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Two days before the crash that killed him at 26, the soul singer had recorded the vocals for aching ballad (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.
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The rise of Stax Records: The tragic tale of Otis Redding and the legendary label he helped build
Two days before the crash that killed him at 26, Redding had recorded the vocals for aching ballad (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding was the jewel in the southern soul crown of Stax, the Memphis record label through whose doors he'd walked five years earlier as a driver and roadie, desperate to sing
Four miles outside Madison, Wisconsin, December 10, 1967, hampered by low cloud cover and cold weather, the eight-seater private plane carrying 26-year-old soul star Otis Redding hit trouble.
A Lake Monona resident heard the peculiar engine sound, so loud and low, and stepped outside to see the plane appear through the clouds and dive into the water.
Redding was the jewel in the southern soul crown of Stax, the Memphis record label through whose doors he’d walked five years earlier as a driver and roadie, desperate to sing.
Two days before the crash, he’d completed a two-week session in which he’d recorded the vocals for nearly four new albums’ worth of material, including (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay, an aching ballad he believed could be a big crossover hit.
The song was almost finished when Redding left to play shows in Nashville, Cleveland and Madison.
‘Otis stuck his head in the studio before leaving,’ says guitarist Steve Cropper, ‘and said, “See ya on Monday.”’
Otis Redding's band the Bar-Kays pictured outside the former cinema that became Stax studios. Four band members died in the plane crash that also killed Redding
Of the eight on board the twin-engine Beechcraft, only trumpeter Ben Cauley of Redding’s touring band The Bar-Kays survived.
(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay went on to be a No 1 in the U.S. and No 3 in the UK, but with the death of Otis, Stax lost perhaps its brightest talent.
Between 1960 and 1975, Stax had 167 Top 100 pop hits and established the careers of Redding, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, Sam & Dave, Booker T & the MG’s and Wilson Pickett.
But the story of Stax is more than a record label history.
Through the 1960s and into the ’70s, as every step toward equality seemed to bring two backward steps of repression and retraction, this small group of people in Memphis quietly revelled in racial harmony.
Throughout the American South in that period, race mixing was nothing short of an assault on the social realm. But inside Stax, whites and blacks had worked side by side since the late-1950s.
People who couldn’t publicly dine together were making beautiful music that the public – black and white – loved to hear. Then they’d step outside the studio and white police would stop to check on the whites’ safety, and to hassle the blacks.
Jim Stewart launched the label as Satellite Records from a borrowed garage in 1957, while an amateur country fiddle player working at Memphis’s First National Bank.
The plane crash that left Otis Redding dead
In 1960, Rufus Thomas and his daughter Carla walked into the company’s new studio, in a converted cinema in Memphis, and onto the national charts with the company’s first hit, ’Cause I Love You.
Booker T & The MG’s, a mixed-race group of young local musicians, became the house band, and would soon have a worldwide hit with the funky instrumental Green Onions.
And a driver from Georgia, who walked in carrying amplifiers, would become the label’s first superstar.
Redding first set foot in Stax in August 1962 as the driver for guitarist Johnny Jenkins. Jenkins’ session fizzled out, but Redding sat on the sidelines all day, insisting he could sing.
‘During the session [drummer] Al Jackson says, “The big tall guy driving Johnny, he’s been bugging me to death, wanting me to hear him sing,”’ says MG’s guitarist Steve Cropper.
With the death of Redding, Stax lost perhaps its brightest talent
Musicians had started to leave for the day when they finally gave Otis his chance. They called him down to the piano and he asked for ‘church chords’.
‘We started playing and he started singing These Arms Of Mine,’ says Cropper. ‘My hair lifted about three inches and I couldn’t believe this guy’s voice.’
‘Otis seemed to be a person with a mission,’ says MG’s organist Booker T Jones. ‘And we picked up that mission and it became all of ours.’
Sam & Dave, a Florida duo of talent-show host Sam Moore and baker Dave Prater, were Stax’s next major find, but it was Isaac Hayes, an emerging producer and songwriter – who later enjoyed fame for his role as Chef in cartoon series South Park – who gave them their style, feeding them hits such as Hold On, I’m Comin’ and Soul Man.
Having hung around the studio for years, Hayes, a worker at a meatpacking plant, had been rejected several times by Stax before being hired as a pianist and later a songwriter and producer of dozens of hits. Within a few years, he would become the label’s biggest star.
Powerful soul singers gravitated to Stax. New York club singer Wilson Pickett wasn’t getting anywhere fast when he was sent down to Stax in 1965 by the label’s New York partner Atlantic Records.
Legendary Atlantic producer Jerry Wexler saw the stealthlike beauty of Pickett on stage, and could hear in his growl the latent soul power.
‘Before Black Panthers were a political issue I used to call him the Black Panther,’ Wexler says.
Musically, Stax and Wilson Pickett was a match made in soul heaven, but Pickett was no angel
‘It was like he was made out of steel and baling wire, so handsome. And I just loved his voice.
'When James Brown used to scream, it was a scream. When Pickett screamed, it was a musical note – a great advantage.’
Armed with an existing Pickett song that featured the line ‘I can’t wait until the midnight hour’, Steve Cropper worked up a tune that met with Pickett’s approval.
In The Midnight Hour took six weeks to climb to No 1, and spent nearly three months in the chart. Musically, Stax and Pickett was a match made in soul heaven, but Pickett was no angel, and his time at Stax was to be short-lived.
‘He did have a corrosive personality with a lot of people,’ says Wexler.Adds Cropper: ‘Wilson grew up in the street, and he carried that with him.’
At a follow-up session, the band rebelled. He’d been difficult before: now Midnight Hour had made him a star. Pickett was reduced to following the musicians outside and offering them each $100 if they’d come back inside and record.
‘The guys shut that door,’ says Jim Stewart.
‘They said, “Don’t bring that asshole down here again. We don’t have to put up with that crap.”’
Although Stax had rising stars and plenty of records in the charts, they were still a provincial company in the spring of 1966.
So when the phone rang and the crackly voice on the other end said it was England calling, they wondered if it was a joke.
Their credulity was further tested when the caller identified himself as Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles.
As their December 1965 album Rubber Soul indicated, they were grooving to the sounds of soul, and they wanted to record their next album at Stax.
Isaac Hayes in the Stax studios office in 1971. A worker at a meatpacking plant, he had been rejected several times by Stax before being hired as a pianist and later a songwriter and producer of dozens of hits
The secret quickly spread, and before long everybody in Memphis seemed to know. Soon girls were coming into the record shop, offering money for information, trying to buy the dress the secretary would wear when The Beatles came through the door.
‘They wanted to record at Stax so bad,’ says saxophonist with Stax session band the Mar-Keys, Don Nix.
‘They had the whole thing all laid out, were gonna land a helicopter on the roof. But word leaked out.’
Once fans had official confirmation of where to be on what day, The Beatles had to cancel; Beatlemania was in full swing.
The album Revolver would be recorded in London, and its songs are full of soul possibility.
The horns and vocal style on Got To Get You Into My Life are the most obvious paean to the American soul sound, but the dark funk of Taxman and the bright punch of Good Day Sunshine would also have been right at home in Memphis.
The Beatles cancelled, but artists from Elton John to Janis Joplin and The Monkees all came through. Stax was setting the bar for grit and feeling in commercial music.
Otis Redding bought 270 acres outside Macon, Georgia, and built a 12-room home for his family there. In an effort to see more of his wife and children, he bought a plane.
Carla Thomas was often dubbed the Queen of Memphis Soul
When news broke of Otis’s death, Cropper remembers, ‘We got a call from Atlantic saying, “We’ve got to rush something out. What have you got?” And I immediately said, “We need to put our hit out.”
'They hadn’t even found Otis’s body yet.’
Cropper threw himself into completing Dock Of The Bay. He added electric guitar, seagulls, and the sound of waves.
‘Trying to work on something like that, when you don’t even know where one of your closest friends is, is difficult.’
‘Everybody was walking around staring at their feet for two months after that,’ says Stax musician Marvell Thomas.
‘There was true sadness at that place. Stax was usually a happy, peppy place, there was conversations in the hallways and songwriters over here and a demo going – that all stopped.’
Stax would go on for seven more years before sliding into insolvency, but nothing in Memphis would ever be the same.
‘Respect Yourself’ by Robert Gordon is published by Bloomsbury, priced £22.95.
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One survivor, Ben Cauley of the Bar-Kays, later reported that he had been asleep until just before the crash. He saw his friend in the band, Phalon Jones, look out the window of the small plane and exclaim “Oh no!” and, before he knew it, he was in a frigid lake holding onto a seat cushion. The following day, the lake was dragged and the bodies of the victims were recovered. A storm in Madison that day was a factor in the crash but the exact cause was never determined.
Four months after his death at the age of 26, Otis Redding’s “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay,” the last song he ever recorded, reached the top spot on the pop music charts. It was his first No. 1 hit.
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Mystery and Magic at ParSonics
Date: September 15-16, 2023
Country: USA
Venue: ParSonics Studios
Event: MCTS Level 3
Producer: Alan Parsons
Artist: Douglas Morton, Odin Coleman and others
Engineer: Noah Bruskin
Media: Charlie Steves
Recording is about being creative
At least it should be. But often it's just not. It's about stock sounds, loops and techniques with everything slammed on the grid and pitch perfect. Interchangeable music practically begging to be subsumed by AI.
So at this Master Class we tried to not only think outside the box but outside the room the box was sitting in.
The day kicked off with an inspiring presentation from composer and sound designer Douglas Morton. Doug started off by playing some tongue drums, demonstrating how to create giant sized samples from the smallest and gentlest of initial hits.
From there, he played a series of underwater sounds from the Monterey Bay Aquarium where he is essentially composer-in-residence for the exhibits. Individual whales (the Blue produce the deepest and most spectacular calls), complete soundscapes featuring 'conversations' between Blues, Humpbacks, and dolphins against a backdrop of underwater earthquakes. Simply mind-blowing. We were essentially listening to what they're hearing 3500 feet below the surface.
Doug concluded with stories and samples (sic) from several of his most popular Q Up Arts libraries, including Voices Of Native America. The presentation had everyone, including Alan, spellbound.
The Rare, the Rad, and the Difficult
With creativity fully plumped and ready for action, everyone's attention turned to Odin Coleman, cross legged on the floor of the live room, cradling a sitar.
One of the themes of the next several hours, where Odin played (beautifully) a selection of smallish stringed instruments, was the question of recording them in mono or stereo and the implications of either, notably of course, phase.
Much depends on the final destination of the part. Stereo is the obvious winner played solo, but in a track, if everything is in stereo then the whole rationale of placement and breadth can become moot. Before the session, the ASSR team had created a music bed for the day's unusual or difficult instruments to be recorded over. This not only provided context, it also served to demonstrate the effect of what and how you play an instrument has on the 'sound.' The composition was in A Minor. Cool, except for the fact that the sitar played in F#! Noah Bruskin bumped the pad up a half step so we were in Bb Minor, the relative key of F#/Gb.
As the day progressed through banjo, fiddle, mandolin and other stringed instruments, not only were several different keys used, the piece careened from 80 to 95 BPM and back as the playing style demanded. We did not, as you might imagine, end up with a single piece in single key; more a collection of Jonny Greenwood style movie cues!
Odin also whistles - a musical delivery device featured extensively in popular music from the biggest selling single of all time (Bing Crosby's White Christmas), to Otis Redding's Dock Of The Bay, Bobby McFerrin's Don't Worry, Be Happy, to The Black Keys' Tighten Up and One Republic's Good Life.
In this context, Odin's whistling was more of the mournful cowboy variety, as was his glorious harmonica playing.
Miking, and Alan Parsons' Personal Instrument Collection
The day was a not quite the mic fest that some felt they'd be looking at. Alan even remarked that he never understands how many new mics continue to be developed when, to some extent, all you need is a U47, pair of KM84s and the odd ribbon! He was not wholly serious of course but we got the point. More important, though, is where any mics is placed. This is Alan Parsons' tour de force.. He would seemingly make endless tiny adjustments to the distance and direction of a mic. What? Where? You needed to be there!
Even though Alan brought along some of his private collection, and also some of the instruments he's often associated with, the only instrument of his that we spent much time with was a glorious and ancient Balinese xylophone, rescued from a storage shed (somewhat 'mouse-decorated,' shall we say) and hastily cleaned the night before.
Doug Morton turned out to be a spectacular player of this rodent-enriched percussion instrument, using a wide variety of beaters and playing techniques including slowly scraping each metal bar with his fingernails! The range of sounds he created was unreal.
The Mad, the Bad, and the Dangerous to Know
By the end of the day Alan, attendees, and guests were all in a Try Anything Once frame of mind. One attendee had brought along a Moisturizer (essentially a spring reverb with its guts hanging out) that was, variously, used to add twisted reverb to a recording of a small musical box that played an old Alan Parsons track, to being itself played using a violin bow.
What was recorded ranged from the silly to the sublime but they were all unique and original recordings, played or coxed into life by real people doing real things. Happy haptics, for sure. We could have spent five days creating a library of such material and maybe, one day, we will.
The serious point of all this is that unusual sounds - or samples - give a recording character, texture, or maybe even a hook. Over the years, Alan Parsons has recorded all manner of fascinating instruments from the landmark chiming clocks on Dark Side Of The Moon, to the 'Money' loop, to his work on Pink Floyd's original follow-up to Dark Side 'Household Objects', where the entire album was due to be created using, well, household objects!
This Master Class was a priceless opportunity to get first hand specific insights into the secret world of unusual instrument or sound recordings that professionals have long cherished and flourished with by using; developing ideas and learning techniques that can be applied to one's own music and recording projects.
Alan Parsons In Your Mix
Recording is where it all begins. Mixing can be where it all begins to come unglued! Attendees were invited to bring, show, and tell stories about their stereo or full multitrack projects, and Alan either passed on wit and wisdom or, on at least four mixes, laid out individual tracks out on ProTools and across his Neve 5088.
Mixes ranged from live recordings of Badfinger made in the 1960s to projects that had taken the composer thirty years to create, to a mix of young Mexican rocker John Redlove who had been recording at ParSonics the week before under the wing of producer and ASSR co-founder Julian Colbeck, to a version of the Alan Parsons Project's I wouldn't Want To Be Like You, to a magnificent modern disco number hot from a German nightclub complete with Simmons fills and excellently executed vocoder.
Inevitably, Alan's skill in de-cluttering, replacing fresh reverbs from the EMT 140 or Capitol Chambers, and in some cases even doing surgery in the computer to fix some timings and tunings, transformed everyone's work.
Immersed in Immersive
In addition to the mix analyses, Alan also treated attendees to an as yet unreleased Dolby Atmos mix version of one of his classic albums. ASSR has a brand new Immersive Audio online course that you can read more about in the ASSR Online course pages
Multi Mix
ParSonics is now a fully equipped (though not to theater levels) Dolby Atmos studio. Alan uses B&Ws, now supplemented by side and ceiling mounted speakers. New formats are still constantly evolving and one couldn't be in better hands than Alan Parsons, who has long championed multi-format mixes from the early days of Quad (on Dark Side Of The Moon), through ambisonics, Surround (for which Alan won the Best Immersive Album GRAMMY in 2019), and now Dolby Atmos, and Noah Bruskin, who's grasp of these new sonic adventures is both detailed and deeply practical.
Mixing With Alan Parsons
Mixing used to be something of a team sport. Band members would end up with their paws on the faders; invariably, the ones relating to their own instrument! No prizes for guessing in which direction they'd progressively creep as the session wore on. As Alan recounted with a sigh in the Art & Science Of Sound Recording video series: “Chaos.”
Although Alan uses an analog Neve 5088, over which several pairs of hands could certainly hover and on which you will definitely get to hear the true value of analog summing, this will still be a fully integrated mix recorded in ProTools using plug-ins and automation. That said, Alan always encourages attendees who are willing and interested to balance the track at various stages along the way. There's nothing quite like sitting at the controls of a Neve board mixing an Alan Parsons record with Alan offering words of encouragement and wisdom over your shoulder.
The Venue
ParSonics studio is situated on Alan Parsons' at his Tres Vientos Ranch in the hills above Santa Barbara. This state-of-the-art facility has a 32-channel Neve 5088 analog console, 5.1 monitoring through B&W 802 Diamond Loudspesakers, Dolby Atmos, and a selection of microphones collected by Alan over his 40+ year long career such as his Neumann U47 FET (Field-Effect Transistor) and British Coles 4038 ribbon mics as well as interesting newer items like the Neve RNR1 ribbon mic, personally given to Alan by Rupert Neve. Talk about bragging rights! The control room looks through to a generous sized tracking room with adjoining iso booths. The facility has its own luxurious green room and catering area; a spacious patio area overlooks the Pacific Ocean and can accommodate both dining and outside seminars. ParSonics was completed in 2018 and was used in the recording of Alan Parsons' album The Secret, released in 2019 and From The New World, released July 2022, both on the Frontiers label.
The Producer/Mixer
Alan Parsons was trained at Abbey Road Studios in London, working under the direction of Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick and Beatles producer George Martin. After working with The Beatles on Let It Be and Abbey Road Alan started working as a full-fledged engineer with Paul McCartney, Wings, George Harrison, and countless other artists who came to Abbey Road studios.
In 1972 Alan became the sole engineer working with Pink Floyd on Dark Side Of The Moon, a record which would go on to sell more than 45m copies. (Alan's legendary 'Quad' mix of Dark Side Of The Moon was finally included on the Immersion Edition 6 CD Boxed Set.)
Alan went on to become one of the most successful producers of the 1970s and 1980s, producing a string of hits with artists such as Pilot, Al Stewart, Ambrosia, Cockney Rebel, John Miles and of course The Alan Parsons Project, a concept created by himself and Eric Woolfson.
Post 'Project' Alan Parsons has continued to work as an independent producer with such artists as Jake Shimabukuro, Steven Wilson and Yes. Alan runs a highly successful touring band (The Alan Parsons Live Project).
July 15th 2022 Alan released his sixth solo album From The New World, much of which was recorded and all of which was mixed at ParSonics Studio. The new album features the track Give 'Em My Love, which was recorded at the Aug 2021 ASSR Master Class. The track, co-written by ASSR founding partner Julian Colbeck, features vocals by James Durbin and guitar solo by Joe Bonamassa.
Recommended Hotels:
Ritz-Carlton Bacara 8301 Hollister Ave, Goleta, CA 93117-2474 • (844) 631-0595 Upscale resort with fine dining. Very expensive!
Hilton Garden Inn Santa Barbara/Goleta 6878 Hollister Ave, Goleta, CA 93117 • (805) 562-5996. Very pleasant facility a short drive from the studio.
Pacifica Suites 5490 Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara (805) 683-6722 Professional mid price option.
Motel 6 5897 Calle Real, Goleta, CA (805) 964-3596 Only a 2-star but clean and perfectly acceptable.
Schedule
Friday September 15th, 2023
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The small aircraft crash had its devastating impact of the early years of rock ‘n’ roll. The February 3, 1959 deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson robbed the music of early talents whose possible later contributions (especially Holly and Valens) augured to be groundbreaking.
Imagine what the recently sober Stevie Ray Vaughan might have accomplished if his helicopter might not have collided with a hillside in fog on 1990. Think about the even further centrality that Ronnie Van Zant might have played in Southern rock had the band’s plane not crashed at the start of their tour in 1977.
At the time of the death of Otis Redding in a plane crash on December 10, 1967 at age 26, he’d already recorded close to 10 albums’ worth of original studio tracks plus a number of dynamic live performances. The Crown Prince of Soul boasted a beginning others would have been happy to call the bulk of a career, and in the process had written (or co-written) such indelible songs as “Mr. Pitiful,” “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” and “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa/Sad Song,” and a few made famous by others like “Respect” by Aretha Franklin and Arthur Conley’s #1 hit “Sweet Soul Music,” which Otis wrote and produced. Redding was a proven master of soul music from soon after he stepped into Fame Studio in Memphis in 1962.
On November 22, 1967, Redding had recorded a track that he and Steve Cropper had written, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” that was a near-perfect meld of rock with soul. Many at Fame and Redding’s label Stax expressed doubts about it. Before Otis could track his final version, he and his backing band The Bar-Kays climbed into Redding’s twin-engine Beechcraft H18 to hit Cleveland to appear on the Upbeat television show and play two nights at a club called Leo’s Casino. He was then slated to play the Factory nightclub in Madison, WI.
The plane radioed for permission to land at Truax Field in Madison on this day but instead crashed into Lake Monona, a few miles from the airport. Seven of the eight men aboard died.
Related: Our tribute to Redding on the 75th anniversary of his birth
In early 1968, (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” became pop music’s first posthumous #1 hit. It sold over eight million copies. Rhino reissued the song as a 7″ single on January 9, 2018, on gold vinyl one day after the 50th anniversary of the song’s original release date.
This single includes the rare, original version of the song, which is shorter and with Redding’s vocals noticeably lower in the mix. This original version was quickly pulled after a brief release and replaced with the version that the world has known ever since. The anniversary 7-inch marked the first time the original version has appeared on vinyl since the initial release in 1968.
Related: Top U.S. radio hits of 1968
Redding has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Georgia Music Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. He has been honored with a U.S. postage stamp and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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16th March 1968, the posthumously released Otis Redding single 'Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay', started a five-week run at No.1 on the US chart, (a No.3 hit the UK). Otis was killed in
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Jim Stewart, founder of the influential southern soul label Stax Records, died aged 92. As the founder of Stax, Stewart was responsible for signing and nurturing the careers of many of soul and R&B’s most influential figures, including Otis Redding, Carla Thomas, Albert King and the Bar-Kays.
