40 years ago Ben Cauley was playing trumpet for his group The Bar-Kays, which featured Otis Redding. The group their twin-engine aircraft plunged into Lake Monona on Dec. 10, 1967, miles from the airport. Cauley was rescued from the lake's icy waters and suffered only minor injuries.The trumpeter was the only survivor of the plane crash that killed Otis Redding and other members of his band, Th...
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For those of you who live in the UK, or use Zattoo.com to watch TV on your PC, tune your telly or Tivo to BBC4.At 9pm is 'Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story.At 10.55pm is Stax Volt Tour of Norway 1967. It includes Booker T & The MGs, Sam and Dave, and five songs by Otis Redding, inclding "Try A Little Tenderness", complete with thre false exits. (I'm reading the TV guide on this.) Sounds ...
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MUSIC NEWS - Otis Redding: The Best See & Hear has been announced for an October 20 cd/dvd release by Shout Factory. The two-disc The Best: See & Hear is a cool addition to Otis Redding's catalog, containing a CD of his greatest hits from Stax/Volt years, including the Black and Pop Chart toppers, the classsic, "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop N...
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Otis Redding's legacy will be honored in the film documentary Dreams To Remember: The Legacy Of Otis Redding. The film will receive its World Theatrical Premiere at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood, on Monday, October 8 at 8:00 p.m.The film coincides with the 40th anniversary of the soul singer's death on December 10, 1967, and with the 50th anniversary of Stax Reco.
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To mark the relaunch and 50th anniversary of soul label Stax Records, PBS will air the special Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story beginning August 1st at 9PM (EST). The film, narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, shows how the careers of soul legends Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, the Staple Singers, Isaac Hayes, Eddie Floyd, Carla and Rufus Thomas, Albert King, and Booker T. and the MGs began and ho...
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