Dreams to remember : Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the transformation of Southern soul / Mark Ribowsky.

The author of The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams discusses soul icon Otis Redding and the southern music he helped popularize.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ribowsky, Mark
Language:English
Published: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Redding, Otis, > 1941-1967.
Soul musicians > United States > Biography.
Soul music > History and criticism.
Soul music.
Soul musicians.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:
Biography.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:xxix, 365 pages, 8 un-numbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction The Big O
  • Prologue "It Was Music"
  • 1 Son of a Preacher Man
  • 2 Heebie Jeebies
  • 3 Rockin' Redding
  • 4 "It's Something Called Soul"
  • 5 "A Lousy Singer"
  • 6 "Wait, We Got Time for Another kid"
  • 7 Chops like a Wolf
  • 8 Turning the Knife
  • 9 The King of Soul
  • 10 Just One More Day
  • 11 Crossing Over
  • 12 The Whole Damn Body
  • 13 Making the White Feel Black
  • 14 "The Only Son-of-a-Gun This Side of the Sun"
  • 15 London Calling
  • 16 Peace, Love, and Otis Redding
  • 17 Hard to Handle
  • 18 "So I Guess I'll Remain the Same"
  • 19 Amen
  • Epilogue "Wouldn't That Have Been Somethin'?"
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index.