Trumpeter Wayne Jackson, who formed the Memphis Horns duo with saxophonist Andrew Love, died of congestive heart failure at the age of 74. Jackson and Love played together on 52 No.1 songs, supporting the likes of Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Otis Redding, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Peter Gabriel and the Doobie Brothers.
Trumpeter Ben Cauley, a member of the Stax Records group The Bar-Kays and the only survivor of the 1967 plane crash that killed Otis Redding died at the age of 67. The Bar-Kays appeared as the backing band on numerous recordings for Stax artists such as Carla Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, The Staple Singers and Sam and Dave.
Saxophone player Andrew Love died aged 70. He was best known for being a member of The Memphis Horns with trumpet player Wayne Jackson where the two created the signature horn sound at Stax Records on hit records by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave and others such as Neil Diamond, Elvis Presley and Dusty Springfield.
American singer, songwriter, and record producer Gene McFadden, best known as half of the Philly soul team McFadden & Whitehead, died of cancer at the age of 56. The duo who were discovered by Otis Redding, who acted as their manager had the 1979 hit 'Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now', which sold more than 8 million copies and was nominated for a Grammy Award.
Estelle Axton, who helped create the legendary US soul music label Stax, died in hospital in Memphis, aged 85. Stax was home to Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes and Booker T and the MG's and the Stax studio, 'Soulsville USA', was second only to Motown in its production of soul hits during its 1960s heyday.
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Otis Reddings' widow and his former manager filed a lawsuit against the author of a biography written in 2001 about the R&B legend, claiming the book was filled with lies. The lawsuit, filed in Atlanta's Fulton County, sought $15 million in damages and claimed that the book detailed rumors about the singer's drug use, extramarital affairs and divorce, causing "harm to the plaintiffs." It also cites rumors that Otis' manager plotted with the Mafia to kill Otis by causing the plane to crash in order to claim $1 million in life insurance.
American record producer Tom Dowd died of emphysema. He recorded albums by many artists including: Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Derek and the Dominos, Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Cream, Lulu, Chicago, The Allman Brothers Band, The J. Geils Band, Meat Loaf, Sonny & Cher, The Rascals, Willie Nelson, Diana Ross, Kenny Loggins, Dusty Springfield, The Drifters and Otis Redding.
The US Postal Service issued a set of commemorative stamps to celebrate pop music legends. The stamps included Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding Ritchie Valens, Clyde McPhatter and Dinah Washington.
At just 38 years old, Stevie Wonder became the youngest living person to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At a ceremony held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, other inductees include The Rolling Stones, The Temptations, Otis Redding and Dion DiMucci.
39 year old Al Jackson, drummer for Booker T. And The MGs, was shot and killed by a burglar at his home. His wife was questioned about the killing because she was arrested in July for shooting her husband in the chest during a domestic dispute. He wasn't badly hurt and the charges were dismissed when his wife claimed self-defense. Jackson had returned home to what police described as a botched robbery attempt. According to Jackson's wife, an intruder made her answer the door and then threw her husband to the floor demanding money. Jackson was forced to lie face down and then was shot in the back five times. The identity of the culprit remains a mystery. Booker T had backed such artists as Otis Redding, Al Green and Sam and Dave.
Janis Joplin started recording sessions recording a version of the Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster song 'Me and Bobby McGee'. Joplin, (who was a lover and a friend of Kristofferson's from the beginning of her career to her death), topped the US singles chart with the song in 1971 after her death, making the song the second posthumous No.1 single in US chart history after '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' by Otis Redding.
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The Otis Redding album Dock Of The Bay went to No.1 in the UK. The posthumously released album, and his sixth studio album contained a number of singles and B-sides dating back to 1965 and one of his best known songs, the posthumous hit (Sittin' On The Dock) Of The Bay.
The posthumously released Otis Redding single '(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay' started a five week run at No.1 on the US chart, (a No.3 hit the UK). Otis was killed in a plane crash on 10th December 1967 three days after recording the song. 'Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay', became the first posthumous No.1 single in US chart history and sold over four million copies worldwide.
The Otis Redding single '(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay' went gold in the US three months after the singer was killed in a plane crash. Recorded just days before his death, it became the first posthumous single to top the charts in the US.
Otis Redding had his first entry on the UK singles chart when '(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay' entered the chart, it went on to be a No.3 hit. The song became the first posthumous single to top the charts in the US.
American soul singer, songwriter Otis Redding was killed in a plane crash, aged 26. Redding and his band had made an appearance in Cleveland, Ohio on the local ‘Upbeat’ television show the previous day. The plane carrying Otis Redding and his band crashed at 3.28.pm into icy waters of Lake Monoma near Madison. Redding was killed in the crash along with members from the The Bar-Kays, Jimmy King, Ron Caldwell, Phalin Jones and Carl Cunningham. Trumpet player Ben Cauley was the only person to survive the crash.
Otis Redding went into the studio to record '(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay'. The song went on to be his biggest hit. Redding didn't see its release; he was killed three days later in a plane crash. Redding wrote the first verse of the song, under the abbreviated title 'Dock of the Bay', on a houseboat at Waldo Point in Sausalito, California a short time after his appearance at The Monterey pop festival. Redding's familiar whistling, heard before the song's fade was the singer fooling around, he had intended to return to the studio at a later date to add words in place of the whistling.
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The three day Monterey Pop Festival in California began. All the proceeds went to charity when all the artists agreed to perform for free, the 'Summer of Love' was born. The festival saw the first major US appearances by The Who, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. Also on the bill: The Byrds, Grateful Dead, Otis Redding, Simon And Garfunkel, The Steve Miller Band, Canned Heat, The Mamas & the Papas, Jefferson Airplane, Buffalo Springfield and The Electric Flag. John Phillips, of The Mamas & the Papas wrote, 'San Francisco, (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)' to promote the festival, which later became a hit for Scott McKenzie.
Aretha Franklin went to No.1 on the US singles chart with her version of the Otis Redding hit 'Respect'. A No.10 hit on the UK chart. Aretha scored her first UK No.1 20 years later with a duet with George Michael 'I Knew You Were Waiting'.
Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd, Arthur Conley and Booker T And The MG's all appeared at London's Hammersmith Odeon, England.
Otis Redding released his third studio album Otis Blue. The album mainly consists of cover songs by popular R&B and soul artists, and, bar one track, was recorded in a 24-hour period over July 9/10 1965 at the Stax Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee and includes the classic tracks 'Ole Man Trouble", 'Respect', and 'Down in the Valley'.
Otis Redding started recording sessions at Stax Studios in Memphis, Tennessee for what would become his third studio album Otis Blue. The album mainly consists of cover versions of other R&B and soul artists hits, and, bar one track, was recorded in a 24-hour period. According to the drummer, Al Jackson, Redding wrote 'Respect', after a conversation they had during a break in the recording session, in which he told Redding: "You're on the road all the time. All you can look for is a little respect when you come home."
The Temptations released 'Its Growing', the follow-up to 'My Girl'. The track was the first to feature David Ruffin as the Temptations new lead singer. Interestingly both 'My Girl' and 'Its Growing' were the only Motown tunes ever covered by Otis Redding.
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Otis Redding recorded 'Respect' at Atlantic Studio, New York City. At first a ballad, 'Respect' was written by Redding for Speedo Sims, who intended to record it with his band, the Singing Demons. Redding rewrote the lyrics and sped up the rhythm. The song became a 1967 hit and signature song for soul singer Aretha Franklin.
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Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday. Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
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MACON, Ga. (AP) — Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday.
Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening," said his sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation, the family's charity in Macon.
Though singles “Remote Control” and “Call The Law” by The Reddings made appearances on the Billboard music charts, the Redding brothers never matched their father's success. Redding continued playing and performing after the band recorded its final album in 1988.
He was once hired for a European tour as guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, under whose guidance the younger Redding became comfortable performing “(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay” and other songs of his famous father.
“He said, `You can play guitar with me, but you’re going to have to sing a few of your dad’s songs,'" Redding recalled in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine. “I was like, `Huh? I don’t sing,' you know. And he was like, `Well, you’re going to sing "Dock of the Bay" with me tonight.'”
Redding worked with his family's foundation to organize summer camps that teach children to play music, and served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
He continued to perform his father's songs for audiences large and small, according to his website, from appearing onstage at Carnegie Hall for a 2018 Otis Redding tribute concert to singing at weddings and private parties. Redding said he was grateful for the enduring legacy even if it overshadowed efforts to make music of his own.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... ‘sing one of your daddy’s songs,’” he told the Maine TV station. "So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals.”
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Otis Redding III, son of the legendary soul singer Otis Redding, died at 59 after a battle with cancer, his sister announced Wednesday on social media.
Born on Dec. 17, 1964, in Macon, Georgia, Otis was just three years old when his father died in a plane crash, but that didn't stop him from inheriting his father's love for music.
By the age of nine, Redding played guitar in the band Father's Pride and started working at a local record store two years later.
In 1975, the youngest Redding and his older brother, Dexter, created a new funk band called The Reddings and went on to release six records throughout the 1980s. Their biggest hit, "Remote Control," landed them on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at #6 on the Soul chart, but their music never matched the success of their father's.
Redding continued to perform and later was hired as a guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, who encouraged him to start singing his father's songs.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... sing one of your daddy’s songs,” Redding said in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV. "So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals."
Despite being overshadowed by his father's legacy, Redding III was a talented musician in his own right, and his music was a testament to his father and the impact he had on the world of music.
He was also actively involved in his family's philanthropic organization, The Otis Redding Foundation, and participated in an annual camp dedicated to mentoring children with musical aspirations.
The Redding family has requested the public respect their privacy during this difficult time. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
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This list of the best songs from the 60s is a loving tribute to some of the artists that made it a decade that changed music forever.
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The best songs of the 60s? Surely an impossible task. And it is. So we’ll say at the beginning that this list doesn’t purport to be the definitive top 100 songs of the 60s. Instead, what we’re hoping to provide is a window into a decade that changed music forever and a pathway for future discovery.
Two important things that are worth mentioning. The first: We wanted each song we included to have some sort of popular impact, either in the decade it was released (or importance in the following decades). That means most of the jazz you’ll find on this list hit the Billboard charts. The second: We’ve only allowed one song per artist in an effort to pay tribute to as many folks as possible.
With that preamble out of the way, enjoy the list!
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100: Roger Miller – King of the Road (1965)
Roger Miller’s “King of the Road” shines a light on the traveling man. The track, a delightful country-pop crossover, tells the story of a nomadic hobo, untethered from all obligations and material goods. The song’s most famous line, “I’m a man of means, by no means, king of the road” was bitingly cynical, reveling in the freedom of refusing to conform to societal norms. The smooth-as-whiskey melody and straightforward instrumentation has made it a reliable cover for country stars and rock bands alike, with artists as diverse as Glen Campbell and Reverend Horton Heat covering the tune. The song’s stripped-down style allows for many different interpretations, but it’s Miller’s original, built around the singer’s charmingly beautiful voice, that remains the definitive “King of the Road.”
99: Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames – Yeh, Yeh (1964)
Georgie Fame and his band, The Blue Flames, found the perfect intersection of pop, jazz, and R&B. Audiences agreed. The group’s version of “Yeh Yeh,” topped the Beatles’ “I Feel Fine” on the UK chart, ending a five-week run from the Liverpool chaps. Shortly after topping the UK charts, “Yeh, Yeh” reached #21 on the Billboard Pop charts, proving that the song was more than a UK wonder. The band truly came into their own once Fame ditched his piano for a Hammond organ, a decision that was directly inspired by Booker T. & The M.G.’s “Green Onions.”
98: Jackie Wilson – (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher (1967)
The instrumentation for Jackie Wilson’s “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher” is as crisp as it gets. The bass sounds like it was recorded in a hermetically sealed vacuum, while the iconic conga groove pops without a crinkle or crack. All Wilson had to do was show up. And show up he did. The instrumental for the 1967 hit was written by Gary Jackson, Raynard Miner, and Carl Smith. The song was first offered to The Dells, but was never released. Wilson came in, and originally sang the tune as a ballad. It wasn’t until he reframed his performance as the uptempo, soul-charge you hear today that the song was deemed fit for release and became a 60s classic.
97: Roy Orbison – Crying (1961)
Roy Orbison had plenty of 60s hits to choose from, including “Oh, Pretty Woman” But we opted for “Crying,” which begins with a seminal line, familiar to those even who have never heard the song: “I was alright for a while, I could smile for a while.” The song is Orbison at his most vulnerable, admitting that the feelings hidden from a former partner are ones of heartbreak and regret. The song blends a traditional rock ballad with orchestral strings and a propulsive timpani that blends symphonic percussion with the soundtracks of Wild West films. The song dominated 1961, claiming residence at the top of the charts, only kept from number one on the Billboard list because of an artist named Ray Charles and some song called “Hit The Road Jack.” Alongside Charles, Orbison was ushering rock ‘n’ roll and R&B into a modern iteration, blending soaring melodies with epic compositions and a relatability in lyrics that helped future stars break through to the mainstream.
96: Russell Morris – The Real Thing (1969)
Written by Johnny Young and produced by Ian “Molly” Meldrum, “The Real Thing” was initially envisioned as a soft-rock ballad in a similar vein as The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever.” But the demo was superseded by Meldrum’s expansive vision, and “The Real Thing” became one of the first studio masterpieces of the modern era. Alongside engineer John Sayers, Meldrum pioneered too many recording techniques to list here, but among the most monumental were flanging, in which two identical copies of the recording were played together but slightly out-of-phase with each other, and instrumental dropouts, which would become wildly popular with Jamaican dub artists in the 70s. Add in the final sample, which was taken from an archived recording of a Hitler Youth choir, and “The Real Thing” was one of the strangest, most pioneering rock songs of the 60s, and continues to astound today.
95: Leonard Cohen – Suzanne (1967)
Leonard Cohen drew a throughline straight from poetry to folk music. “Suzanne,” his stirring acoustic track from Songs of Leonard Cohen is one of the most powerful examples of this style, with Cohen’s lyrics first appearing as a poem in 1966. (Cohen ripped the poem for a second use because he was short of material for his forthcoming album.) The song played off the intimacy of American folk stars like Bob Dylan and Stephen Stills, but with a Canadian twang and a delicacy that vibrates off of his plucked guitar notes. “Suzanne” was inspired by Cohen’s platonic relationship with dancer Suzanne Verdal, one of the few non-sexual relationships the notorious ladies man would sing about during his career.
94: Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World (1968)
“What a Wonderful World” is a lesson in perseverance. It’s also one of the best pop ballads ever recorded. Armstrong first started making records in 1923, but it was in February of 1968, when Amstrong was 66, that he released “What A Wonderful World,” which would become the biggest-selling song of his massively influential career. Armstrong made music that spanned Dixieland-style jazz to mainstream pop, and it was with “What A Wonderful World” that he scored his biggest hit from his most intimate song. “What A Wonderful World” was a reflective, hopeful number that yearned for optimism in an increasingly fragile world. Armstrong, suffering from a heart condition, pleaded for his audience to find the simple pleasures in life, and celebrate them with him one last time.
93: Tom Jones – It’s Not Unusual (1965)
It’s hard to believe now, but Tom Jones was deemed far too sexy for the BBC when he first arrived in the 60s with this song. As such, it was the efforts of pirate radio station Radio Caroline that drove the initial success of Jones’s “It’s Not Unusual.” The upbeat tale of heartbreak was Jones’s second single for Decca Records and his first No.1. Rumor has it the guitar player responsible for the squealing solo is Jimmy Page. What is confirmed is the keyboard player. A little-known, struggling musician named Reginald Dwight, who would go on to sing a few No.1’s of his own as Elton John.
92: The Monkees – Daydream Believer (1967)
John Stewart wrote “Daydream Believer” shortly before he left the Kingston Trio, the third track in a trilogy aimed at capturing the malaise and boredom of suburban life. In that respect, he was an innovator, bringing life to the lifeless suburbs in a cry for help – or, at least, a helicopter back to the city. The song was turned down by both We Five and Spanky and Our Gang, eventually landing in the hands of The Monkees via producer Chip Douglas, who ran into John Stewart at a party. The group recorded it for their 1967 album, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd., but was eventually included on their 1968 record, The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees instead. And what about Davy Jones’ ambivalent delivery? That was actually a result of his disenchantment with the recording process – one of the happiest accidents in pop music history.
91: Del Shannon – Runaway (1961)
“Runaway” almost never happened. Back in 1960, Charles Westover and keyboard player Max Crook earned a recording contract. The recording contract ended disastrously. Perhaps it was another tale of small-town kids intimidated by the Big Apple, but Crook and Westover (who had recently taken on the stage name Del Shannon) failed to impress the bosses over at Big Top Records. In the wake of all this, their manager persuaded them to rewrite and re-record an earlier song they had written, “Little Runaway.” The rest is history. “Little Runaway” became “Runaway,” and Shannon’s iconic “wah-wah-wah” vocal performance has been annoyingly mimicked by your relatives at every family gathering since.
90: Peggy Lee – Is That All There Is? (1969)
“Is That All There Is?,” which blends spoken word with a glossy, show-tune inspired vocal melody, remains one of the great testaments to nihilism outside of The Big Lebowski. The song was inspired by the 1896 story “Disillusionment” by Thomas Mann, specifically, the line, “Is that all there is to a fire?” The song took inspiration from Kurt Weill’s stage compositions, blending the wink-wink performance of theater with pop maximalism that was coming into vogue in the late 60s. The song’s orchestral arrangement was composed (and conducted) by Randy Newman, who also played the piano in the introduction. The song takes a frank look at death, with Peggy Lee unafraid of what she sees, though unwilling to give up all the fun and parties for eternal mystery.
89: Silver Apples – Oscillations (1968)
So much of modern electronic and experimental rock music can be traced back to the monumentally important Silver Apples, and their 1968 self-titled debut. The band’s propulsive, hypnotic instrumental repetitions became commonplace in krautrock a half-decade later, and the circular patterns of their grooves helped usher in the dance music craze that took hold later. Of course, Simeon’s oscillators played a key role in the track, but the trembling, paper-thin delivery from singer Dan Taylor would also go on to inspire singers like David Byrne. Though Silver Apples’ music existed in a compact space, the worlds they influenced are vast and ever-growing.
88: Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody (1965)
“Unchained Melody” originally appeared in 1955, with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. The composition was initially pegged for a relatively unknown prison film, Unchained, before the Righteous Brothers plucked the tune from obscurity for their album Just Once In My Life in the 60s. The song exists in two parts, with the first moving along gently, like a rowboat gently gliding across a pond. But about halfway through, the skies open up and the song explodes as the drums come in with a thunderous crash cymbal and singer Bobby Hatfield grows stronger in his delivery. “Unchained Melody” was originally the b-side to the album’s first single, “Hung On You,” which was produced by Phil Spector. “Unchained,” which was produced by Hatfield’s singing partner, Bill Medley, charted better than “Hung On You,” so Spector took credit for both songs. Since then, the record has been set straight, and Medley has earned his rightful due.
87: BBC Radiophonic Workshop – Doctor Who (1963)
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop was created in 1958 to create effects for radio and TV, and quickly became Britain’s leading electronic sound laboratory. The “Doctor Who” theme, which accompanied the show’s first run in 1963, is the rare soundtrack that both accents and transcends. The composition is integrally tied to the show, but its iconic melody exists in its own sphere of pop culture. The sketch of the theme was written by Australian composer Ron Grainer and taken to the Radiophonic Workshop to be reimagined by Delia Derbyshire, who worked with sound engineer Dick Mills on the final version. The instrumental parts were created by splicing, slowing down, and speeding up white noise, a single plucked string, and simple harmonic waveforms of test-tone oscillators which were used for calibrating equipment and rooms. With the theme, Delia Derbyshire and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop not only changed the history of television, but laid the groundwork for experimental electronic composers in the 1970s and 1980s.
86: Sly and the Family Stone – Everyday People (1968)
“Everyday People” is typical Sly Stone in that it begs for peace and is insanely catchy. Sly had an ability to capture the 60s in song better than most, building off the free love movement to create a sound inclusive and groovy, delightfully engaged with the popular sounds of the era. The Family Stone was unique in that it featured white players like Greg Errico and Jerry Martini in its lineup, as well as women like Rose Stone (Sly’s sister) and Cynthia Robinson. Musically, “Everyday People” is unique in the way it engages with pop more directly than a lot of the band’s psychedelic funk music. It’s a straightforward hit, proving that Sly could write groundbreaking songs in a number of styles.
85: Bee Gees – To Love Somebody (1967)
How long does it take to recognize the Bee Gees’ “To Love Somebody”? Is it in the first second, when the clean, guitar chords slowly wrap around the silence? Or how about in second two, when the warm swell of the strings come in? For casual fans, it may be all the way into the third second that they recognize the track, thanks to the hollow and rich drums that sound like the group decided to record a water-logged timpani. Regardless, the iconic opening notes of “To Love Somebody” are as timeless as the track itself. Listening to “To Love Somebody” is to hear someone else experiencing love, heartbreak, and all the rest in a way you previously thought was unique and impossible to describe. It’s a shared experience, which is why “To Love Somebody” is one of the most powerful songs of the 60s.
84: Dusty Springfield – Son of a Preacher Man (1968)
Dusty Springfield just happened to be in the right place at the right time. The British-born aficionado of blue-eyed soul was recording her 1968 Atlantic debut in Memphis with Jerry Wexler. During this time, John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins had penned a song, “Son of a Preacher Man,” for Aretha Franklin. Wexler liked the track, and took it for Springfield. It became a monumental hit, occasionally reinvigorated by appearances in pop culture like in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 smash, Pulp Fiction. The track remains one of the cultural touchstones of the 60s, a sultry song about the love between Dusty’s character and a misbehaving young man.
