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How funky is this man who can rhyme "mistake" with "carrot cake" and make it work?
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Otis Redding
Love Man
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AMG Review of Love Man
Mark Deming
All Music GuideWhile Otis Redding was already one of the biggest stars in soul music when he died in a tragic plane crash in 1967, as is some times the case his star rose considerably after his passing, and this 1969 release dusted off a set of unreleased tracks Redding had cut in 1967, one of which (the title cut) went on to become a sizable chart hit. Love Man doesn't hold together quite as well as Redding's best proper albums, such as Otis Blue and Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul, but it also manages to avoid sounding like a collection of out-takes and leftovers; as an album it's significantly stronger than the average R&B release of similar vintage, due to Redding's indefatigable energy and conviction as a vocalist and the ever-indomitable groove of Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr., and the other members of the Stax Records studio crew. If Love Man is flawed, it's not a matter of execution so much as material; while Redding's originals are good, none are quite up to the standards of "Cigarettes and Coffee" or "My Lover's Prayer", and covers like "A Lover's Question" and "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" are not ideally suited to Redding's style. But even the flawed material helps prove just how strong Redding's work was, even under less than ideal circumstances, and Love Man makes it clear he never gave less than %110 percent in the studio.
Otis Redding, Baker of Funk
Direct Me by Otis Redding
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Written by Steve Cropper and Otis Redding and one of my Otis favorites.
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I Miss Otis
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Otis Redding died 40 years ago today.I'm not old enough to have ever listened to him when he was alive, but I can thank my Mom for playing Otis Redding in the house when I was 10 to offset my Bee Gees obsession. I didn't know it then, Otis would become one of my favorites as I got older (and wiser. not that I don't still love the Bee Gees!).Here's a great song by a great artist.
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First Post Ever.
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DAMN. I haven't posted anything in years nor have I ever joined them kind of online communities since middle school! Myspace, Xanga, Friendster, ETC..., aren't exactly my thing--- been there done that. (No offense)Anyways, after many years I thought online communites just killed it. They all got played out and as fast as they got popular, got boring. I Just so happen to be labeling some music,...
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Otis Redding, Baker of Funk
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How funky is this man who can rhyme "mistake" with "carrot cake" and make it work?
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