Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (506 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307453944 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 544 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. JONATHAN GOULD is a former professional musician and the author of CAN’T BUY ME LOVE: The Beatles, Britain & America. He divides his time between a home in Brooklyn and a house near Hudson, NY
Access to Redding’s surviving family members helps Gould flesh out his upbringing and offstage personality…. Music historians like Peter Guralnick, Rob Bowman and Robert Gordon have all done essential work on the history of Stax, but Gould takes a contrary and provocative position on the label’s relationship to its greatest star…. One of Men's Journal's "Best Books of May 2017"“An impressive biography…. Otis Redding belongs in the hands of anyone who cares about soul music in the sixties.”—Booklist"Jonathan Gould’s exquisitely written biography of one of the greatest singers of all time is spell-binding. His deep research superbly contextualizes Otis Redding’s way-too-short life and career, while his incisive critique of Redding’s work makes his music come alive on the page—leaving us yearning to have experienced the rema
Yet an aura of myth and mystery has always surrounded his life, which was tragically cut short at the height of his career by a plane crash in December 1967. In Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life, Jonathan Gould finally does justice to Redding’s incomparable musical artistry, drawing on exhaustive research, the cooperation of the Redding family, and previously unavailable sources of information to present the first comprehensive portrait of the singer’s background, his upbringing, and his professional career. His indelible portrait of Redding and the mass acceptance of soul music in the 1960s is both a revealing look at a brilliant artist and a provocative exploration of the tangled history of race and music in America that re
Fascinating!! Fascinating!! Extremely informative about the roots of R&BWow!!. Anne K North said I THOUGHT I KNEW MOST THINGS ABOUT OTIS. IT. I THOUGHT I KNEW MOST THINGS ABOUT OTIS. IT IS WONDERFULL TO FIND OUT MORE. AND A HISTORY LESSON AS WELL IMPECCABLE RESOURCE. NOW WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET THE FILM MADE. Five Stars j**** c***** A++