83: Bembeya Jazz National – Armée Guinéenne (1969)
You don’t get the nickname “Diamond Fingers” by being just okay on the guitar. Sekou Diabaté, the guitarist of Bembeya Jazz National earned his rep thanks to a nearly telepathic connection with the instrument. Listening to a gem like “Armée Guinéenne,” the only logical explanation for Diabaté’s spine-tingling riff is to chalk it up to some otherworldly force and move on before getting a headache trying to figure out how he can possibly play so many notes. But “Armée Guinéenne” is more than a stellar guitar line. The 1969 afrobeat sensation signified a turning point in Guinean culture, with the band infusing their songs with political messages. The group formed during Guinea’s newfound independence, and their songs float with the joy of hard-earned freedom.
82: Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds (1969)
Here’s a tip: If you record a song that flops, get the biggest star in the world to re-record it. Easy enough, right? Back in 1968, songwriter Mark James wrote “Suspicious Minds” and had the audacity to record it himself. It bombed, and Elvis re-recorded it with producer Chips Moman. It promptly went #1. Granted, “Suspicious Minds” was one of Elvis’ biggest hits ever, but back then, getting The King to record one of your songs was a surefire way to skyrocket it up the national charts. The song was supposedly recorded between 4 and 7 AM, which may explain some of the electric desperation in Elvis’ voice. Playing The King’s counterpart was Donna Jean Godchaux, who would go on to sing with The Grateful Dead.
81: Mulatu Astatke – Yègellé Tezeta (1969)
Mulatu Astatke is the undisputed king of Ethio-jazz, a style of music that blends jazz, traditional Ethiopian sounds, and Latin rhythms. The golden age of Ethiopian jazz occurred in the 1960s and 1970s, with Astatke at the forefront of the scene. The country’s capital city, Addis Ababa was called “Swinging Addis” during that era, and was one the most innovative musical cities on Earth. It’s no wonder Astatke collaborated with jazz legends like John Coltrane when he visited the United States. “Yègellé Tezeta” is one of the standout moments from that era, a slinking, snaking groove that centers around an infectious horn line. The song is featured in the Ethiopiques series, which has chronicled the country’s sound since Ethio-jazz emerged.
80: Françoise Hardy – Tous Les Garcons et Les Filles (1962)
What a life Françoise Hardy’s “Tous les garçons et les filles” has lived. Translated as “To All The Boys and Girls” in English, the song was almost immediately a massive hit in France when Hardy released it in 1962. It originally appeared as a musical break while results were pouring in for a 1962 election referendum in France. During each break, French people everywhere were falling in love with Hardy’s charming voice and groundbreaking style of yé-yé pop music, which blended rockabilly, jazz, folk, and pop. And if you’re particularly drawn to some of the guitar tones on “Tous Les…,” it may be because none other than the legendary Jimmy Page contributed to Hardy’s recording sessions.
79: Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe (1965)
Songwriter Sonny Bono wrote the lyrics to “I Got You Babe” late one night in the basement. When he woke up his wife, Cher, to sing her part, she refused, saying she hated it, and didn’t think it would be a hit. She went back to bed. When she woke up the next morning, she had changed her mind. “I Got You Babe” became one of the strongest duets of the 60s, a perfect song for the free love movement of the 60s. Recorded by legendary drummer Hal Blaine and members of the world-famous Wrecking Crew, the song was practically an extended arm of the counterculture hippie movement, an infectiously catchy ode to the comfort of true love. Though Sonny and Cher’s marriage didn’t last, “I Got You Babe” is forever.
78: Terry Riley – In C (1968)
Terry Riley’s “In C” consists of 53 short, numbered musical phrases, each lasting a different amount of time. Each phrase may be repeated an unspecified number of times by each musician in the ensemble, and each musician has control over which phrase they play. Players are encouraged to play the phrases starting at different times. This is, in theory, a practice in chaos, but when executed correctly, it becomes a wonderful, sprawling, ever-evolving body of work. So why is it in this list of the best songs of the 60s? Well, Riley was inspired by the brave jazz innovations of players like John Coltrane and Miles Davis, and his music of the late 60s was a huge inspiration to The Who’s Pete Townshend. This lineage brought Riley’s experimental ideas to a mainstream audience, forever changing the limits of rock ‘n’ roll.
77: Vince Guaraldi Trio – Linus & Lucy (1964)
As the 60s continue to recede into the distance, the songs associated with Charles Schulz’s iconic comic strip have become appreciated as more than a soundtrack. The music for Peanuts was composed and recorded by Vince Guaraldi, a Bay Area-based jazz pianist, and his ensembles. After a stint in the Army as a cook during the Korean War, Guaraldi returned to the Bay Area where he began playing in groups heavily influenced by Latin styles like bossa nova. Guaraldi based his work with Peanuts, especially “Linus & Lucy” around these themes, infusing his catchy piano melody with percussion that will make you tap your foot. “Linus & Lucy”’s main section features only three instruments: a piano, a snare drum played with brushes, and a hi-hat opening and closing during the chorus, proving that genius often derives from simplicity.
76: Stevie Wonder – Uptight (Everything’s Alright) (1965)
The easiest part about putting this list together is that we didn’t have to choose between Stevie Wonder’s music in the 1970s. That’s not to say that his 60s run of songs wasn’t historic, but having to make a decision between the tunes on Music of My Mind, Talking Book, and Innervisions, is a great relief. “Uptight” is a straightforward pop-rock jam, with Wonder’s voice stealing the show, occasionally giving way to an infectious horn line. The drums bang and clash in the style of rock groups like Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It’s just a perfectly executed song, engaging and energetic but with enough space to let Stevie show off his powerful vocals. The song’s only shortcoming is when Stevie sings “I’m just an average guy.” Being lied to isn’t any fun.
75: Ray Barretto – El Watusi (1962)
New York City-born Ray Barretto is one of Latin music’s greatest conga players. He quickly gained fame in New York throughout the 1950s for his playing, leading to regular gigs across the city with Latin musicians but also some jazz greats like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and more. Barretto’s playing was inventive, so when it came time to lead his own group, even though “El Watusi” was part of a craze for pachanga music, he put his unique spin on it. The title of this classic 60s Latin song refers to the large Watusi tribesmen of Rwanda, who feature prominently in the nonsensical lyrics.
74: The Drifters – Under the Boardwalk (1964)
“Under the Boardwalk” was born out of tragedy. The song was set to be recorded on May 21st, 1964, but the band’s lead singer, Rudy Lewis, died of a suspected heroin overdose the night before. Rather than reschedule the studio session, though, the lead vocal part on “Under the Boardwalk” was given to the group’s other vocalist, Johnny Moore. The song is a perfect concoction of pop-soul, but it’s perhaps most celebrated for the tremendous cover versions it spawned. Artists who have tackled the hit include Billy Joel, Bette Midler, Sam & Dave, Tom Tom Club, The Rolling Stones, Billy Joe Royal, Bruce Willis, Bad Boys Blue, John Mellencamp, and Lynn Anderson. Remarkably, every single version listed above charted either in the United States or overseas.
73: Irma Thomas – Time Is On My Side (1964)
Irma Thomas and The Rolling Stones both recorded versions of “Time Is On My Side,” and the two couldn’t sound more different. The Stones churned out a thrilling rock rendition of the Jerry Ragovoy penned-track, and Thomas’ version is led by her brilliant vocal performance. Her voice runs just a bit ahead of the backing choir, producing the image of a sprinter creating distance from the rest of the pack. But there’s nothing developing in Thomas’ voice. Hers is one of the iconic sets of pipes in soul music history, powerful yet mightily precise. H.B Barnum arranged Thomas’ version of the song, and he enlisted Jimmy Norman to flesh out the lyrics. According to legend, Norman finished writing the words just moments before Thomas entered the studio.
72: The Cannonball Adderley Quintet – Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (1966)
“Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” was a surprise hit for the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, a slice of soul jazz that found a wide audience thanks to its blend of jazz structures and pop melodies. That melody is mostly propelled in the early going by Joe Zawinul. (The Wurlitzer he used on the track was once owned by none other than Ray Charles.) The song became a crossover hit when The Buckinghams recorded it in 1967, though the original, with the audience spurred on by an open bar, conjures a special type of magic.
71: Merle Haggard – Mama Tried (1968)
Like all great country songs, Merle Haggard exaggerated a little bit on “Mama Tried.” He was inspired to write the song after being convicted of robbery and serving three years in San Quentin Prison. It’s a stirring ode to the women who “worked hours without rest,” and an apology from the boy who refused to behave. The narrative is only half the story, though. Haggard’s blend of honky-tonk swing and the Bakersfield country songs in the 60s set the stage for 70s outlaws like Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. Haggard’s blend of empathy, remorse, and unwillingness to change became staples of the genre.
70: Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl (1967)
Van Morrison entered into a two-day recording session in 1967, during which he recorded eight songs, making up four singles. “Brown Eyed Girl” was captured on the painstaking 22nd take on the first day, but the result is clearly worth it. “Brown Eyed Girl,” quickly became a staple within his discography and a soft rock masterpiece that was a precursor to his move towards more orchestral-inspired psychedelic music on Astral Weeks. A testament to its timelessness, covers have been made by artists as varied as Adele, Reel Big Fish, Steel Pulse, and U2.
69: Gal Costa – Baby (1969)
There’s a lot of history packed into Gal Costa’s “Baby.” The Tropicália staple is the auditory equivalent of a perfect day at the beach, before the tanning starts to sunburn and the sunburn inevitably starts to peel. Painful analogies aside, Costa’s “Baby” was penned by Caetano Veloso and made famous by another staple of Tropicália’s sterling scene, Os Mutantes. Costa’s version was released in 1969, and the strings that swirl around and entangle her voice sound like they came directly from a spotting session for a 40s film score. Alongside Veloso, who backs up Costa’s stellar voice with harmonies, Costa created one of the great songs of the Tropicália movement.
68: The Kinks – You Really Got Me (1964)
Should it have been “Waterloo Sunset”? Maybe. But we wanted to highlight just how amazing Ray Davies has been since his earliest days as a songwriter. According to Davies, “You Really Got Me” was one of the first five songs he ever wrote. In its original conception, the song was piano-based, and settled into a lounge-jazz groove that’s a far cry from the version you hear today. The song was inspired by college lust, a particular night in which Davies was performing and saw a girl in the crowd that tickled his fancy. When his set finished and he went to find her, she had disappeared. Much of the song’s mystery revolves around that epic guitar solo, which Jon Lord of Deep Purple claimed was recorded by Jimmy Page before joining the Yardbirds and, eventually, Led Zeppelin. (This is a claim that Page has always denied.)
67: Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe (1967)
Chickasaw County, Mississippi is about two hours from the famed Delta, but on “Ode to Billie Joe,” Bobbie Gentry forgoes her birthplace to immerse herself in a narrative centered around a Delta tragedy. “Ode to Billie Joe” is a perfect folk song, rich with detail and imaginative in perspective. Gentry sits in on a family reacting to a local boy jumping off a bridge to his death. Gentry sings from the POV of the family’s daughter, whose empathy stands in direct contrast to her family’s indifference. It’s an effortlessly powerful anthem of Southern tragedy, as much of a novel as it is a four-minute folk tune.
66: The Ramsey Lewis Trio – The “In” Crowd
It’s one of the great instrumental songs of the 60s, and Ramsey Lewis has a coffee shop server named Nettie Gray to thank. In 1965, the Ramsey Lewis Trio sat in a Washington, D.C. coffee shop, stumped, trying to figure out what song to add to round out their set list. The group was booked for a run at Bohemian Caverns, the same venue where they recorded a live album a year prior. The setlist they were shaping up was set to inform the follow-up live album. Nettie, who was serving them at the time, headed to the coffee shop jukebox and played “The In Crowd” by Dobie Gray, which was a popular hit at the time. Lewis worked out a rendition with his band, and they ended their set at the Caverns with it that very night. It received huge applause, and eventually became a hit, charting on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts.
65: The Kingsmen – Louie Louie (1963)
The Kingsmen played garage rock before the term existed. Their version of Richard Berry’s “Louie Louie” happened almost by accident. In 1962, while playing a gig at the Pypo Club in Seaside, Oregon, the band heard Rockin’ Robin Roberts’s version of “Louie Louie” being played on the jukebox for hours on end. Everyone at the club would pile onto the dancefloor, giving the jukebox hit far more attention than the band ever received. In response, the group’s singer, Jack Ely, convinced the Kingsmen to learn the song, which they quickly recorded after seeing the same sort of reaction on the dancefloor.
64: Wendy Carlos – Two-Part Invention in F Major
In an article for the magazine Saturday Night, famed pianist Glenn Gould called Switched-On Bach “one of the most startling achievements of the recording industry in this generation.” The album, featuring Bach compositions meticulously crafted by Wendy Carlos on the Moog synthesizer, approximately took five months and one thousand hours to produce. The new instrument was, to say the least, a finicky beast. According to Amanda Sewell’s biography of Carlos, the composer could “produce a measure or two of music before the synthesizer went out of tune.” The result, however, became a sensation, topping the Billboard Classical chart for three straight years.
63: Joe Bataan – Subway Joe (1968)
Few songs of the 60s capture a particular city quite like Joe Bataan’s “Subway Joe” illustrated New York City. The King of Latin Soul was born in New York’s Spanish Harlem in 1942. Bataan brought his reality to tape, weaving brilliant tales of life in his working-class neighborhood from the perspective of a passionate participant. Joe grew up in the tenements of El Barrio, where he was exposed to a thrilling blend of pop, Latin, doo-wop, and R&B – all of which made their way into his music, especially “Subway Joe.” The track pulses with the energy of New York, with Bataan practically defining the Latin Soul genre as the song progresses. It’s a humorous tale of a memorable trip on the subway, and it’s hard to get more New York than that.
62: Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound Of Silence (1965)
“The Sound of Silence” is a perfect 60s folk-pop song, though it took a while for the duo to get to the track as it’s heard today. An original acoustic version was included on their 1964 album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. The album was a commercial failure and it led to Simon & Garfunkel breaking up. But in 1965, the song began to attract airplay at radio stations in Boston, Massachusetts, and throughout Florida. Tom Wilson, the song’s producer, remixed the track, overdubbing electric instruments and drums. This remixed version was released as a single in September 1965, though Simon & Garfunkel were not informed of the song’s remix until after its release. Two years later, and it became the soundtrack to one of the most important films of the 1960s, The Graduate.
61: Babatunde Olatunji – Jin-Go-Lo-Ba (1960)
After listening to the opening notes of Babatunde Olatunji’s “Jin-Go-Lo-Ba,” it’s nearly impossible to keep your body still. If you have blood coursing through your veins, you’re bound to get moving – whether it’s a foot tap or a full-throated repetition of Olatunji and his chorus’ call and response. The song, featured on Olatunji’s album Drums of Passion, showcases how much power lies in the time-tested combination of catchy vocals and a groovy rhythm. The Nigerian drummer, activist, and educator’s “Jin-Go-Lo-Ba” was a standout on a surprisingly successful record, one that many point to as a key introduction to American appreciation of “world music.”
60: The Zombies – Time of the Season
“Time of the Season” didn’t come quickly enough to save The Zombies. Upset by their lack of success, the group disbanded, only for “Time of the Season” to become a classic a year after its release. Several other songs from Odessey and Oracle were released as singles prior to “Time of the Season.” Columbia Records was skeptical of the album’s potential, but they put their weight behind it at the behest of new A&R representative Al Kooper. The band and Kooper were eventually vindicated, but only after Kooper successfully fought for “Time”… and waited for the public to catch up to its pop-psych charms.
59: The Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting For The Man (1967)
If the typical American citizen was freaked out by The Byrds singing about being “eight miles high,” it’s hard to imagine their reaction to Lou Reed singing about standing on the corner waiting to buy 26 bucks worth of heroin. Sure, it was one of the first popular songs to glamourize slinging drugs, but it was also one of the most forward-thinking, cool rock songs of the 60s. The guitar crunches with lo-fi abandon, and Lou Reed’s disaffected cool gives the song an ambivalent edge that predated the indie era of the 80s and 90s There’s not a corner of rock music that doesn’t have The Velvet Underground’s fingerprints all over it. It’s both a social commentary and a track that’s too cool for school, a rare combination.
58: Etta James – At Last (1960)
There are a few perfect moments in music history, but few top that brief moment in “At Last” when the remaining vibration of the strings cease and Etta James’ voice emerges, acapella, as she dives into the opening line of “At Last.” Before the drums come in with that familiar swung pattern, before the piano descends the scale like a mountain climber returning from summit, before those strings respond to James’ yearning calls, there’s Etta, all alone, at her finest. There’s an intimacy to this track, to Etta’s voice, that is practically irreplicable in modern music. She sounds like she’s singing directly to you, dedicating this perfect love song to a moment you once shared.
57: Steppenwolf – Born to Be Wild (1968)
Even though Steppenwolf’s song “Born To Be Wild” is a remarkable encapsulation of 60s rock ‘n’ roll, it’s mostly remembered for its use in Easy Rider, the seminal, groundbreaking indie movie that sparked a revolution of American filmmaking. That’s selling it short: “Born To Be Wild” is also often cited as the first “metal” song, or, at the very least, some version of proto-metal. And, crucially, stands up just fine on its own as a classic piece of rock songwriting.
56: The Band – The Weight (1968)
With “The Weight,” The Band attempted to bring surrealism to the mainstream, translating the richly symbolic film work of auteurs like Ingmar Berman and Luis Buñuel into song. The tune is populated by colorful characters taken from the group’s real-life encounters, and the city setting, Nazareth, Pennsylvania, was chosen because it was the home of Martin Guitars. But for all the background, “The Weight” also functions as an extraordinary folk-rock song, of which The Band created many. Drummer Levon Helm handles the vocals, while Rick Danko is on the bass and takes a crack at the fourth verse. Like most songs by The Band, “The Weight” was propelled by harmonies. Every member of the group could sing, but while The Beach Boys laced their vocal parts in technicolor candy, The Band liked to rough up their performances with a little bit of dirt and tobacco.
55: Stan Getz & João Gilberto feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim – The Girl From Ipanema (1964)
“The Girl From Ipanema” is the definitive bossa nova jazz song of the 60s. The song was originally written in 1962, with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes. English lyrics were written later by Norman Gimbel. The Stan Getz/João Gilberto version immediately became a hit, featuring the vocal debut of João’s wife, Astrud Gilberto. The song and album marked a groundbreaking collaboration between the American saxophonist Getz and the Brazilian icon Gilberto. The song we know and love is actually shortened from the version on the album which had also included the Portuguese lyrics sung by João Gilberto. The song was a hit throughout the world, taking home a Grammy for Record of the Year.
54: Patsy Cline – Crazy (1961)
Patsy Cline’s 1961 single “I Fall to Pieces” was her first song to top the Billboard country chart. Shortly after the song became a hit, though, Cline was seriously injured in an automobile accident, forcing her to spend a month in the hospital. After recovering, she released “Crazy,” one of the biggest hits country music had ever seen. Who knows what happened in that hospital, but Cline emerged a megastar. The song was originally penned by Willie Nelson, and her husband, Charlie Dick, implored her to record it. Cline refused. “I don’t care what you say. I don’t like it and I ain’t gonna record it. And that’s that,” she purportedly told him. When she arrived at the studio, Dick convinced her to try her hand at it, and the result is self-explanatory. Patsy Cline was a female country star before people were used to the concept, carving a lane for herself and influencing a generation of future women ready to croon.
53: Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg – Je t’aime… moi non plus
It’s hard to infuse a song with more erotic energy than Serge Gainsbourg did with “Je t’aime… moi non plus.” The track, which is roughly translated to, “I love you, me neither,” was originally penned for Brigitte Bardot in 1967. Gainsbourg was dating Bardot and she asked him to write the most romantic song he could. He came up with two. “Je t’aime” and “Bonnie and Clyde.” After Gainsbourg attempted to record the song with Bardot, news reached her husband that the collaboration was happening, and she begged Gainsbourg not to release it. He acquiesced but revisited the song a year later when he began dating Birkin. Their version is one of the most sexually charged pop songs of the 60s, with Birkin and Gainsbourg’s attraction to each other palpable in every line they sing.
52: Celia Cruz – Bemba Colorá (1966)
Celia Cruz will make you dance, but her songs also force you to confront the political realities of the 60s in Cuba. “Bemba Colorá,” released in 1966, is perhaps the most famous anti-racist rumba in music history, but it’s not easy to extract these powerful themes from the infectious swell of the horns and call-and-response between Cruz and her backing band. Cruz, colloquially known as the “Queen of Salsa,” left her native country of Cuba in the early 1960s, becoming one of the spokespersons of the Cuban community in exile. Hers is a fascinating history that brings forth questions of identity and community, but on “Bemba Colorá,” which Cruz made with Tito Puente, the Queen of Salsa laces her inclusive hit with undeniable grooves.
51: David Bowie – Space Oddity (1969)
You’d be forgiven for turning up the volume on your headphones after pressing play on “Space Oddity,” only to have your ears fried when the chorus emerges. David Bowie’s 1969 hit always starts more quietly than expected, taking ample time to ease its way to one of the greatest choruses in rock history. The song was inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, released a year earlier. Whereas Kubrick is sterile and exacting, Bowie is free-wheeling and ecstatic. The drums perform a rough variation of a military march, while Bowie counts us down and implores us to take our protein pills. You know what’s coming when Bowie sings, “liftoff,” but it never gets old. The stereo mix splits his vocal performance into each ear, and suddenly, you’re an astronaut, with David Bowie congratulating you on a successful moon landing.
