this yet found it very hard to get into. Unfortunately I did not finish. Makes me sad I just couldn't get into it. More about other things and people than Otis himself.. Fascinating!! Fascinating!! Extremely informative about the roots of R&BWow!!. I THOUGHT I KNEW MOST THINGS ABOUT OTIS. IT Anne K North I THOUGHT I KNEW MOST THINGS ABOUT OTIS. IT IS WONDERFULL TO FIND OUT MORE. AND A HISTORY LESSON AS WELL IMPECCABLE RESOURCE. NOW WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET THE FILM MADE
His book never lets us forget that the boundaries between black and white in popular music were becoming porous during the years when racial tensions were reaching a height throughout the United States. In Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life, Jonathan Gould finally does justice to Redding's incomparable musical artistry, drawing on exhaustive research, the cooperation of the Redding family, and previously unavailable sources of information to present the first comprehensive portrait of the singer's background, his upbringing, and his professional career. As the architect of the distinctly Southern, gospel-inflected style of rhythm & blues associated with Stax Records in Memphis, Redding made music that has long served as the gold standard of 1960s soul. His indelib