Otis Redding

Artist:  Otis Redding
Birth Name:  Otis Ray Redding, Jr.
Born:  September 9, 1941.  Dawson, Georgia, USA
Died:  December 10, 1967 (Aged 26).  Monona, Wisconsin, USA
Genre:  Soul, Deep Soul, Southern Soul, R&B
Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Instruments:  Vocals

Otis Redding was an American Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer.  He is the one of the most influential Soul Singers of the 1960s and he is considered one of the Greatest Singers in the history of American Popular Music and a seminal artist in Soul Music and Rhythm & Blues.  The album The Dock Of The Bay was the first album to reach No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart.  He received Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and the Songwriter Hall Of Fame.  He died on December 10, 1967 in a plane crash.

Title:  Lonely & Blue:  The Deepest Soul of Otis Redding  (2013)
Genre:  Soul, Deep Soul, Southern Soul, R&B
Label:  Volt Records/Concord Music Group
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  I Love You More Than Words Can Say  (2:56)
 2.  Gone Again  (2:25)
 3.  Free Me  (3:08)
 4.  Open The Door (Alternate Take)  (2:29)
 5.  A Waste Of Time  (3:19)
 6.  These Arms Of Mine  (2:34)
 7.  I've Been Loving You Too Long  (3:15)
 8.  Everybody Makes A Mistake  (3:23)
 9.  Little Ol' Me  (3:13)
10. I've Got Dreams To Remember  (3:35)
11. Send Me Some Lovin'  (2:18)
12. My Lover's Prayer  (3:10)

Personnel:

Otis Redding:  Vocals
Booker T. Jones:  Keyboards, Piano
Steve Cropper:  Guitar
Donald "Duck" Dunn:  Bass
Al Jackson, Jr.:  Drums
Isaac Hayes:  Keyboards, Piano
Wayne Jackson:  Trumpet
Andrew Love:  Tenor Saxophone
Floyd Newman:  Baritone Saxophone
John Jenkins:  Guitar

Lonely & Blue:  The Deepest Soul of Otis Redding is the best album and the first to focus on the most devastating of them from beginning to end by Otis Redding, was released on March 25, 2013 by Volt Records/Concord Music Group.