50: Ennio Morricone – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Main Theme) (1966)
Turn away from each other, take three steps forward, turn around, draw. Though Ennio Morricone’s theme from The Good, The Bad & The Ugly relies on wordless vocals to conjure the West in all its grand glory, the opening whistled warble of the theme immediately recalls the final showdown in a Sergio Leone Western. “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Main Theme)” has become a metonym for Western soundtracks as a whole. And it’s why it belongs in a list of the best songs of the 60s. In 1966, the soundtrack landed at number four on the Billboard charts, mostly due to the chaotic brilliance of the whistles, gallops, and yelps that populate Morricone’s composition. Few soundtrack moments in film history match its sheer emotional force.
49: Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire (1963)
Though falling into a ring of fire seems like an ominous proposition, it’s far from what June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore intended when they wrote the seminal hit. The love song was originally recorded by June’s sister, Anita Carter, and though the song failed on a commercial level, Johnny decided to take a stab at it after he heard the performance backed by a mariachi band in a dream. Cash recorded the song as his dream intended, and the result is a country-western song decades ahead of its time. It blends traditional country structure with a blurring of genres, making it an all-time crossover hit amongst country fans and Latin music devotees alike.
48: Hugh Masekela – Grazing in the Grass (1968)
Christopher Walken never would have yelled “more cowbell” on Saturday Night Live if he’d simply helmed the session for Hugh Masekela’s bell-laden 1968 hit, “Grazing in the Grass.” The song begins with 16th notes played on the cowbell, before the drums come in with a half-time feel and the horns arrive atop a skittering piano line. It’s a masterclass in rhythmic tension, with Masekela’s brilliant trumpet playing dancing above all the chaos. The song reached number one on the Billboard charts in the United States, although it was the last song added to Masekela’s debut album, after the label deemed the record three minutes too short of a full LP run time. Alongside Masekela, Greenwich Village legend Bruce Langhorne and jazz bass legend Henry Franklin rounded out the all-star cast.
47: Loretta Lynn – Fist City (1968)
Loretta Lynn has a few rules. Don’t look at her man, don’t touch her man, don’t even think about her man…unless you want your butt kicked, of course. “Fist City,” Lynn’s ode to upper-cutting women who prey on her husband while she’s on tour, was a radical song from a star of country music. In the 60s, country was a man’s genre, and fighting was a man’s game. Loretta changed all of that, swaggering onto the scene with a mean left hook and the sweetest voice you ever heard. The members of the boys club who didn’t like her arrival had to deal with her ascendence, unless they wanted to suffer the same fate as the women of “Fist City”: on the ground with a bloodied lip.
46: The Miracles – The Tracks Of My Tears (1965)
“The Tracks of My Tears” is a miraculous hit, born in the greatest hit factory in the history of soul music. But the lyrics began in Smokey Robinson’s bathroom. “One day I was shaving, and I looked in the mirror,” he told NPR in 2014. “And I said what if a person had cried so much until, if you look closely at their face, you could see tracks that their tears had made.” The track, with its iconic opening guitar part and doo-wop style vocals, became one of the best songs about heartbreak in a world full of them. But don’t take our word for it: The song has been inducted into The GRAMMY Hall of Fame, has been ranked by the Recording Industry Association of America as the 127th best “Songs of the Century,” and Rolling Stone included the track at #50 in their “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
45: Gilberto Gil – Aquele Abraço (1969)
During the first verse of Gilberto Gil’s 1969 samba sensation, “Aquele Abraço,” Gilberto treats the guitar like it’s made of glass. There’s no other explanation for the delicate twang of his strumming. It’s like he’s barely playing at all. But then comes an extended chorus, accompanied by whistles, backing vocals, and a bevy of percussion, and all of a sudden, Gil treats his instrument like it wronged him in a past life. All this to say, Gil is a master of manipulation, able to use volume and crescendos to emphasize emotion and the movement of his songs. “Aquele,” perhaps one of the most famous samba songs ever, was penned during a period of military dictatorship and cultural censorship in Brazil. Gil had just emerged from a military prison and placed on house arrest, where he wrote “Aquele.” After being exiled to Europe in 1970, the song remained a massive hit in Brazil, becoming a rallying cry for political activists in the country eager for change.
44: The Byrds – Eight Miles High (1966)
The Byrds consisted of some of the best songwriters in American history, including the perpetually underrated Gene Clark, Jim (Roger) McGuinn, and David Crosby. They made psychedelic rock heavily influenced by Indian ragas, which were becoming popularized by the sitar player Ravi Shankar and John Coltrane’s interest in the style. “Eight Miles High” is, by 21st century standards, an innocuous track, but back in the 60s, the song was banned from American radio for its lyrics. But the drama surrounding the song is less interesting than the style it helped usher in, which blended the psych-rock of bands like The Beatles with the experimentation happening in the jazz world.
43: Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata (1967)
Long before rap songs were used as fodder for aspiring dance choreographers, South African artist Miriam Makeba took the traditional “Pata Pata” dance and used it for her own song. The song’s title, “Pata Pata,” means “touch touch” in the Xhosa language, in which the song was originally written and sung in 1959. “Pata Pata” was also a kind of dance that was popular in the shebeens of Johannesburg’s Townships. It was there that Makeba took her inspiration for the track, which she originally recorded with her band The Skylarks. After making a name for herself in the States, she re-recorded the song in 1967 with Jerry Ragovoy, and it quickly became a hit. Makeba’s 60s version of the song blended the propulsive African rhythms of her childhood with subtle samba grooves and an infectious vocal line.
42: The Shangri-Las – Leader of the Pack (1964)
To be young and in love is the best feeling on Earth. To be young and heartbroken feels like a tragedy never before replicated in the history of this planet. No one captures the highs and lows of falling into this cycle quite like The Shangri-Las and their hit “Leader of the Pack.” The song was originally penned by George “Shadow” Morton together with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. The song was originally written for The Goodies, but was given to The Shangri-Las, who needed a follow-up for “Remember (Walking in the Sand).” It became an instant classic, not least because of its innovative use of found sounds like motorcycle revs and inventive percussion.
41: Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man (1969)
“Stand By Your Man” is loaded with cultural weight, all of which distracts from the fact that Wynette’s most popular hit is simply one of the best country songs ever written. Sure, the song was a lightning rod upon its release in the late 60s as the American feminism movement was making headway in the mainstream in the following decade, but Wynette always insisted that the song was less about subservience than overlooking the flaws in the ones you love. The song was supposedly written in 15 minutes by Wynette and her producer, Billy Sherrill, and the singer initially expressed hesitancy because it was a clear black sheep in her discography up to that point – and included a note she had trouble reaching. Before long, though, the song became an iconic inflection point in country music, and Wynette’s most popular song to date.
40: Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites (1968)
Sometimes a nice walk in the park can spur your greatest idea. At least, that’s what Desmond Dekker says. The reggae icon first encountered the idea for his masterpiece, “Israelites” while overhearing an argument in a park. He was eating some popcorn, minding his own business, when a couple started arguing about how much money was exchanging hands. Dekker landed on the sentiment of working all day for not enough pay, and by the time he got home from his sojourn, the song was complete. It remains one of the most successful reggae songs of all-time, infiltrating the Billboard charts and bringing rocksteady vibes to an unfamiliar audience in 1968.
39: Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman (1968)
Glen Campbell liked to sing about places. 1968’s “Wichita Lineman” was, of course, about Wichita, and his next hit, “Galveston,” was about the coastal Texas city. Campbell’s attraction to these themes came from the way places expressed the character of the people that lived there. Written by Jimmy Webb, “Lineman” was inspired by a trip through Washita County in rural southwestern Oklahoma. Webb delivered a completed version of the song to Capitol Records, but his version was crucially missing a middle section. Campbell came up with the idea to fill this empty space with an all-time guitar solo. It was a call back to Campbell’s early days as a session player with the famed Wrecking Crew, many of whom he recruited to perform on “Lineman.”
38: Cream – Sunshine of Your Love (1967)
If you’ve ever made a mistake, you can take comfort in the fact that you likely weren’t as wrong as Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler were back in 1967. Cream, off the heels of their debut, Fresh Cream, were readying their second LP for Ertegun’s Atlantic Records. The duo hated Cream’s new hard-rocking, ear-shattering sound, with Wexler even calling the demos “psychedelic hogwash.” Wexler was wrong, obviously, because “Sunshine of Your Love” was not only included on the band’s eventual second album, Disraeli Gears, but was made a single. While Clapton’s playing and singing surely went a long way in convincing Ertegun and Wexler that they were making a mistake, it was Booker T. Jones and Otis Redding co-signing “Sunshine Of Your Love” that eventually convinced Ertegun and Wexler of their error.
37: Isaac Hayes – Walk On By (1969)
The number of legendary names associated with “Walk on By” is staggering. It was originally composed by Burt Bacharach, with lyrics by Hal David, for singer Dionne Warwick in 1963. Hard to top, right? Don’t tell Isaac Hayes, who turned the song into a baby-making love jam, sultry and sizzling. Aside from its world-class credits, Hayes’ 1969 version became a staple for rap producers, who sampled the song over and over. Notable MCs to spit over parts of “Walk on By”? 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., MF DOOM, and the Wu-Tang Clan. Hayes’ version of “Walk on By” is the rare hit that exists on its own and as a crucial part of another genre’s history.
36: Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth (1966)
Most people associate Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth” with anti-war sentiments, but Stephen Stills’ intentions were originally much smaller in scope. He was originally inspired to write the song because of the Sunset Strip curfew riots in November 1966 that pit forceful cops against young adults rebelling against the status quo (sound familiar?). Regardless of intentions, it’s easy to see why Stills’ composition made such an impact. The 1966 song, which featured Neil Young on guitar, is as catchy as it is powerful. The chorus implores awareness, but it’s damn easy to sing along to, as well. “For What It’s Worth” was originally written as a response to chaos on the Sunset Strip, but now it’s one of the best songs of the 60s and a calling card for peace activists across the world.
35: Jorge Ben – Mas, Que Nada! (1963)
Oh, how wrong O Estado de S. Paulo was! Upon the release of Jorge Ben’s seminal Samba Esquema Novo, Brazil’s fourth-biggest newspaper predicted that the record would quickly disappear from stores, just like Ben’s previous 78s did. But the paper failed to see just how profoundly Ben’s album – and, “Mas, Que Nada!” in particular – would shape the future of samba music. The album, whose title translates to New Style Samba, is clear in its aspirations. Ben brought a new perspective to the genre, a style that would influence a new generation of samba and South American players.
34: The Doors – Light My Fire (1967)
Like so many songs by The Doors, “Light My Fire” pulled from disparate influences. The song was originally written by guitarist Robby Krieger, who took inspiration from the melody of “Hey Joe” and the lyrics of The Rolling Stones’ “Play with Fire.” Then, drummer John Densmore suggested that it should have a Latin rhythm. Shortly after, organist Ray Manzarek added the Bach-influenced introductory organ motif, because…why not? Densmore circled back to suggest that it should open with a single snare drum hit. On top of all of these ideas, the entire solo section was inspired by John Coltrane’s cover version of “My Favorite Things.” That’s generally how the magnetic psych-pop music of The Doors worked. They acted as a blender, taking ingredients from across the rock, jazz, and blues scenes, and turning it into something otherworldly and impossible to replicate.
33: Booker T. And The MG’s – Green Onions (1962)
There are two types of people in this world: People that know Booker T. And The MG’s “Green Onions,” and those that know the song but just don’t know the name. The track is one of the most recognizable in American music history, a simple blues line that somehow never gets old. The players take turns vamping over the rhythm. First, there’s an organ solo, then the squawking yelp of a guitar, then back to the organ, then back to the guitar. It’s a simple formula, but sometimes simplicity is the hardest thing to do. The infectious melody that moves the song forward was written by Booker T. when he was just 17. When most of us were just learning how to drive, Booker was redefining American R&B for generations to come.
32: Caetano Veloso – Tropicália (1968)
The scratchy strings swirl overhead, like a missing music sync for Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. It’s immediately clear you’re in a new, foregin territory, perhaps Brazil, the homeland of Caetano Veloso. Veloso was a pioneering figure in the Tropicália movement, which filtered a number of genres from both the East and West through a Brazilian lens. The track bursts with energy, a truly revelatory sound upon its release in 1968. The song takes a moment to kick into gear, but once Veloso’s sweet and sugary voice joins the rush of instruments, it becomes clear why he, and “Tropicália,” were so integral to the burgeoning movement of the same name.
31: Big Brother & The Holding Company – Piece of My Heart (1967)
Jance Joplin had the blues in her spirit, which is why she so easily channeled it into a sprawling form of rock ‘n’ roll on 60s classics like “Piece of My Heart.” Joplin’s take on the track was so unique, so original, that Erma Franklin, who first released the song in 1967, didn’t recognize it as her own when she heard it on the radio. She infused the pain and triumph of the blues into the song, a skill she honed in the image of early blues stars like Bessie Smith.
30: The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back (1969)
Believe it or not, “I Want You Back” was the first national single by the Jackson 5. It arrived via Motown on October 7, 1969, and became the first No.1 hit for the band just a few months later. It marked a new era, as it signaled the arrival of Michael Jackson, who single-handedly altered the course of music, first with his siblings and later as the most successful solo artist in pop history. “I Want You Back” was performed on the band’s first television appearances, like Diana Ross‘s The Hollywood Palace and on their groundbreaking performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The song, though, almost never made its way to The Jackson 5. It was originally considered for Gladys Knight & the Pips and later for Diana Ross.
29: The Mamas & The Papas – California Dreamin’ (1965)
John and Michelle Phillips were sitting in their New York City apartment, huddling together for warmth, doing whatever possible to avoid the piercing cold seeping in from the city streets. It was all worth it, it turns out, as that feeling of hopelessness spawned “California Dreamin’” a tune as crucial to the mythos of sunny Los Angeles and the Bay Area as anything ever recorded to tape. The Mama & Papas (of which the Phillips’ were the main songwriters) created a song that tapped into both the idea of Manifest Destiny and 60s California as a haven for new ideas, new cultures, and a harmony unavailable anywhere else.
28: Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ (1965)
That descending guitar line is impossible to forget. There’s something about the way it slings towards its concluding note – one that you know will come but still surprises when it arrives. “These Boots” was originally penned for Lee Hazlewood, who figured he’d record the song himself. Nancy, however, played into the trope of female country singers being sweet and unbecoming, convincing Hazlewood that “Boots” would be too intimidating coming from a man. It ended up being for the best: “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’” remains one of the most iconic country songs of all time, covered by artists from all genres, but replicated by very few.
27: Frankie Valli – Can’t Take My Eyes Off You (1967)
Bob Gaudio, an original member of the Four Seasons and a co-writer on “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” always remembered the song as one that almost disappeared into oblivion. Recorded in 1967, Gaudio and Valli were relying on CKLW, which served the metro Detroit area, to enter the song into its rotation, practically guaranteeing some level of success. But Paul Drew, program director at the station, initially passed on the tune. It wasn’t until he saw Valli perform it live that he decided to add it to the station’s rotation, and upon its first spin, the song became a mega-hit. “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” has transcended time, and, more recently space. The 60s classic was used by NASA as a wake-up song on the STS-126 Space Shuttle mission in 2008.
26: Pete Rodriguez – I Like It Like That (1967)
Believe it or not, before Cardi B emerged with “I Like It,” there were two songwriters, named Tony Pabon and Manny Rodriguez, who made a song about the way they liked things way back in 1967. Pabon sang the vocals for the song, while the instrumentals were performed by Pete Rodriguez Orchestra. The song, perhaps as famous for its pioneering blend of English lyrics, call-and-response vocals, samba rhythms, and Cuban melodies, mashed together a number of styles into an undeniably catchy hodgepodge. The song’s unimpeachable melody made it fodder for covers, samples, and re-arrangements, with The Blackout All-Stars releasing a version, and Burger King adopting the refrain for one of their commercials.
25: Toots and the Maytals – 54-46 That’s My Number (1968)
“54-46 That’s My Number” was one of the first reggae songs to receive widespread popularity outside Jamaica, and is still seen as a defining moment in the globalization of the genre. Toots’ delivery is relaxed and playful, the drums massive and jangly. The lyrics describe Toots’ time in prison after being arrested for possession of marijuana, though the positive vibes don’t betray the depression associated with being locked up. Either way, the song helped define the 60s rocksteady scene in Jamaica, and is widely seen as a precursor for the highly influential dub style of reggae, which would go on to play a heavy role in the maturation of American electronic music in the 1990s and 2000s.
24: The Supremes – You Can’t Hurry Love (1966)
It’s all about patience. Love don’t come easy. It’s sound advice made all the sweeter coming from the voice of The Supremes’ Diana Ross, one of the most important voices in R&B and soul. “You Can’t Hurry Love” was written by the famed Motown production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, and was an immediate and staggering success story, topping the Billboard pop singles chart. With The Funk Brothers providing instrumentation, The Supremes’ tale of letting love arrive in due time is one of the seminal songs from 60s Motown, a standout amongst a bevy of classics like “Where Did Our Love Go?” and “Stop! In The Name Of Love.”
23: Frank Sinatra – My Way (1969)
The only thing more magnetic than Frank Sinatra’s blue eyes is his velvet voice. Despite making his name blasting alongside big bands, the subtleties in Sinatra’s voice were always highlighted on simpler tunes, like the brilliant “My Way” from 1969. Sinatra has Paul Anka to thank for this indelible 60s song. It was Anka who heard the original French version while on vacation in the South of France, and immediately flew to Paris to negotiate the rights to the composition. From there, Sinatra flexed his muscles, moving from quiet observations to top-of-his-lungs belting.
22: Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come (1964)
The making of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” is rich with history. There’s the backstory, in which Cooke reserved a motel room with his wife Barbara, only to be turned away upon arrival because they were Black. They left the property after Cooke put up a fight, blaring their car horn and shouting expletives on their way out. By the time they reached another motel, the police had arrived, and arrested Cooke for disturbing the peace. This, in addition to Cooke’s enrapture with Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ In The Wind,” and the fact that such a powerful protest anthem could be made by a white man, led Cooke to finally engage with racial issues as a songwriter. The decision would, in his mind, cost him much of his white audience, but Cooke decided to write his richly atmospheric, string-laden classic, determined to speak his mind and demand change. We’re all fortunate he did.
21: Alton Ellis – I’m Still In Love With You (1967)
Few songs have captured the ethos of Jamaican music quite like Alton Ellis’ “I’m Still In Love With You.” Both when it was released in 1967, and in more modern times, the earworm track from “The King of Rocksteady” has had a mammoth impact on the evolution of reggae, rocksteady, and its various iterations in mainstream music culture. The song’s beat has been used by many stars since Ellis’ original was released, including Althea and Donna’s worldwide 1977 sensation, “Uptown Top Ranking” and Sean Paul’s cover version from 2002. “I’m Still In Love With You” is a timeless classic that has inspired generations of musicians, but few renditions hit quite as hard as Ellis’ original.
20: Ike & Tina Turner – River Deep Mountain High (1966)
“River Deep Mountain High” begins simply enough. Tina Turner’s voice is obviously stunning, but atop backing vocals and a buzzing collection of instruments, it doesn’t particularly stand out from other iconic performances from the celebrated singer. But about thirty seconds in, something changes, and her voice lights up like a neon billboard. All of a sudden, it’s clear why she was considered the premier vocalist of her generation. It’s a sterling, star-turning performance, slightly raspy, intensely emotional. The song, produced by Phil Spector, cost $22,000 when it was recorded in 1966, which made it one of the most expensive songs of the 60s. To achieve Spector’s signature wall-of-sound style, he hired 21 session musicians to accompany Turner. Her vocal recording was a particularly grueling exercise, and Turner recounted that she was sweating so profusely that she ended up recording in her bra. The song, shrouded in legend and drama, remains one of the great moments of Turner’s career, an astounding accomplishment considering how many hits she was attached to.
19: Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son (1969)
Which movie comes to mind when you hear John Fogerty’s yelping delivery in the opening moments of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son”? Is it Forrest Gump? Suicide Squad? Logan Lucky? Regardless, “Fortunate Son” has the rare status as a genuine hit both for the band and within the film industry. Widely viewed as one of the great protest songs in American history, “Fortunate Son” sears with passion and catharsis. And, even though it’s been used countless times in films, it’s never lost its power.
18: Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit (1967)
“White Rabbit” is structured like a mountain climb. It’s all uphill, uphill, uphill, and then you reach the peak… and it’s over. Released in 1967 and directly inspired by Alice In Wonderland, Slick wrote the lyrics in an attempt to chastise parents who read their kids novels like Alice and then grew puzzled when those kids started taking drugs. (“Go ask Alice, I think she’ll know” is a lyric that has undoubtedly defined the 60s.) The song stacks tension against the wraith-ish presence of Slick’s voice, opposing each other until that final ecstatic chorus everyone knows (but doesn’t have the range to sing).
17: Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline (1969)
Neil Diamond needs to get his story straight. The iconic singer has often flip-flopped on the origins of “Sweet Caroline.” At one point, the classic 60s song was inspired by a young Caroline Kennedy, with the triumphant tune relishing the joy of youth. Later on, Diamond asserted that the song was a tribute to his wife Marcia, but he needed a name with three syllables. Regardless of origin, “Sweet Caroline” has become an enduring anthem and a song New York Yankees fans across the globe absolutely dread. The song has been adopted by the Fenway Park faithful before the Boston Red Sox head to bat in the bottom of the 8th inning. It’s the rare sports song that has nothing to do with sports, an elastic megahit written for a woman but turned into something we can all sing along to.
