Here is part of the very good profile of Otis Redding from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website, He was inducted in 1989: Redding’s relatively unspectacular...
Tag - soul music
It’s interesting to compare the staid, probably lip-synced and homogenized version of Bobby Hebb’s great song, Sonny (at this link) and the far...
The beginning of War is one of the signature musical moments of the Vietnam War era. It’s nice to learn that Edwin Starr contributed much more than that...
Few performers come close to the intensity of Al Green. Here is part of the AllMusic bio of the artist, who is as at home in the gospel and soul worlds: The...
A major force in Chicago, Carl Davis, has died at age 77. Here is part of the obituary in The New York Times: Though Chicago’s soul scene was less celebrated...
Eddie Floyd was born on this day in 1935.
Donald (Duck) Dunn: 1941-2012 Donald “Duck” Dunn, who died in Japan this weekend, tended to get overshadowed. It was probably how he liked it. With...
I can’t think of a performer as intense as James Brown in terms of both talent and personality. There really isn’t anyone close. And it...
