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Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest singer-songwriters in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues.
Blues musicians are musical artists who are primarily recognized as writing, performing, and recording blues music. [1] They come from different eras and include styles such as ragtime - vaudeville , Delta and country blues , and urban styles from Chicago and the West Coast . [ 2 ]
Johnny Edward Jenkins (March 5, 1939 – June 26, 2006) [1] [2] was an American left-handed blues guitarist, who helped launch the career of Otis Redding. [2] His flamboyant style of guitar playing also influenced Jimi Hendrix .
Though not an official member, the duo was introduced by Noel Redding, formerly of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Redding toured with and worked on both albums released by the band. Albums: Speed of Thought (1999), Out There (2000) [33] Neurotic Outsiders: Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses, The Fartz) John Taylor (Duran Duran)
Otis Redding III, the musician who shares a name with his iconic 1960s soul singer father, has died following a battle with cancer, his family said on Wednesday. He was 59. Redding's sister, Karla ...
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (often referred to simply as Otis Blue) is the third studio album by American soul singer and songwriter Otis Redding.It was first released on September 15, 1965, as an LP record through the Stax Records subsidiary label Volt.
L to R: Mitchell, Redding, Hendrix. Upon his arrival in England in September 1966, Jimi Hendrix and his producer/manager Chas Chandler set about finding backing musicians. . Although Redding had played guitar up to that point, he switched to bass guitar and became the second member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, [9] followed shortly by drummer Mitch Mitchell, to form a power
However, blues rock soon distinguished itself from hard rock and acts continued to play or rewrite blues standards, as well as write their own songs in the same idiom. In the 1980s and 1990s, blues rock was more roots-oriented than in the 1960s and 1970s, even when artists such as the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughan flirted with ...