16: Ray Charles – Georgia on My Mind (1960)
“Georgia on My Mind” was originally written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell, and first recorded that same year by Hoagy Carmichael. The song practically became a Ray Charles original, though, after he included it on his 1960 album, The Genius Hits The Road. Charles’ version is quite simply one of the most popular songs in American history, from its original version to covers from Willie Nelson, Michael Bolton, and Wes Montgomery. Nelson performed it at Charles’ funeral, in what quickly became one of the most powerful renditions of the song. Charles’ voice booms through the mix in the original, standing atop his smooth piano chords, backing vocals, and a swelling group of strings. Charles’ version was officially decreed the State Song of Georgia in 1979, giving an official title to the state’s most important musical moment.
15: Jimi Hendrix – All Along the Watchtower (1968)
After Bob Dylan’s soft-rock classic John Wesley Harding was released in 1967, publicist Michael Goldstein, who worked for Dylan’s manager Albert Grossman, gave Jimi Hendrix a copy of the record. Hendrix then took one of the songs, “All Along the Watchtower,” essentially attached a bunch of bottle rockets, and sent it to the moon. Hendrix initially recruited Traffic-legend Dave Mason to play a 12-string guitar, but after bassist Noel Redding left the session in frustration, Hendrix audibled and moved Mason to the bass. It’s hard to make chaos sound this effortless, but few could pull this transformation off more easily than Hendrix.
14: Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine (1968)
We wavered between this one and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” with Tammi Terrell, but ended up feeling that this was the defining Marvin moment of the 60s. It wasn’t planned to be. Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” was almost never released as a single. The song – in typical Motown fashion – was recorded by a number of the label’s artists. Gladys Knights and the Pips made it a hit, so Berry Gordy passed on putting it out as a stand-alone tune. Once it hit the shelves as part of Gaye’s In the Groove, the DJs wouldn’t stop playing it. Gordy relented and the song hit the top of the charts, eventually becoming the biggest selling single in Motown’s history (to that point). The song it replaced for that title? Another 60s classic: “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” by Gladys Knight and the Pips.
13: Os Mutantes – A Minha Menina (1968)
Os Mutantes are still ahead of the modern era. “A Minha Menina” is a song from the future, released in the late 60s. The group was a clear indication that bands like The Beatles were popular everywhere, and that new groups could interpolate these styles into staggering new ideas. Here was a South American band, turning a Jorge Ben original into a freight train of a song, complete with a Hendrix-esque guitar solo and vocals that at times resemble a barbershop quartet. Os Mutantes treated borders like the Kool-Aid man treats walls, stomping over every pre-conceived notion on the way towards an ecstatic truth about the power of music.
12: Martha and the Vandellas – Dancing in the Street (1964)
“Dancing in the Street” began with modest intentions. The song, written by William “Mickey” Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter, and Marvin Gaye was partly inspired by Stevenson witnessing kids cooling themselves off with a busted fire hydrant in Detroit. But racial tension in the mid-’60s led Black activists to adopt the song as a protest anthem, urging demonstrators to flood the streets in resistance to Jim Crow-era laws. The song was immensely popular upon its initial release, but part of its staying power came from the way it came to represent one of the most important eras in American history.
11: Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay (1968)
The short, melancholic classic “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” was recorded just a few weeks before a plane crash took Otis Redding’s life. It was an incredible swan song for an artist that helped build Stax Records in the 60s. Its seemingly simple subject matter – someone watching the tide rolling in and out, reflecting on their life – is universal, allowing the listener to fill in the blanks any which way they want. The whistling coda is similarly open-ended, sounding carefree or lonely, depending on your frame of mind. (According to co-writer Steve Cropper, it only came about because Redding couldn’t remember what ad-libs he wanted to add to the song.)
10: The Who – My Generation (1965)
Pete Townshend’s Packard hearse gave Queen Elizabeth seriously bad vibes. Townshend’s vehicle was such an eyesore for Queen Elizabeth that, after passing it on her daily drive, she demanded it be towed. Townshend channeled this injustice into the song “My Generation,” a 60s anthem for outsiders everywhere looking for acceptance. The song is less about fitting in than being allowed to not fit in. Lyrically, the song changed rock ‘n’ roll history, and Roger Daltry’s signature sneer as he delivers the line, “I hope I die before I get old” has been spewed by rebellious teenagers towards their parents ever since. Like much of The Who’s earlier Mod output, the song is heavily indebted to American rhythm and blues, most notably in the call-and-response arrangement of the lyrics. Daltry’s occasional stutter has also been the subject of debate, with some suggesting he’s impersonating a Mod high on methamphetamines. Regardless of Daltry’s intention, it’s one of the most impactful vocal tics to emerge from the 60s. It’s an era-defining song, an anthem for anyone without a community.
09: The Ronettes – Be My Baby (1963)
Stomp. Stomp stomp clap. Stomp. Stomp stomp clap. The drum pattern has been etched into American popular culture like Elvis or the American flag. Played by Hal Blaine, the song has been imitated by a plethora of musicians, but few achieved the tone Blaine was able to create with his snare drum. The song was written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich. The Ronettes, led by Ronnie Spector, brought the idea to life, infusing it with the innocence and passion of young love. Spector described his production method as “a Wagnerian approach to rock & roll,” which eventually evolved into his “wall of sound” style. “Be My Baby” was one of the first times Phil Spector used a full orchestra in his recording, a theme the producer would return to again and again.
08: The Temptations – My Girl (1965)
“My Girl” is a kitchen sink composition. There are film-score-ready strings, king-entering-the-court horns, and a plucky guitar line that wouldn’t sound out of place on a country-western song. “My Girl” was the first Temptations single to feature David Ruffin on lead vocals, and what an introduction it is. The iconic 60s song was originally penned for the Miracles, with Smokey Robinson planning on recruiting Ruffin to sing the vocals. But the members of The Temptations convinced Robinson to let them have it, a wound that healed rather quickly considering the career Smokey would go on to have.
07: James Brown – I Got You (I Feel Good) (1965)
Is there a more iconic moment in music history than Brown’s introduction to his best-known song? There are certainly moments as iconic, but it’s hard to find one that is more impactful. Brown redefined what it meant to be cool in the 60s with this song, infiltrating mainstream rock and soul with his intoxicating brand of self-loving funk music. It was self-care before the term existed. Brown helped pioneer the developing funk genre by emphasizing the one of each bar, as opposed to rock songs, which generally emphasized the two and the four. This distinction quite literally put the “funk” in “funky,” and forever changed the course of modern music with songs like this one, “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag,” and many, many more.
06: Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone (1965)
The snare hits, then there’s a quick pulse of a bass drum, and then it’s curtains. There’s a brief moment to orient yourself before music history changes for good. That’s what Bob Dylan accomplished with 1965’s “Like A Rolling Stone.” Dylan started writing the confrontational track after a particularly grueling UK tour, and it’s this aggressive energy that moves the meandering warmth of the organ line into new territory. The tambourine subtly accents the upbeat, while the ragtime-style piano line gives the song an anachronistic quality. While the instrumentation is a perfect display of folk-rock, it’s Dylan’s performance that steals the show. The lines “you say you never compromise” and “How does it feeeeeel?” defined the resistance of an entire generation.
05: Aretha Franklin – (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman (1967)
It’s not hard to hear the gospel origins of Aretha Franklin in her indelible performance of “(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman.” To quote author Anthony Heilbut, “While the Beatles trafficked in gurus, Arethra excavated gospel roots, her Jesus against their Maharishi.” “Woman” was written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, with an assist from Atlantic Records head Jerry Wexler, but it’s Arethra that expertly dramatizes it all, pushing and pulling. When Aretha holds you in the bridge, maintaining the intensity of the previous chorus before going even bigger in the final chorus… Well, that’s what makes this one of the best songs of the 60s.
04: The Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (1965)
Picking one Rolling Stones song to represent the band on this 60s list is impossible, but since we’re limiting ourselves to one, “Satisfaction” feels like the best bet due to its story, impact, and cultural legacy. The story? Keith Richards can write songs in his sleep better than most can while awake. Richards apparently wrote the riff for “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and recorded a rough demo on his tape recorder without realizing it. The demo had about two minutes of acoustic guitar playing the “Satisfaction” riff before you can hear Richards drop the recorder and fall back asleep. The single was released in June of 1965 and was included Stateside on the band’s release from July of that year, Out of Our Heads. Back home in the UK, though, the song was only available to those tuned into pirate radio stations, as the song was initially deemed too sexually suggestive for commercial audiences.
03: The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations (1966)
Originally thought of as a Jan & Dean-style group obsessed with surfing, cars, and girls, The Beach Boys proved there was much more to their artistry with Pet Sounds and songs like “God Only Knows.” “Good Vibrations” is a 60s pop masterpiece from The Beach Boys, a miracle of a song that somehow topped the heights of the group’s legendary Pet Sounds. It should come as no surprise that – at the time – it was one of the most expensive songs ever recorded. It sounded like it. Beach Boy Brian Wilson’s production made for a swirling, twirling sound that presaged generations of artists using the studio as an instrument. Brian came up with the basic idea for the song, and Mike Love eventually penned the lyrics, calling it the group’s “psychedelic anthem or flower power offering.” What an offering it was.
02: The Beatles – Come Together (1969)
Between the classic drum fill introduction, crunchy guitars, and iconic vocals, it’s hard to top “Come Together.” We do acknowledge that there are about 25 other Beatles songs that could be included here. But “Come Together” is certainly worthy of the title. The song had a very 60s backstory: It was inspired by a request from Timothy Leary to write a song for his campaign for governor of California against Ronald Reagan, which quickly ended when Leary was sent to prison for possession of marijuana. Though written by John Lennon, the song was credited to both he and Paul McCartney. Listening to the lyrics, though, it’s clear that Lennon is once again sketching a silly self-portrait, a notion confirmed by famed Beatles historian Jonathan Gould.
01: Nina Simone – Sinnerman (1962)
The skittering hi-hats, the deeply haunted piano line, the galloping guitar line; all set the stage for Nina Simone on “Sinnerman,” a song that sees the icon turn in one of her most powerful vocal performances. “Sinnerman” is one of the most important songs in American music history, a stirring anthem on race, religion, and music. It has the energy of the sun, the restraint of a monk. At ten minutes long, it doesn’t waste a moment. Every clap during the breakdown, every “power” Simone sings. Simone grasped the power of music better than anyone, and “Sinnerman” is art at its apex.
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Otis Redding III, the son of rock and soul sensation, Otis Redding, passed away on Tuesday due to complications with cancer.
Redding’s death was announced in a statement shared Wednesday by his sister, Karla Redding-Andrews.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening at Atrium Health Navicent in Macon, Ga. Otis was 59 years old,” she wrote. “Please keep our family in your prayers at this time and please respect our privacy as we consume this huge loss. Arrangements will be announced at a later date.”
Redding III was only three years old when his father died with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967.
Following in his dad’s large footsteps, Redding III, along with brother Dexter and cousin Mark Lockett founded the soul band, The Reddings. The band peaked in the 1980s, releasing a total of six albums, notable for hits such as, “Remote Control,” and “Funkin on the One.” While the group made appearances on the Billboard charts, they were unable to gain the same success as their father.
Redding III later became heavily involved in his family’s charitable foundation, The “Otis Redding Foundation.” In addition to his sister Karla Redding-Andrews, he is survived by sister Demetria Redding and brother Dexter Redding.
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the Wisconsin plane crash that took the life of Stax Records great Otis Redding. In 2007, Bob Mehr told the story of Ben Cauley, trumpet player for the Bar-Kays, who was the lone survivor of the crash. Cauley died in 2015. We give Mehr's story encore presentation today.
Sometimes, in his sleep, Ben Cauley still hears their cries -- the ones of his friends and band mates.
In dreams, he feels the rush of the lake's icy water, the chill of fear, and the helplessness and hurt that followed. When those moments come, alone in the darkness, he tries to think instead of the music they made together; he tries to conjure the sweet sounds of soul and Stax, the things that have sustained him all the years since.
To some, Ben Cauley is the answer to a tragic trivia question: the trumpeter was the sole survivor of the plane crash Dec. 10, 1967, outside Madison, Wis., that claimed eight people, including Stax Records star Otis Redding, and Cauley's Bar-Kays bandmates Phalon Jones, Carl Cunningham, Jimmy King and Ronnie Caldwell.
But in a greater sense, Cauley is the ultimate survivor -- someone who's become the living embodiment of both the triumph and tragedy of the Stax legacy.
On the eve of the crash's 40th anniversary, the 60-year-old Cauley sits in his home recording studio in Southeast Memphis with two of his daughters, Chekita Cauley-Campbell and Shuronda Cauley-Oliver, talking emotionally and candidly about his remarkable life. "I thank God," says Cauley of his unlikely survival. "He was there to help me."
For those inclined to believe in the sheltering hand of a Higher Power, Ben Cauley is as close to proof as you may ever find. Logic or luck doesn't fully explain how Cauley escaped the plane crash or the waters that nearly consumed him 40 years ago. Nor do they divine how, in later years, after suffering a massive stroke -- when none of his doctors thought he would live for more than a few days -- Cauley was soon up and playing his horn.
"Ben is a miracle," says his friend and fellow Stax Records alum, songwriter/producer David Porter. "It's really that simple."
Porter marvels not just at Cauley's resilience, but at how he continues to play and perform with the same exuberance and joy he exhibited on the Bar-Kay's delirious debut, the immortal "Soul Finger." "When you consider what he's experienced and yet he can still get up and have the kind of energy that entertains people," says Porter, "it's a true testament to what's inside of this guy."
"Ben is a trouper," adds his Bar-Kays bandmate James Alexander, who missed the ill-fated Redding flight. "He's a guy, almost like a cat: He has nine lives. He's had some terrible, traumatic experiences throughout his life. But he's always been the same Ben, hitting them high notes like he always does."
Like so many Stax stories, Ben Cauley's tale begins in South Memphis. Born in 1947, Cauley's musical grounding came as a child at the New Friendship Baptist Church, where and he and his mother sang in the choir.
Cauley first picked up trumpet in the seventh grade and soon fell in with a group of neighborhood kids and Booker T. Washington high school students, including guitarist Jimmy King, saxophonist Phalon Jones, drummer Carl Cunningham, guitarist Jimmy King, keyboardist Ronnie Caldwell, and bassist James Alexander. They formed a group called the Imperials, later changing their name to the Bar-Kays.
Cauley, who was a couple of years older than his bandmates, began attending LeMoyne College in 1965. At the same time, the mostly underage band became a favorite at late-night clubs like the Hippodrome, adding their flashy step and dance moves into a repertoire of R&B songs.
Released in the spring of '67, the group's debut single for Stax, "Soul Finger", would reach No. 3 on the Billboard R&B charts. Before long, the young Bar-Kays -- most of them, still in high school -- were a hit act, and being groomed to become Stax's second house band alongside Booker T. & the MGs.
It was around this same period that Stax's signature star, Otis Redding, caught the Bar-Kays in concert, and was taken by their sound.
"After our show he ran backstage, and said 'Y'all bad!'" recalls Cauley. "He asked about us doing some gigs. And we said we're still in school, so we can't go on weekdays. He said, 'I'll take care of that, I'll pick you up in my plane on Fridays.'"
That summer of '67, the Bar-Kays started their work backing Redding with a 10-night stand at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, and then proceeded to tour the country. The young, energetic Bar-Kays and the tireless Redding proved a perfect musical fit. "It was a match made in heaven," says Cauley.
That fall, Redding paused from the road to have some polyps removed from his throat, and to write and record what would prove to be his swan song, "(Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay."
In early December, Redding and the Bar-Kays were back out on the road, doing weekenders at colleges. They had three gigs booked between Dec. 8 and 10, 1967, and most of the entourage was traveling on Redding's new twin engine Beechcraft.
"The first job we did that weekend was in Nashville, at Vanderbilt University on Friday,"; says Cauley. "That next night was in Cleveland, Ohio. We filmed (the TV show) 'Upbeat,' and then played a concert. The next morning we got up real early to go to the airport, on the way to Madison."
Bar-Kays bassist James Alexander, who'd volunteered to return the band's rental car in Cleveland and hop a commercial flight to Wisconsin, dropped them off at the hangar.
Cauley remembers the cabin of the plane was especially cold that morning. "Carl (Cunningham) asked an attendant at the airport to crank up (the plane) so the cabin could warm up,"; says Cauley. "But (the attendant) told us he couldn't crank it up because the battery was kind of low. He said he'd rather have the pilot do it."
"We kinda looked at each other, as young fellows do, and said, 'The battery's low?' Like, what's going on? Five minutes after that, it got started -- but we were still thinking about that. But we took off going to Madison with no problems."
Flying on little rest from the previous night, the passengers soon drifted off to sleep. At around 3:30 p.m., just a few minutes outside of Madison, Cauley woke to the plane's violent shaking. What happened next, Cauley says, "is something I can never erase."
He recalls turning toward Phalon Jones. "Phalon looked out the window -- what he saw, I don't know -- but he just said, 'Oh no!' I remember I got up, unbuckled my seatbelt to see what it was. The next thing I remember, I came to and was in all this water."
The plane had gone into Lake Monona, on the banks of Madison, at a sharp 35-degree angle. Cauley was separated from the plane and thrown out of an opening in the fuselage.
But surviving the impact of the crash was only the first hurdle. Cauley, who'd never learned to swim, was now struggling in the waters of the frigid lake.
Somehow, in between blacking out and rising to the surface of the water, he'd gotten hold of a seat cushion, which was keeping him afloat. Amid the waves, he lost hold of the cushion, but then another cushion floated by and he grabbed onto it.
In the chaos, confusion and cold, he glimpsed some of his fellow passengers: Carl Cunningham surfaced for a moment without speaking; Ronnie Caldwell cried out for help. Cauley urged him to hold on, but his attempts to get to his bandmates were defeated by the hard, lapping waters.
"I saw Carl come out of the water, I saw (Redding's valet) Matt (Kelly) come up on the other side. I was conscious at that time," says Cauley."I didn't know it, but my head was swollen and bleeding, and I remember I had only one shoe..."
At this tiny detail, Cauley suddenly stops his narrative and drops his head. After a long silence, tears begin streaming down his face, and his body slumps, the weight of 40 years of pain bearing down on his shoulders.
His daughter Chekita, consoles him, his younger girl Shuronda brings him some tissues, as he struggles to continue.
The speed of the rescue team -- which got to the crash site in 17 minutes -- was probably the thing that saved Cauley. His body was perhaps a couple minutes away from going into hypothermia when he was pulled from the waters. The cause of the crash was never clearly determined. Cauley had escaped with relatively minor cuts on his head and his foot; the others -- including Redding and pilot Richard Fraser -- had not been so fortunate.
Taken to the hospital, Cauley was finally told that he'd been the only one to survive. "I kept asking, 'Are they alright?' And this guy just looked at me and said, 'Well, son, you're the only one alive.' Once he said that, I couldn't talk. I'd never been that way before in my life. I tried. I couldn't talk. I was shaking all over."
Waiting at the airport in Milwaukee, Alexander eventually got word of the accident and arrived in Madison to find Cauley laid up in a hospital bed. "He was in a total state of shock," says Alexander. "He was just laying there with his eyes open. He didn't really know he was there at that point."
In the wake of the accident, the entire Stax family was shaken to its core. The loss of Redding and the promising Bar-Kays was a devastating blow. As label co-founder Jim Stewart later put it, "The company was never the same to me after that."
After months of shock and mourning, Cauley and Alexander decided to try and pick up the pieces of their shattered lives and re-form the band. "A lot of our fellow musicians cared about the Bar-Kays," says Cauley. "A lot of them was crazy about us, and they helped us put the band back together."
Debuting in 1968, the reconstituted Bar-Kays were a successful group, recording and playing sessions at Stax and frequently heading out on tour with groups like the Temptations. But, Cauley, who had a growing family, left the band in 1972. "He didn't feel comfortable being gone on the road all the time," says Alexander, who continues to lead the Bar-Kays to this day.
Despite the lingering scars of his past, Cauley continued to work and perform, his horn in demand for sessions in Memphis, Muscle Shoals, even Nashville.
As the years passed, there was more sadness at Stax -- the company went bankrupt in 1975, and in 1989 they bulldozed the studio. That day, Cauley, stood outside playing a requiem on his trumpet.
And that year, Cauley faced another brush with death when he suffered an aneurysm and massive stroke. "I went to the hospital, they had this metal going through his entire skull holding his head up," says David Porter.
"They had given him three days to live after his stroke," says Cauley's daughter Chekita.
But, as if scripted, on that third day, Cauley recovered dramatically enough to leave the intensive care unit. "Still, he had to do total rehabilitation," she says, learning how to read, write, walk, dress himself, feed himself, all from scratch. They told him he'd never play the trumpet again."
On Cauley's first day home after months of rehab, he saw his trumpet lying on the couch. "Honestly, I didn't even know what it was. But I went over and picked it up and started playing -- ba-de-dum-dum-ba-dum-dum," says Cauley, aping the first notes of "Soul Finger."
In the difficult aftermath of his stroke, Cauley's musical future seemed limited. "He still wanted to perform but was not mobile enough to do a lot of touring," says Porter, who set up Cauley gigging as a kind of one-man band at his Da' Blues restaurant inside the Memphis International Airport. Porter credits the popularity of Cauley's performances there with helping make the airport's later musical makeover possible.
"In my mind Ben's success was a big reason why there was no hesitation in not only incorporating music in the airport, but building the whole airport around the credibility of Memphis music."
These days, Cauley has recovered almost fully from his stroke -- the only reminder is some occasional difficulty with his speech. In recent years he's become an important presence at the Stax Museum of American Soul, both at ceremonial functions and its school for children.
This year has been one of significant anniversaries for Cauley: the 40th anniversary of the plane crash, the 50th of Stax's founding, and his own 60th birthday, which his family -- which includes seven children from a pair of marriages -- celebrated by throwing a surprise party for him in October.
This past Monday, with the anniversary of the crash approaching, Cauley did something he long promised himself he'd do: he returned to Madison, to the site of the crash. There, he performed as part of a ceremony honoring Redding and the fallen Bar-Kays at the Monona Terrace, on the banks of the lake.
Dressed in a black suit, Cauley spoke of how he was "honored" to be there to remember his friends. He then played some trumpet and sang elegiac renditions of Redding's "Try A Little Tenderness" and "(Sittin On) The Dock of the Bay."
Several hundred people came and listened, and bathed him in appreciative applause. In a way, the experience seems to have been a catharsis, providing Cauley some measure of peace.
"Lord knows, it just really touched me to be there. You know, for a long time I used to tell my kids, 'One day I'm going back.' I just had to see the lake," says Cauley softly, his voice trailing off. "I had to see it."
Originally published December 9, 2007.
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TThe Crown Prince of Soul is dead.
Otis Redding, 26 years old, a former well-driller from Macon, Georgia, died in a plane crash in an icy Wisconsin lake on December 10. With him were the five teen-age members of the Bar-Kays, a group which made the popular instrumental, “Soul Finger,” and who backed Otis on his recent tours and appearances.
Otis was headed from Cleveland, Ohio, to a Sunday evening concert in Madison, Wisconsin. It was his first tour in the private plane he had just purchased. His plane hit the surface of the fog-shrouded lake with tremendous force, widely scattering the debris. He was only four miles from the Madison Municipal Airport. On Tuesday, teams of divers were still dredging the bottom of the lake in a search for the bodies.
The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time: Otis Redding
Redding’s singing career began when he won fifteen straight Sunday night talent shows in Macon. One day he drove with a friend of his to Memphis for a recording session, cut two sides himself and was immediately a major talent. Among the many songs he was responsible for were “Pain in My Heart,” done in a later version by some of his greatest admirers, the Rolling Stones; “Mr. Pitiful,” a song so popular on the rhythm and blues charts that for a long time he was known as Mr. Pitiful; “That’s How Strong My Love Is,” another song which was picked up by the Rolling Stones.
Among the others, Otis’ great recordings included “Shake,” a Sam Cooke song with which he broke up the Monterey Pop Festival; “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” and “Try A Little Tenderness,” soul ballads which he made so effective by singing the tenderest lines against driving uptempo beats. Another great Otis ballad was “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa,” also known as “Sad Song.” The song he did which sold the biggest was his version of the Stones’ “Satisfaction,” which broke on many white charts as well as R&B surveys.
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In terms of conventional success, Otis never made it into the top twenty of the national pop charts; others had much greater success with his material. Aretha Franklin pulled off a million seller with one of Otis’ favoirte original compositions, “Respect.” Arthur Conley also made number one, with “Sweet Soul Music,” a song Otis wrote and produced.
In 1967 he replaced Elvis Presley as the world’s top male vocalist in the Melody Maker poll, a position Presley had held for eight years.
The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time: Otis Redding
In 1967 he proved himself to be a master of production (he had a studio at his 300-acre ranch outside of Macon) and a writer whose material was not only suited to himself but to the entire medium. His voice was rough, but it carried with it a style and a grace and an originality that was rare in the field of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, rock and soul or whatever it’s called. Otis was a man of music.
1967 was the year that the Stax-Volt operation at Memphis replaced the Motown group in Detroit as the major influence on contemporary blues. Stax-Volt is a tightly knit group of writers, performers and musicians. (Otis wrote “Mr. Pitiful” and “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa” with Steve Cropper, who also collaborated on “Midnight Hour,” and Cropper is the guitarist with Booker T. and the M.G.’s, the Stax-Volt house band, the band which backed Otis at the Monterey.)
The Memphis sound was going to take over soul in 1968. Everyone knew it, and Otis was the front man at Stax. In 1968, he was going to become “the King of them all, y’all.”
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This story is from the January 20, 1968 issue of Rolling Stone.
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Otis Redding III, the musician who shares a name with his iconic 1960s soul singer father, has died following a battle with cancer, his family said on Wednesday. He was 59.
Redding's sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, shared the news in a statement via The Otis Redding Foundation Facebook page.
"It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening at Atrium Health Navicent in Macon, Ga," Redding-Andrews wrote. "Otis was 59 years old. Please keep our family in your prayers at this time and please respect our privacy as we consume this huge loss. Arrangements will be announced at a later date."
Redding's father -- Otis Redding, nicknamed "The King of Soul" -- died in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967 when Redding was just three years old. He grew up to form the funk band The Reddings with his brother, Dexter, and cousin, Mark Locket, in the 1980s. Their biggest hit was "Remote Control."
Redding continued playing guitar and performing after the band released its final album in 1988.
"No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... 'sing one of your daddy’s songs,'" he said in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine. "So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals."
According to his website, Redding performed his father's music at weddings and private parties, as well as a high-profile 2018 appearance at Carnegie Hall for an Otis Redding tribute concert. He also offered custom shout-out and songwriting services.
Redding gave back to his community in Georgia, working with his family's charity foundation to offer musical education to young people and serving as the board president for his local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
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By The Associated Press - Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday.
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MACON, Ga. (AP) — Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday.
Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening,” said his sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation, the family’s charity in Macon.
Though singles “Remote Control” and “Call The Law” by The Reddings made appearances on the Billboard music charts, the Redding brothers never matched their father’s success. Redding continued playing and performing after the band recorded its final album in 1988.
He was once hired for a European tour as guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, under whose guidance the younger Redding became comfortable performing “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” and other songs of his famous father.
“He said, `You can play guitar with me, but you’re going to have to sing a few of your dad’s songs,‘” Redding recalled in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine. “I was like, `Huh? I don’t sing,’ you know. And he was like, `Well, you’re going to sing “Dock of the Bay” with me tonight.’”
Redding worked with his family’s foundation to organize summer camps that teach children to play music, and served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
He continued to perform his father’s songs for audiences large and small, according to his website, from appearing onstage at Carnegie Hall for a 2018 Otis Redding tribute concert to singing at weddings and private parties. Redding said he was grateful for the enduring legacy even if it overshadowed efforts to make music of his own.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like … ‘sing one of your daddy’s songs,’” he told the Maine TV station. “So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals.”
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Name Nationality Year Notability Flight/aircraft Crash site Cause/circumstances Aaliyah United States 2001 Actress, singer, and model Cessna 402 Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas Maximum takeoff weight of airplane substantially exceeded, pilot under the influence of cocaine and alcohol.[1] United States 1967 test pilot X-15 Flight 3-65-97 Randsburg, California, United States Breakup caused by malfunctioning control system Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Germany 1936 Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Ford Trimotor Zumpango, Mexico Malaysia 1997 Entrepreneur, founder of DRB-HICOM Agusta A109P Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia Mid-air explosion United Kingdom 1919 Aviator who flew the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Vickers Viking Cottévrard, near Rouen, France Plane stalled and crashed in fog Brazil 1967 Former President of Brazil Piper Aztec Fortaleza, Brazil In mid-air collision with a Brazilian Air Force Lockheed T-33 United States 1993 NASCAR driver Hughes 369 Talladega, Alabama, United States Pilot error[2] Israel 1948 Military, first IAF pilot to command a combat squadron and to score an aerial victory Avia S-199 Herzliya, Israel Struck terrain nose-down after apparent engine trouble during a gear-up landing attempt Sweden 1977 Table tennis player Linjeflyg Flight 618 Kälvesta, Sweden Icing of tailplane caused by engines being operated at too low a power setting for anti-ice to be effective Norway 1928 Explorer Latham 47 Barents Sea Disappearance Korea 1930 Aviator Taiyuan, China [3] United States 1983 Record-setting hot-air balloonist Hot-air balloon Near Bad Brückenau, West Germany Gondola release mechanism malfunction United States 1999 Minnesota Air National Guard test pilot Cirrus SR20 Federal Prison Camp, Duluth Aileron jam during early production flight testing[4] Sweden 1922 Aviator, parachutist Parachute Askersund, Sweden Parachute failure Juan Marcos Angelini [es] Argentina 2018 Racing driver, Turismo Carretera Pitts Special Carreras, Santa Fe Province, Argentina [5] United States 2001 Producer American Airlines Flight 11 World Trade Center North Tower, New York City 9/11 hijacking by Mohamed Atta Finland 1941 Communist leader, military officer Arkhangelsk, Soviet Union Was allegedly killed in a plane crash, but some claim he died in Moscow under suspicious circumstances. United States 2012 CEO of Micron at time of incident Lancair IV-P Boise Airport, Idaho, United States Error during emergency landing United Kingdom 1942 Army Officer and Member of Parliament Handley Page Halifax Luqa, Malta Crashed on takeoff United States 1956 Test pilot Bell X-2 Edwards AFB, California, United States Pilot error Iraq 1966 President of Iraq de Havilland Dove 1 Southern Iraq Crashed in a sand storm France 2015 Sailor Eurocopter AS350 Villa Castelli, Argentina Collided in mid-air; see Villa Castelli helicopter collision Canada 2001 ice hockey player (NHL) United Airlines Flight 175 World Trade Center South Tower, New York City 9/11 hijacking by Marwan al-Shehhi United Kingdom 1942 World War I flying ace Martin-Baker MB 3 RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom Engine failure France 1986 Singer and songwriter Aérospatiale AS350 Ecureuil[6] Gourma-Rharous, Mali Controlled flight into terrain during a sandstorm, with Thierry Sabine when crashed India 2002 Politician Bell 206 Kaikalur, India Mechanical failure, pilot error Italy 1940 Governor-General of Italian Libya Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Tobruk, Italian North Africa Shot down by friendly fire, Italian anti-aircraft batteries defending the airfield misidentified the aircraft as British Canada 1941 Scientist, co-discovered insulin Lockheed Hudson Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada Engine problems West Germany 1957 Test pilot LF-1 Zaunkönig Braunschweig, West Germany Lost control of aircraft Italy 2009 Conductor and composer Air France Flight 447 Atlantic Ocean Pilot error Canada 1951 Ice hockey player (NHL) Fairchild 24 100 km N of Cochrane, Ontario, Canada Pilot inexperience, poor weather, overloaded cargo Bolivia 1969 President of Bolivia helicopter Arque, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia Rotors caught on power lines[7] United States 1966 Astronaut Northrop T-38 Talon[7] St. Louis, Missouri, United States With Elliot See; 1966 NASA T-38 crash Czechoslovakia 1932 Founder of Bata Shoes company Junkers F.13 Otrokovice, Czechoslovakia Poor weather United States 2001 Ice hockey player (AHL) United Airlines Flight 175 World Trade Center South Tower, New York City 9/11 hijacking by Marwan al-Shehhi United States 1915 Aviator, stunt flyer Beachey-Eaton Monoplane[8] San Francisco, California, United States Demonstrating inverted flight at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. Structural failure while attempting to pull up. United States 2001 Oracle Corporation employee United Airlines Flight 93 Shanksville, Pennsylvania, United States 9/11 hijacking by Ziad Jarrah United States 1943 Politician, mayor of St. Louis Waco CG-4A-RO Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Loss of right wing due to wing strut fitting failure during demonstration flight;[9] Maj. William B. Robertson also dies in this accident[10] United States 1972 US Congressman from Alaska Cessna 310 Alaska, United States Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead. Hale Boggs was also on this flight. United Kingdom 1978 Racing car designer, driver and founder / owner of Chevron Cars Ltd Hiway Scorpion B hang glider Lancashire, United Kingdom Competed in a competitive event organized by his club. Pilot error likely to have caused by stall whilst attempting a challenging maneuvre. The pilot had 18 months flying experience.[11] United States 2001 entertainer, actress, and photographer American Airlines Flight 11 World Trade Center North Tower, New York City 9/11 hijacking by Mohamed Atta United States 1996 Quarterback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers Piper J-3 Cub Raymond, Nebraska, United States Pilot error (loss of engine power because of fuel valve mis-position)[12] United States 1927 Aviator Old Glory North Atlantic Aircraft crashed during an attempt at a transatlantic flight from the United States to Italy. United States 1999 Sister-in-law of John F. Kennedy Jr. Piper Saratoga Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States Pilot error; see John F. Kennedy Jr. plane crash United States 1999 Wife of John F. Kennedy Jr. Piper Saratoga Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States Pilot error; see John F. Kennedy Jr. plane crash United States 2000 CART racing driver/owner Beechcraft Baron Ann Milton Adams' farm, Harrison County, Kentucky, United States Airframe icing United States 2001 Video producer and director music video American Airlines Flight 11 World Trade Center North Tower, New York City 9/11 hijacking by Mohamed Atta Canada 1948 World War II ace pilot Noorduyn Norseman Rome, Italy Possible sabotage India 1986 Flight attendant who saved lives during a hijacking Pan Am Flight 73 Karachi, Pakistan Hijacking India 1966 Nuclear physicist Air India Flight 101 Mont Blanc, France Flight dispatched without necessary navigation equipment for the route being flown Yugoslavia 1977 Premier of Yugoslavia Learjet 25 Kreševo, Yugoslavia Poor weather conditions Saudi Arabia 1967 Entrepreneur and father of Osama bin Laden Beechcraft Model 18[7] Oom, 'Asir Province, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 1988 Entrepreneur and half-brother of Osama bin Laden Sprint ultra-light aircraft[6] San Antonio, Texas, United States Flew into power lines United States 2001 Public relations executive United Airlines Flight 93 Shanksville, Pennsylvania, United States 9/11 hijacking by Ziad Jarrah France 1809 Hot air ballooning pioneer Hot air balloon The Hague, Netherlands Died from injuries sustained after falling out of a balloon during cardiac arrest France 1819 Female ballooning pioneer Hot air balloon Jardin de Tivoli, Paris, France Fell to her death after the balloon caught fire Central African Republic 1959 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic Nord Noratlas Boda, Lobaye, Central African Republic Mid-air explosion United States 1972 Politician, US Congressman from Louisiana Cessna 310 southern Alaska, United States Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead. Nick Begich was also in this flight. United States 1984 US Air Force lieutenant general MIG-23 Jackass Flats, Nevada, United States Reacted improperly to afterburner malfunction, lost aircraft control, fatally injured ejecting at excessive speed[13] United States 1945 World War II fighter ace and test pilot Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Burbank, California, United States Pilot error Billy Joe Booth United States 1972 Canadian football player for the Ottawa Rough Riders Piper Cherokee Dorchester, Ontario, Canada Thunderstorm United States 1999 Golf course designer Learjet 35 Mina, South Dakota, United States Hypoxia; see 1999 South Dakota Learjet crash. Payne Stewart also died in this accident. India 1945 Politician and freedom fighter Mitsubishi Ki-21 Taipei, Japanese Taiwan (alleged) Cause disputed Mauritania 1979 Politician, Prime Minister of Mauritania de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo Dakar, Senegal United States 2011 Businessman and former Oklahoma state senator Piper PA-28 Cherokee N7746W Perryville, Arkansas, United States Controlled flight into terrain France 1996 Ice hockey defenseman for the Ligue Magnus TWA Flight 800 East Moriches, New York, United States Mid-air explosion United States 1996 Politician, US Secretary of Commerce Boeing CT-43 Dubrovnik, Croatia pilot error United States 2020 Retired NBA all-star basketball player Sikorsky S-76 Calabasas, California, United States Uncontrolled flight into terrain due to pilot error (continued VFR into IMC) and spatial disorientation; John Altobelli also died in the crash. See 2020 Calabasas Helicopter Crash.[14] Germany 2015 Bass-baritone opera singer Germanwings Flight 9525 Prads-Haute-Bléone, France Deliberate flight into terrain United States 2011 College basketball coach Piper PA-28 Cherokee N7746W Perryville, Arkansas, United States Controlled flight into terrain United Kingdom 1933 Politician Hawker Hart RAF Hendon Aircraft failed to recover from dive while practising display for air pageant United States 1944 Test pilot for Lockheed Lockheed YP-80 Shooting Star Burbank, California, United States Engine flame-out United States 2001 Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Thoratec Corporation United Airlines Flight 93 Shanksville, Pennsylvania, United States 9/11 hijacking by Ziad Jarrah United States 1941 Politician; US Congressman from Maryland Eastern Air Lines Flight 21 Atlanta, Georgia, United States Inadvertently descended into trees due to incorrect altimeter setting. Eddie Rickenbacker survived this crash. Philippines 1957 Philippine senator Douglas C-47 Skytrain Cebu City, Philippines (22 mi NW) See 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash Chile 2011 Television presenter (Television Nacional de Chile) Chilean Air Force CASA C-212 Aviocar off Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile Loss of control in adverse weather Brazil 2014 Politician, presidential candidate in Brazilian general election, 2014 2014 Santos Cessna Citation accident Santos, Brazil Nose-down collision with ground during poor weather shortly after aborting landing, caused by pilot disorientation. Mexico 1983 Entertainer, actress Aviaco Flight 134 Madrid, Spain Collision resulting from runway incursion, caused by poor visibility and taxiway signage[6] Italy 1956 Orchestra conductor 1956 Paris DC-6 crash Paris-Orly Airport, France Crashed on takeoff[15]
See 1956 Paris DC-6 crash
Romania 1912 Army officer, first Romanian airplane accident casualty Farman Bucharest, Romania Plane crash during training on Cotroceni Airfield United States 2000 Governor of Missouri Cessna 335 Goldman, Missouri, United States Thunderstorm Sweden 1988 Assistant-Secretary-General of the UN, UN Commissioner for Namibia Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie, Scotland, United Kingdom Terrorism Mexico 1928 Mexican "Charles Lindbergh" Ryan Brougham[16] Tabernacle, New Jersey, United States Weather? United States 1991 Astronaut Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 Brunswick, Georgia, United States Malfunction of the left engine propeller control unit. Senator John Tower also died in this crash. Italy 1985 Actor Bell 206B Page, Arizona, United States Rotor blades struck bridge due to pilot error and aircraft fell into canyon[17] during filming of Vendetta dal futuro United States 1948 Sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy de Havilland Dove Saint-Bauzile, Ardèche, France Greece 1937 Princess of Greece and Denmark, sister of Prince Philip Junkers Ju 52 Ostend, Belgium Crashed into a factory chimney; see Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash Sweden 1918 Aviator Blériot XI[18][unreliable source?] Gulf of Bothnia France 1949 World boxing champion Lockheed Constellation São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal Controlled flight into terrain, mountain United Kingdom 1939 Motorcycle speedway rider Slingsby Petrel Great Hucklow, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England Died in gliding competition United States 1974 Trumpet player and band leader Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche Jackson, Minnesota, United States Poor weather[19] Peru 1910 Aviator Blériot XI[20] Domodossola, Italy Inadequate repairs to aircraft Venezuela 1969 Major League Baseball player Viasa Flight 742
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Struck power lines during takeoff Russia 2023 Head of logistics of Wagner Group Embraer Legacy 600 Kuzhenkino, Tver Oblast, Russia Under investigation Soviet Union 1972 Actor, parodist Aeroflot Flight 1491 Kharkiv, Soviet Union Structural failure leading to a loss of control Germany 1943 Prince of Hesse, nephew of Wilhelm II Siebel Fh 104 Hallore Forlì, Italy United States 2017 American racing driver Mooney M20-C North Branford, Connecticut Total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as the result of foreign object debris in the fuel selector valve[21] Cuba 1959 Revolutionary Cessna 310 Caribbean Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead Spain 1936 Inventor of the autogyro KLM Douglas DC-2 Croydon Air Port, South London Aircraft hit house after taking off in fog. Arvid Lindman was also killed. United States 1949 Entertainer and singer Cessna Los Angeles, United States Pilot error Puerto Rico 1972 Major League Baseball player Douglas DC-7 off the coast of Isla Verde, Puerto Rico Mechanical problems; overloaded plane United States 1963 Entertainer and country singer Piper Comanche[7] Camden, Tennessee, United States Severe weather; Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins were also killed in this accident. United Kingdom 1837 Watercolour artist and amateur scientist Dihedral Parachute Lee Green, England Parachute broke up in mid-air after release from a balloon[22] United States 1913 Aviation pioneer and showman Cody Floatplane Farnborough, Hampshire, England Aircraft broke up at 200 ft; thrown out of aircraft United States 1926 Aviator, first African-American woman pilot Curtiss JN-4 Jacksonville, Florida, United States Thrown from aircraft after controls jammed while she was riding as a passenger. She was not wearing a seatbelt. United States 2000 Entertainer, WGN (AM) radio personality Zlín Z 42 Waukegan, Illinois, United States Mid-air collision United States 1972 Politician, US Congressman from Illinois United Airlines Flight 553 Chicago, United States Pilot error United States 1962 United States Navy admiral American Airlines Flight 1 Jamaica Bay, Queens, New York, United States Loss of control at takeoff due to autopilot malfunction caused by electrical short United States 1921 Politician, former US Congressman from Iowa Curtiss Eagle Indian Head, Maryland, United States Severe weather United States 1914 Aviator Wright aircraft Pueblo, Colorado, United States [23] United Kingdom 1974 athlete, silver medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics Turkish Airlines Flight 981 Ermenonville, France Cargo hatch and control cable failures United States 1963 Entertainer and country music singer Piper Comanche Camden, Tennessee, United States Severe weather; Patsy Cline and Hawkshaw Hawkins were also killed in this accident. United States 1994 Cessna 150 Washington, D.C., United States Intentionally crashed a stolen airplane on the White House lawn France 1979 Oceanographer PBY Catalina Lisbon, Portugal Nosed over during high-speed water taxi United Kingdom 2011 Record breaking stunt performer Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche Mont Agel, France Crashed while flying through dense fog at low altitude[24][25][26] United States 1973 Entertainer and singer Beechcraft Model 18 Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States Collision with trees[27] South Africa 2002 Cricket captain Hawker Siddeley HS 748 George, Western Cape, South Africa Unserviceable navigational equipment United States 2006 Test pilot Cessna 210[28] Gordon County, Georgia, United States Aircraft broke up in thunderstorm; ATC error; pilot error[28] United States 2009 Stunt pilot Zivko Edge 540 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England Crashed during competition aerobatics. Aircraft failed to recover from a downwards snap roll manoeuvre, causing it to rotate until it struck the ground.[29][30] Dominican Republic 1970 World boxing champion Dominicana DC-9 air disaster Punta Caucedo Fuel contamination United States 1996 American National Football League player ValuJet Flight 592 Florida Everglades, United States Fire in-flight United States 1935 Politician, US Senator from New Mexico TWA Douglas DC-2 Atlanta, Missouri, United States Bad weather Portugal 1980 Politician, defense minister of Portugal Cessna 421[6] Loures, Portugal Sabotage[6] France 1996 Entertainer and musician TWA Flight 800 East Moriches, New York (8 mi E) Mid-air explosion United States 1956 Aviator during the Spanish Civil War Douglas DC-3 Canada Severe weather Lithuania 1933 Aviator Lituanica Pszczelnik, Myślibórz County, Poland United Kingdom 1954 Cricketer Boeing 377 Prestwick, Scotland United Kingdom 1958 Cricketer and journalist Munich air disaster Munich, West Germany Failure to take off due to slush on runway France 2021 Billionaire and French MP Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil Deauville, Northwestern France Under investigation Australia 2014 Author Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Hrabove, Ukraine Airliner shot down[31] United Kingdom 1946 Test pilot de Havilland DH 108 Hoo Peninsula Aircraft broke up while carrying out high-speed tests United Kingdom 1943 Test pilot de Havilland Mosquito Hatfield, England Mid-air collision France 1910 Aviator and sculptor Bleriot XI Bordeaux, France United States 2021 Businessman and space tourist Cessna 172 Hampton Township, New Jersey, United States Crash in a heavily wooded area United States 1923 Stunt pilot, airport owner, aviation-school owner the "Wasp" Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States Substandard wing pins South Africa 2013 Aviator Extra EA-300 Secunda, Mpumalanga Crashed during an airshow[32] United States 1997 Entertainer, singer, songwriter, actor Rutan Long-EZ Pacific Grove, California, United States Aircraft unfamiliarity; faulty assembly (deviation from original design) United States 2009 Human rights investigator and expert on the Rwandan genocide Colgan Air Flight 3407[33] Clarence Center, New York Icing, pilot error Brazil 2019 Singer and songwriter Piper PA-28 Cherokee Estância, Sergipe, Brazil Crashed in bad weather Brazil 1972 Actress Japan Airlines Flight 471 New Delhi, India Controlled flight into terrain France 1988 racing car driver Mitsubishi MU-2[34] Saint-Étienne, France Germany 1937 Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse Junkers Ju 52 Ostend, Belgium crashed into a factory chimney United States 1986 Actress and radio station traffic reporter Enstrom F-28 New York City Main rotor seizure due to improper maintenance. Dornacker was live on the air for WNBC (AM) at the time of the crash. United States 2004 Chief engine builder of Hendrick Motorsports Beechcraft Super King Air 200 Martinsville, Virginia, United States Pilot error. Several members of Hendrick family also died including Ricky Hendrick. Maurice Drouhin [fr] France 1928 Aviator, test pilot Couzinet 27 France Aircraft failure United States 1996 Aviator, 7-year-old aspiring pilot Cessna 177 Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States Aircraft lost control in thunderstorm; deliberate takeoff because of media commitments; pilot error United States 1943 Aviator, United States Army Air Forces Lieutenant Colonel Lockheed P-38 Lightning Burbank, California, United States Aircraft caught fire while on a training mission near highly populated Burbank, California. Instead of parachuting to safety, he remained at the controls and saved countless civilian lives by guiding it into a vacant lot. United States 1937 Aviator, pioneer woman pilot Lockheed Model 10 Electra Pacific Ocean, near Howland Island Disappeared together with navigator Fred Noonan during global circumnavigation attempt, cause undetermined, body and aircraft never found; see speculation on Earhart's disappearance United States 2009 Activist, co-chair of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee Colgan Air Flight 3407[33] Clarence Center, New York Icing; pilot error United States 1948 Test pilot, namesake of Edwards AFB Northrop YB-49 Edwards Air Force Base, United States aircraft broke apart United States 1953 Aviator, United States Air Force Brigadier General Convair B-36 Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Controlled flight into terrain into a hill United States 1928 First American naval aviator Loening OL-7[35] Chesapeake Bay United States 1911 Aviator, pioneer pilot in American naval aviation Curtiss Model D[36] Macon, Georgia, United States Crashed while pulling from a dive. United States 1911 Inventor, Aviator Evergreen monoplane glider San Jose, California, United States turbulence, which caused a stall. United States 1943 Rear-Admiral, Commander, Submarines, U.S. Pacific Fleet Pan Am Flight 1104 near Ukiah, California, United States pilot error Austria 1982 Formula One racer Beechcraft Bonanza Niederweidbach, NW Giessen, Germany engine failure Paraguay 1940 President of Paraguay Potez 25 Altos, Paraguay United States 1985 Project manager for IBM PC Delta Air Lines Flight 191[37] Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, United States Microburst-induced wind shear United Kingdom 1913 Cricketer Cody Floatplane Farnborough, Hampshire, England Aircraft broke up at 200 ft, thrown out of aircraft United Kingdom 2009 Aisplay pilot Percival Provost Bishop Norton, Lincolnshire, England Russia 2003 Politician, governor of Sakhalin Mil Mi-8 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia pilot error France 1909 Aviation pioneer Voisin biplane Boulogne-sur-Mer, France pilot error Brazil 2014 Footballer Helibras AS 350BA Aruanã River, 9 miles from Aruanã, Goiás under investigation United States 1980 Aviator, ace pilot in the Korean War Piper Geronimo Grand Bahama Island United Kingdom 1931 Game hunter de Havilland Gypsy Moth Voi, Kenya United Kingdom 1962 Racing car driver, 24 Hours of Le Mans winner CAC Mustang Australia Lost control in cloud[7] United States 1943 First WAFS fatality Vultee BT-13 Valiant 10 miles south of Merkel, Texas, United States mid-air collision United States 2007 Entrepreneur, commodities trader American Champion Decathlon Sierra Nevada Mountains, United States pilot error following downdrafts resulting in Controlled flight into terrain United States 2005 Aviator, aerobatic pilot Waco UPF-7 Moose Jaw, Canada collision with Bobby Younkin East Germany 1989 Berlin Wall defectee Homemade balloon Zehlendorf, Berlin Cause of crash unknown, fell into a garden of a villa in an attempt to defect to West Berlin. Germany 1995 Scientist and astronaut Messerschmitt Bf 108 Berlin lost control of aircraft Soviet Union 1968 First man in space Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15UTI[7] Kirzhach unknown India 1980 Son of Indira Gandhi Pitts S-2A Special Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi, India pilot error United States 1988 CIA Officer Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Terrorist bomb Sudan 2005 Vice President of Sudan Mil Mi-17 South Sudan Controlled flight into terrain (mountains), disputed[38] Argentina 1935 Singer Ford Trimotor[39] Medellin, Colombia SACO Trimotor collided with a Trimotor of SCADTA while preparing for takeoff[39] United States 1956 Major League Baseball player Ercoupe[40] Riviera Beach, Maryland United States 1927 Army Major, aviation pioneer, namesake of Geiger Field Airco DH.4 Olmsted Field, Pennsylvania United States 1978 Producer and creator of Mission: Impossible Cessna Skymaster Santa Barbara, California Weather conditions United Kingdom 1948 High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya Avro York Northwood, London Northwood mid-air collision United States 2017 Entertainer, country music singer and guitarist Schweizer 269C Medford, New Jersey Uncontrolled descent during a power-off autorotation landing attempt; see 2017 Medford, New Jersey helicopter crash United Kingdom 1942 Duke of Kent Short Sunderland Scotland Controlled flight into terrain in bad weather Afghanistan 1997 Prime minister of the Northern Alliance government Antonov An-32 Bamyan Province, Afghanistan Lithuania 1933 Aviator Lituanica Pszczelnik, Myślibórz County, Poland United States 2001 Marketing executive United Airlines Flight 93 Shanksville, Pennsylvania, United States hijacking by Ziad Jarrah Paraguay 2018 Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Paraguay Beechcraft Baron Ayolas, Paraguay aircraft crashed shortly after take-off[41] United Kingdom 1910 Aviator Short S.27 English Channel Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead Brazil 1982 Martial artist, practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu hang glider Mauá, São Paulo, Brazil United States 1991 Rock concert promoter Bell 206 Vallejo, California Flew into power lines United States 1982 Aviator, test pilot Cessna T-37 Tweet Edwards Air Force Base United States 1982 Entertainer, contemporary Christian musician Cessna 414[6] Lindale, Texas aircraft overloaded[6] Sweden 1946 Expressionist painter, modernist Junkers Ju 52[42][unreliable source?] Oslo, Norway West Germany 1959 Zoologist Dornier Do 27 Serengeti, Tanzania collision with vulture Sweden 1947 Swedish Prince, Duke of Västerbotten Douglas DC-3 Kastrup, Denmark Locked elevator, pilot error Germany 1956 Motorcycle racer Jodel D9 Bebe near Neuburg/Donau, Germany [43] Rwanda 1994 President of Rwanda Dassault Falcon 50 Kigali, Rwanda Aircraft shot down by unknown assassins; Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira and 10 others also killed United States 2017 Baseball player ICON A5 Gulf of Mexico [44] United States 1977 City Manager of San Jose, California Tenerife disaster Canary Islands, Spain Airplane collision United Kingdom 1932 Soldier and politician Junkers F13 Meopham, Kent, United Kingdom Structural failure Sweden 1961 Secretary-General of the United Nations 1953–1961 Douglas DC-6B Ndola, Rhodesia and Nyasaland Crashed into terrain, cause undetermined, possibly pilot error or external attack;[45] see 1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash United Kingdom 1941 Motorcycle racer Bell P-39 Airacobra Kirkbampton, Cumberland, England United States 1991 Major League Baseball player Beechcraft Bonanza Key West, Florida Propeller failure United Kingdom 1996 Vice-chairman of Chelsea Football Club Aerospatiale AS355 F1 Squirrel Middlewich, Cheshire, England Pilot error[46] Australia 1941 Senator Airlines of Australia de Havilland Puss Moth Coen River, Australia Mechanical fault United Kingdom 1950 Second world war fighter ace Gloster Meteor Near Sheffield, Yorkshire, England fuel exhaustion United Kingdom 1968 Air stewardess Boeing 707 Heathrow Airport, London Awarded George Cross for her actions during the fire that befell BOAC Flight 712 Australia 1938 Cabinet minister Australian National Airways Kyeema Mount Dandenong (Victoria), Australia Pilot error; 18 fatalities Australia 1921 Aviator, pioneer and co-founder of Hawker Aircraft Nieuport Goshawk Hendon Aerodrome, Hendon, north London, England Distraction of a hemorrhage while in flight cause a crash. United States 1963 Entertainer, country music singer Piper Comanche[7] Camden, Tennessee crashed in bad weather; Patsy Cline and Cowboy Copas were also killed in this accident. United States 1991 US Senator Piper Aerostar Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania Collided with Bell 412 during aerial landing gear inspection;[47] see 1991 Merion mid-air collision United States 2012 State legislator from Alaska Cessna 206 in Beluga Lake, Alaska near Homer Airport plane flipped upon landing Australia 1972 Environmental activist de Havilland Tiger Moth en route from Tasmania to Canberra vanished United States 1951 Racing driver Piper PA-20 Pacer[48] Kern County, California United States 2004 Racing driver, son of Rick Hendrick and owner of Hendrick Motorsports Beechcraft Super King Air 200 Martinsville, Virginia Pilot error. Several members of the Hendrick family and Randy Dorton also died in the crash. New Zealand 2013 Business executive at telecom company 2degrees Beechcraft Baron Tasman Sea off Kawhia Harbour Airspeed decayed for undetermined reasons and aircraft entered a spin[49] Singapore 1997 Model, writer SilkAir Flight 185; Boeing 737 Palembang, Indonesia Crashed during flight United Kingdom 1975 F1 racing driver Piper PA 23-250 Turbo-Aztec Near Arkley golf course, North London See Graham Hill plane crash. Hit trees when coming in to land due to fog.[50] United States 1927 Aviator Old Glory North Atlantic Aircraft crashed during an attempt at a transatlantic flight from the United States to Italy. United States 1935 Test pilot Boeing Model 299 Wright Field, Ohio Failure to remove gust locks before flight. Les Tower also died in this crash. United States 1995 Business executive, founder of DHL Express Republic RC-3 Seabee Saipan Disappeared[51][52] United Kingdom 1938 Racecar driver and aviator, Le Mans 24 Hours winner Hawker Hurricane I St. George's Hill, Weybridge aircraft failed to recover from dive, possible carbon monoxide poisoning of pilot Australia 1933 Aviator de Havilland Puss Moth Pratomagno Alps in Italy United Kingdom 2003 Motorcycle racer, Isle of Man TT winner Robinson R44 Hawick, Scotland Crashed after the main rotor struck the tailboom, causing it to detach, probably caused by excessively low rotor RPM[53] United States 1944 Polo player North American P-51 Mustang Salisbury, Wiltshire, England aircraft failed to recover from dive United States 1988 Racing driver, 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Piper Aerostar 601P[6] Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio lost control after takeoff with one half of two-part entry door open[6][54] United States 1959 Singer-songwriter Beechcraft Bonanza Clear Lake, IA Pilot error continued VFR into IMC; J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens were also killed in this accident (see The Day the Music Died). United States 2015 Film score composer Short Tucano Los Padres National Forest, California Under investigation[55] Hungary 1942 Deputy Regent of Hungary MÁVAG Héja Ilovskoye, Soviet Union aircraft stalled and crashed Great Britain 1943 English stage and screen actor KLM Royal Dutch Airlines/BOAC Flight 777/Douglas DC-3 Commercial flight from Portugal to England, shot down in Bay of Biscay by Luftwaffe All 17 passengers and crew killed United States 1964 Major League Baseball player Cessna 172[7] Provo, Utah continued VFR into IMC United States 2007 Aviator and aircraft racer modified Tuttle Cassutt IIIM Reno, Nevada Collision with another airplane during the Reno Air Races Formula One race Viera Husáková Czechoslovakia 1977 First lady of Czechoslovakia Mil Mi-8 Bratislava Airport, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) pilot error, insufficient orientation during a landing attempt in a dense fog Steven Hyde United States 1989 CEO of Trump Casino Agusta 109A helicopter Forked River, New Jersey Helicopter crashed when overhead and tail rotors broke off from the craft; also killed were fellow Trump Casino executives Mark Grossinger Ettes and Jonathan Benanav.[56] Company founder (and future U.S. president) Donald Trump was reportedly scheduled to go with them on the flight, but cancelled at the last minute.[57] Mexico 1983 Novelist and playwright Avianca Flight 011[6] Madrid, Spain Improper navigation during approach Mexico 1957 Entertainer, singer and actor Consolidated B-24 Liberator Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico Ireland 1972 Tennis player British European Airways Flight 548[58] Staines-upon-Thames, England pilot error Pakistan 2016 Singer Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661 Havelian, Pakistan Engine failure Poland 1980 Entertainer, singer LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007[6] Warsaw, Poland Struck trees during landing go around [59] Malaysia 2014 Actress Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Hrabove, Ukraine Airliner shootdown Jayan India 1980 Entertainer, Malayalam film actor helicopter Sholavaram, Tamil Nadu accident while performing a film stunt United Kingdom 1988 Musician Pan Am Flight 103[6] Lockerbie, Scotland terrorism United Kingdom 1941 Aviator, pioneer woman pilot Airspeed Oxford Thames Estuary fuel exhaustion while ferrying aircraft due to 100% cloud cover at destination. Pilot abandoned aircraft over water and succumbed to hypothermia before rescue United States 1996 Designer TWA Flight 800 East Moriches, New York (8 mi E) Mid-air explosion United States 1937 Adventurer and film producer Western Air Express Flight 7 near Saugus, California Controlled flight into terrain into mountainous terrain United States 1910 Aviator, first American pilot fatality Wright Model B Denver, Colorado Crashed on 17 November 1910 United States 2001 Astronaut American Airlines Flight 11 World Trade Center North Tower, New York City hijacking by Mohamed Atta Poland 2010 President of Poland Polish Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 Smolensk North Airport, Russia Officially attributed to controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error, but official findings are disputed; see 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash Sweden 1968 Theoretical physicist, professor Cessna[60] Hanover, Germany private plane Finland 1930 Aviator, polar explorer Junkers W 33 Sangar, Soviet Union Finnish-born Soviet aviator who crashed in a heavy snow storm Egypt 1950 Swimmer Spitfire Port Said, Egypt Egyptian swimmer who was killed in a plane crash while serving with the Egyptian Air Force when his Spitfire collided in mid-air with another Spitfire over Port Said. Greece 1995 Computer scientist, professor American Airlines Flight 965 Buga, Colombia Navigational errors by flight crew United States 1953 Classical pianist BCPA Flight 304 near Woodside, California Controlled flight into terrain into mountainous terrain Lebanon 1987 Prime Minister of Lebanon Aérospatiale Puma Lebanon bomb United States 1929 US Congressman from Massachusetts Fokker F.VII[61] Bolling Field near Washington, D.C. United States 1911 Fourth American pilot killed, second in a military aircraft Curtiss Model D San Antonio, Texas Aviator. Crashed from broken strut. Australia 1983 film director Bell 206B JetRanger Warragamba Dam, New South Wales, Australia Helicopter was flying at 10-foot when it hit the water with the rear of the skids when it attempted to climb, pilot error. United States 1999 son of John F. Kennedy Piper PA-32R Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard pilot error United States 1944 older brother of John F. Kennedy Consolidated B-24 Liberator modified as a flying bomb near Blythburgh, Suffolk, England Killed on a combat flight during Operation Aphrodite India 2011 Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Eurocopter Lobotang, Arunachal Pradesh, India Poor Condition of the Helicopter. United States 1958 Korean War ace pilot and test pilot Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Edwards Air Force Base Australia 1935 Aviator Lockheed Altair Andaman Sea Disappeared during an England to Australia record flight attempt, body never recovered, presumed dead. United States 1943 American football player; winner of the 1939 Heisman Trophy Grumman F4F Wildcat Caribbean Training accident United States 1933 Aviator Gee Bee Model Y Senior Sportster National Air Races, Chicago, Illinois Parachute fouled in fuselage during bail out after plane started breaking up. United States 2020 Alaska State Representative Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Collision with de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, cause attributed to both pilots filing to comply with the see and avoid rule; see 2020 Kenai Peninsula mid-air collision Sigrud Knubben [de] West Germany 1962 Youngest female national speedboat champion and world-record holder Piaggio P.166 Mt. Oberalpstock / Swiss Alps hit mountain after loss of altitude due to heavy accumulation of ice[62][unreliable source?] Japan 1944 Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of Combined Fleet Kawanishi H8K Philippine Sea between Davao and Palau Aircraft disappeared in typhoon Greece 1999 Diplomat and politician Dassault Falcon 900 Romania Austria 1948 Gliding champion and test pilot General Aircraft GAL.56 Hampshire, England, United Kingdom aircraft failed to recover from inverted dive during stall tests, observer bailed out at low altitude but pilot was unable to exit aircraft United States 1993 NASCAR driver Fairchild Merlin IIIC Tri-Cities Regional Airport, Blountville, Tennessee Engine failure due to ice accumulation[63] United States 1975 ABA basketball player Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 John F. Kennedy International Airport, Queens, New York Windshear United States 1998 Chef, son of Jake LaMotta Swissair Flight 111 Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax International Airport, Nova Scotia, Canada In-flight fire caused by faulty wiring of entertainment system France 1928 Aviator, test pilot Couzinet 27/10 France aircraft failure Netherlands 2014 President of the International AIDS Society Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Hrabove, Ukraine Airliner shootdown[64][65][66] United States 2021 Author, dietitian and church founder Cessna Citation I/SP Percy Priest Lake, Tennessee Loss of control in low visibility; husband Joe Lara also died in this accident; see 2021 Percy Priest Lake Cessna 501 Citation I/SP crash United States 2021 Actor, martial artist and musician Cessna Citation I/SP Percy Priest Lake, Tennessee Loss of control in low visibility; wife Gwen Shamblin Lara also died in this accident; see 2021 Percy Priest Lake Cessna 501 Citation I/SP crash France 1909 First person to die while piloting a powered airplane and the second person to be killed in an airplane crash Wright Model A Port-Aviation (Juvisy), France Crashed from 20 feet France 1919 First woman to earn a pilot's license experimental Caudron Le Crotoy, France Norway 2015 Diplomat Mil Mi-17 Naltar Valley, Pakistan loss of control due to mechanical failure Ecuador 2007 Defence minister of Ecuador Aérospatiale Gazelle Manta Air Base, Ecuador collision with another Gazelle during a night training flight Russia 2002 Presidential candidate, governor of Krasnoyarsk Mil Mi-8 Yermakovsky District, Russia pilot error, foggy weather United States 1989 US Congressman from Texas de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter[6] Gambela Region, Ethiopia[67][unreliable source?] United States 1966 Champion golfer Beechcraft Twin Bonanza[7] near Munster, Indiana fuel starvation France 1911 Aviator Bleriot XI Paris, France Crashed on 18 June 1911 in Paris to London air race. France 1913 Aviator Bleriot XI Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire aerodrome Crashed on 10 December 1913 in Paris-Bordeaux-Paris air race United States 2007 Stunt performer Bulldog Airshows Pitts Special Dayton International Airport Failed recovery during airshow maneuver United States 2001 Founder and CTO of Akamai American Airlines Flight 11 World Trade Center North Tower, New York City Stabbed during hijacking United States 2006 Major League Baseball player Cirrus SR20 New York City pilot error; Controlled flight into terrain Germany 1896 Glider pioneer Lilienthal Normalsegelapparat Stölln, Havelland, Brandenburg, Germany wing stall Lin Biao China 1971 Military commander Hawker Siddeley Trident Öndörkhaan, Mongolia fleeing a coup attempt Sweden 1936 Former Prime Minister of Sweden KLM Douglas DC-2 Croydon Air Port, South London aircraft hit house after taking off in fog; Juan de la Cierva also killed United States 1976 U.S. Representative from Missouri Beechcraft Baron Chillicothe, Missouri Engine failure during takeoff United States 1920 Aerobatic and stunt performer Curtiss "Jenny"[68] Los Angeles, California during filming of The Skywayman United States 1942 Actress TWA Flight 3
Douglas DC-3 Mount Potosi, Nevada, United States Controlled flight into terrain Belgium 1928 Entrepreneur and financier Fokker F.VII Fell from his plane over the English Channel Philippines 2015 Diplomat Mil Mi-17 Naltar Valley, Pakistan loss of control due to mechanical failure Sweden 1931 Aviator Svenska Aero Jaktfalken Malmslätt, Sweden test flight United States 1940 US Senator from Minnesota Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 19 Lovettsville, Virginia lightning strike United States 1996 Real estate agent & sex offender activist TWA Flight 800 Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York mid-air explosion United States 2006 Eerobatic pilot and flight instructor Extra EA-300 Culpeper Regional Airport, Culpeper, Virginia Disorientation while performing an aerobatic maneuver, which resulted in the airplane's inadvertent impact with the ground. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's overuse of prescription medication.[69] Nigeria 2006 The 19th Sultan of Sokoto ADC Airlines Flight 53; Boeing 737 Abuja, Nigeria cause disputed Mozambique 1986 President of Mozambique Tupolev Tu-134 Mbuzini, Lebombo Mountains, South Africa Controlled flight into terrain during an instrument approach[70][unreliable source?] United Kingdom 1928 Socialite and Trans-Atlantic pioneer Stinson Detroiter Mid-Atlantic Disappeared without trace over the Atlantic[71] Spain 2010 Stunt pilot, Red Bull Air Race competitor Edge 540[72] Casarrubios del Monte, Province of Toledo Crashed into the ground during stunt routine[73] Japan 1976 Erotic film actor Piper Cherokee Setagaya, Tokyo Controlled flight into terrain into a house during a kamikaze attack United States 1941 Aviator and poet Supermarine Spitfire V AD291 Roxholm, England collision with an Airspeed Oxford Philippines 1957 President of the Philippines Presidential plane crash, "Mt. Pinatubo" Mount Manunggal, Cebu, Philippines United States 1998 AIDS researcher and WHO official Swissair Flight 111 Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax International Airport, Nova Scotia, Canada In-flight fire caused by faulty wiring of entertainment system United States 1965 Racing and stunt pilot Phoenix P-1[7] Winterhaven, California during filming of The Flight of the Phoenix United States 1969 Former world boxing champion Cessna 172[7] Newton, Iowa not qualified to fly on instruments[7] France 2014 CEO of Total S.A. Dassault Falcon 50 Moscow, Russia Collided on take-off with a snow plow that had strayed onto the runway United States 1987 Actor, singer and son of Dean Martin McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II[6] San Bernardino Mountains. California During maneuvers with his Air Force Reserve unit[6] Mexico 1995 Orchestra conductor and composer. Piper Aerostar Toluca, Mexico Aircraft crashed after entering a stall while attempting emergency landing[74] Italy 1962 President of Eni Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris Bascapè, Italy Crashed during stormy weather on approach to the Linate Airport. Unsubstantiated reports of a bomb explosion.[75][unreliable source?] United States 1954 Korean War ace pilot F-86H Sabre Edwards Air Force Base control malfunction attributed to a missing bolt United Kingdom 1918 World War I fighter ace Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a Auxi-le-Château, France Engine malfunction on takeoff United States 1983 Congressman from Georgia Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Near Moneron Island, Soviet Union Shot down by Soviet air force United States 1918 Aviator Gallaudette Hydroplane Greenwich Bay Pontoon dipped into the water, causing his plane to topple into the water where he drowned.[76] United Kingdom 2007 Scottish rally driver Eurocopter AS350 Lanark, Scotland Pilot error[77][78] Brazil 2021 Singer 2021 Piedade de Caratinga Beechcraft King Air crash Piedade de Caratinga, Brazil Under investigation United States 1980 Ethnomusicologist LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 Warsaw, Poland loss of control due to fire caused by disintegrating turbine disc United States 1977 Actress, Playboy centerfold June 1955 Tenerife disaster; Boeing 747-100 Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain runway collision United States 1993 Governor of South Dakota Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 Dubuque, Iowa metal fatigue of propeller hub caused by improper design and manufacturing[79] United States 1944 Musician, Big Band leader Noorduyn Norseman English Channel disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead Italy 2013 CEO of Missoni Britten-Norman Islander Los Roques, Venezuela Unknown, under investigation United States 1918 Former Mayor of New York City Thomas-Morse S-4[80] Lake Charles, Louisiana Fell from airplane from not wearing a seatbelt; namesake of the former Mitchel Air Force Base. United States 1933 U.S. Navy rear admiral USS Akron (ZRS-4) Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey Dirigible crashed and sank in storm Spain 1937 Nationalist General Airspeed Envoy Spain Flew into mountain Germany 1941 Leading Luftwaffe fighter ace Heinkel He 111 Breslau, Germany Passenger aboard aircraft that crashed while landing in thunderstorm United States 1947 Opera singer Douglas DC-3 Kastrup, Denmark locked elevator, pilot error Spain 1939 Top fighter ace of Spanish Civil War Fiat CR.32 Spain Crashed during low-level aerobatic demonstration for newsreel cameras United Kingdom 2001 Racing car engineer and co-founder of Ilmor Engineering Hawker Sea Fury Sywell overturned on landing United States 1964 Former Mayor of New Orleans Piper PA-23 Registration: N5211Y Ciudad Victoria, Mexico United States 1982 Actor Bell UH-1 Iroquois[6] Ventura County, California, between Santa Clarita and Piru Helicopter crashed on top of him after special effects explosion damaged its tail rotor during filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie[6] Mexico 2008 Secretary of the Interior (Mexico) Learjet 45 Mexico City, Mexico France 2015 Swimmer; Olympic gold medalist Eurocopter AS350 Villa Castelli, Argentina collided in mid-air; see Villa Castelli helicopter collision Kuniko Mukoda Japan 1981 Writer, mainly television drama Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 94 miles (151 km) south of Taipei, Taiwan Fuselage structure failure caused by corrosion United States 1979 Major League Baseball player Cessna Citation I/SP Akron, Ohio Pilot error United States 1971 Medal of Honor recipient and actor Aero Commander 680 Catawba, Virginia Controlled flight into terrain – Flew into clouds while using visual flight rules.[81] Turkey 2009 Harpist Air France Flight 447 Atlantic Ocean controlled stalled flight into sea at night due to icing leading to pilot error United States 1985 Actor and singer Douglas DC-3[6] De Kalb, Texas Crashed into trees and utility poles during emergency landing attempt prompted by dense cabin smoke of undetermined origin[82][83] Denmark 1947 Singer and actress Douglas DC-3 Kastrup, Denmark Locked elevator, pilot error France 1949 Classical violinist Lockheed Constellation São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal Controlled flight into terrain: mountain United States 1916 Pioneer aviator Moisant monoplane Fairgrounds Oshkosh, Wisconsin Crashed while performing a loop 25 June 1916; died of injuries 26 June 1916[84] United States 1937 Pioneering flight navigator Lockheed Model 10 Electra Pacific Ocean, near Howland Island Disappeared together with pilot Amelia Earhart during global circumnavigation attempt, cause undetermined, body and aircraft never found; see speculation on Earhart's disappearance Canada 1984 Politician, leader of the opposition in Alberta Piper Navajo Chieftain High Prairie, Alberta, Canada Burundi 1994 President of Burundi Dassault Falcon 50 Kigali, Rwanda Aircraft shot down by unknown assassins; Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and 10 others also killed United States 1982 Minister and Christian comedian Beechcraft Baron 55 Cullman, Alabama cause of crash undetermined, weather (fog and rain) considered factors United States 1962 Governor of Montana Douglas C-47 Skytrain[7] Wolf Creek, Montana crashed during snow storm[7] France 1927 World War I flying ace Levasseur PL.8 North Atlantic Ocean Disappeared, body never recovered, presumed dead Indonesia 2005 Governor of North Sumatra Mandala Airlines Flight 091 Medan, Indonesia crashed upon takeoff United States 2001 Lawyer and commentator American Airlines Flight 77 The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia hijacking by Hani Hanjour United States 1985 Military general, commander of U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command North American CT-39A Sabreliner Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, Pennsylvania runway overrun caused by faulty brakes[85][unreliable source?][86] Guatemala 2014 Military officer, head of the military Bell 206 El Aguacate, Nentón, Huehuetenango Department Mexico 1969 Tennis player Mexicana de Aviación Flight 704[7] Salinas Victoria, Mexico hit mountain during approach to land[7] Venezuela 1978 TV producer and entertainer Cessna 310[87] Maiquetía, Venezuela disappeared, was a presidential candidate at the time. United States 1996 NASA astronaut, test pilot Cirrus VK-30 Duluth, Minnesota, United States wing stall during full-flap stall testing Brazil 1977 Formula One driver Piper Mairiporã Controlled flight into terrain, weather-related Korea 1933 One of earliest Korean female aviators Salmson 2A2[88] Hakone, Japan fog United States 1979 Film director small private plane Nairobi, Kenya Crashed after takeoff. Canada 1986 Politician DeHavilland Beaver[28] near Dease Lake, British Columbia passenger in float-equipped DHC Beaver that crashed in lake during attempt to land in glassy water conditions Brazil – Belgium 2009 Third in succession to the now extinct throne of Brazil Air France Flight 447 Atlantic Ocean Pitot tube icing; pilots, confused by inconsistent air data, stalled the aircraft Sweden 1989 Former Mayor of Stockholm Beechcraft Model 99[89][unreliable source?] Oskarshamn, Sweden Flygolyckan i Oskarshamn 1989 [sv] (crash info in Swedish) Romania 2021 Romanian businessman and billionaire, one of the richest persons in Romania at the time Pilatus PC-12 Milan, Italy 2021 Milan airplane crash Russia 2011 Russian international football referee RusAir Flight 9605 Republic of Karelia, Russia Controlled flight into terrain Edward Petre[90] United Kingdom 1912 Aviation pioneer Handasyde monoplane Marske-by-the-Sea Gale caused crash while attempting emergency landing on route to Edinburgh on test flight United States 1975 Representative from California Beech Bonanza Banning, California Flew into obscured pass at low altitude. France 1785 Hot air ballooning pioneer Hot air balloon Wimille Crashed in an attempt to fly across the English Channel United Kingdom 1899 Inventor and aviation pioneer Glider The Hawk Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England Structural failure; tail detached from glider Chile 2024 Former President of Chile Robinson R44 Lake Ranco Crashed into lake France 2002 Baker and entrepreneur Agusta A109[28] off Cancale crashed in sea during attempt to land on island off the coast in fog[28] United States 1935 Aviation pioneer Modified Lockheed Model 9 Orion Walakpa Bay near Barrow, Alaska engine failure; killed in the same crash as Will Rogers United States 1977 1960 U-2 incident pilot Modified Bell 206 Jet-Ranger (KNBC News Helicopter) Los Angeles, CA pilot error and fuel starvation Canada 2016 Former Premier of Alberta Cessna Citation Lake Country, British Columbia, Canada Aircraft crashed shortly after take-off[91] Russia 2023 Russian oligarch and founder of Wagner Group Embraer Legacy 600 Kuzhenkino, Tver Oblast, Russia Under Investigation United Kingdom 1985 Formula One driver Pitts Special The sea off Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England West Germany 1967 Industrialist Beechcraft King Air[92] Italy Brazil 1982 Entrepreneur VASP Flight 168 Serra da Aratanha, near Pacatuba, Ceará, Brazil United States 1912 First licensed female pilot in the U.S. Blériot two seater[93] Squantum, Massachusetts Fell from airplane from not wearing a seatbelt Germany 2015 Contralto singer Germanwings Flight 9525 Prads-Haute-Bléone, France deliberate flight into terrain United States 1942 Composer and songwriter Douglas DC-3 – American Airlines Flight 28 Chino Canyon, Riverside County, California, United States mid-air collision Iran 2024 President of Iran Bell 212 Varzaqan, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran See: 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash India 2009 Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India Bell 430 Nallamala, India Uruguay 1983 Writer, academic, and literary critic Avianca Flight 011, Boeing 747 near Madrid, Spain Controlled flight into terrain India 2021 Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Indian Armed Forces Mil Mi-17[94] Coonoor taluk, Nilgiris district. 2021 Indian Air Force Mil Mi-17 crash United States 1967 Singer-songwriter Beechcraft Model 18[7] Lake Monona, Madison, Wisconsin, United States United States 1964 Country music singer Beechcraft Debonair[7] Brentwood, Tennessee, United States United States 1980 LSU Tigers college football coach Cessna 441[6] Atlantic Ocean near Norfolk, Virginia Plane veered well off course, ran out of fuel and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Speculated loss of cabin pressure incapacitated Rein and pilot Lewis F. Benscotter. United States 1972 Entrepreneur and racecar driver Cessna 206 Aspen, Colorado attempted to fly into a blind canyon and stalled the aircraft while trying to turn around.[95] United States 1982 Guitarist with Ozzy Osbourne Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza[6] Leesburg, Florida crashed after wing clipped Ozzy Osbourne's tour bus during ultra-low-level fly-by[6] United States 1959 Singer, songwriter, disc jockey Beechcraft Bonanza Clear Lake, IA Pilot error (continued VFR into IMC); Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens also died in this accident (see The Day the Music Died). United Kingdom 1930 Airship designer Royal Airship Works R101 Beauvais, France damage to fabric covering in bad weather leading to loss of gas and lift causing gentle descent into ground followed by fire and explosion United States 1957 Test pilot Douglas C-47 Tokyo, Japan crashed into a snow-covered mountainside United States 2012 Singer Learjet 25 N345MC Near Iturbide, Nuevo Leon, Mexico Mechanical failure United States 1956 President of Consolidated Steel, Columbia Steel, Geneva Steel Lockheed Lodestar 18-56, N 1234V Tyrone, Pennsylvania unknown cause. captain, co-pilot, 1 passenger, all died.[96] United States 1943 Aviator, co-founder of Lambert Field and Robertson Aircraft Corporation, Missouri Air National Guard commander Waco CG-4A-RO Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Loss of right-hand wing due to wing strut fitting failure during demonstration flight;[9] St. Louis mayor William D. Becker also dies in this accident[10] Philippines 2012 Secretary of the Interior and Local Government Piper PA-34 Seneca Waters near Masbate, Philippines Engine failure Norway 1931 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coach Transcontinental & Western Air Fokker F-10 Bazaar, Kansas, United States structure failure of wing United States 1912 Aviator, made the first transcontinental airplane flight across the U.S. Wright "Vin Fiz Flyer" Long Beach, California Bird strike over water Canada 1983 Singer Air Canada Flight 797 Boone County, KY In-flight fire. Made emergency landing in Cincinnati Airport. United States 1935 Actor, humorist, singer Modified Lockheed Model 9 Orion Walakpa Bay near Barrow, Alaska Engine failure; killed in same crash as Wiley Post Ecuador 1981 President of Ecuador Beechcraft Super King Air[6] Ecuador flew into mountain United Kingdom 1910 Co-founder of Rolls-Royce Motors Modified Short-Wright Flyer Bournemouth, England tail structural failure. 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First military-aviation fatality. First passenger fatality. Namesake of Selfridge Field. Wright Model A Fort Myer, Arlington County, Virginia Right propeller failure. 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Was flying between mainland United States and Hawaii during US-Australia record flight attempt. Russia 2023 Military officer and founder of Wagner Group Embraer Legacy 600 Kuzhenkino, Tver Oblast, Russia Under Investigation United States 1959 Singer Beechcraft Bonanza Clear Lake, IA Pilot error (Continued VFR into IMC); Buddy Holly and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson also died in this accident (see The Day the Music Died). United States 1987 NBA player for the Phoenix Suns Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Flightcrew failed to deploy flaps/slats prior to takeoff resulting in stall[123] France 2015 Boxer Eurocopter AS350 Villa Castelli, Argentina collided in mid-air; see Villa Castelli helicopter collision United States 1990 Guitarist and singer Bell 206B JetRanger (N16933) East Troy, Wisconsin impact with hillside during fog/inclement weather[124] India 1942 Pioneer of early Indian aviation Lockheed Hudson (AM946) English Channel Missing on a flight from Portreath, Cornwall to Gibraltar, presumed enemy action. 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On December 10, 1967, just three days after he recorded "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay,” singer Otis Redding died when his plane crashed into Lake Monona in Wisconsin.
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Just days after recording "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," 26-year-old Otis Redding and four members of his band died when their plane crashed in Wisconsin.
In 1967, Otis Redding was in the midst of his rapid rise to fame. He’d just completed a tour of Europe with Stax Records and made waves at California’s Monterey Pop Festival. He was growing popular with the mainstream market in addition to the fans of the soul music he was known for.
On Dec. 7, 1967, he wrapped up recording what would become his greatest hit: “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.” Three days later, Otis Redding died in a plane crash. He was just 26 years old.
“Dock of the Bay” was released the following month, and it quickly topped the charts. It became the first posthumous number one single in U.S. history.
Though Otis Redding’s death brought a premature end to his promising career, it didn’t stop his music from gaining international renown. Today, the late musical artist still reigns as the “Crown Prince of Soul” in the hearts of millions of fans worldwide.
Otis Redding’s Early Life And Rise To Fame
Born in Dawson, Georgia, on Sept. 9, 1941, Otis Ray Redding Jr. was one of six children born to a poor sharecropper. When Redding was a toddler, his family moved to a housing project in Macon, where the future singer soon learned how to play the guitar, piano, and drums.
As a teenager, he began competing in a weekly talent show hosted by local DJ Hamp Swain. His soulful vocals won him the top prize for 15 weeks straight — and eventually caught the attention of a band called Pat T. Cake and the Mighty Panthers. After performing with them for a short time, he began singing with Little Richard’s former band, the Upsetters.
By 1960, however, Redding was ready to pursue bigger and better opportunities. He moved to Los Angeles, recorded his first singles, and eventually signed a contract with Stax Records. Soon, he was releasing hits like “These Arms of Mine” and “Try a Little Tenderness.”
During this time, Redding also wrote and recorded one of the most well-known songs in the world, “Respect,” which was later made famous by Aretha Franklin. Outside of his musical career, he stayed busy raising a family with his wife, Zelma Atwood. The couple married in 1961 and welcomed three children.
Redding’s daughter, Karla, told Madison, Wisconsin station WMTV in 2015: “I think what made him a success was the fact that he was so talented… but also he was a very humble person. He didn’t really think he could sing that well. According to my mother, he’d say, ‘Well, you know I don’t dance well, I don’t really sing that great. But I just do what I can do.'”
The rest of the world didn’t seem to agree with the singer’s modest opinion of himself. As Otis Redding’s star continued to rise, he embarked on a European tour in the spring of 1967. And that June, he performed at California’s Monterey Pop Festival, where he stunned the mostly-white crowd. He’d previously performed for mainly Black audiences, and it seemed that the concert would be the turning point of his career, allowing him to achieve mainstream fame.
Tragically, he would die just six months later.
The Events Leading Up To Otis Redding’s Death
On Nov. 22, 1967, Otis Redding recorded “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” which he’d written three months earlier on the deck of a houseboat in a harbor in Sausalito, California.
Two weeks later, on Dec. 7, he recorded the final overdubs, and his hit song was complete. Sadly, he wouldn’t be around to see the sensation it would become.
Redding was set to perform in Madison, Wisconsin on the night of Dec. 10, 1967. That afternoon, at around 12:30 p.m., the singer, his assistant, and five members of his band, the Bar-Kays, boarded the twin-engine Beechcraft H18 Redding had recently purchased. One other band member, James Alexander, had taken a commercial flight because there wasn’t enough room on the plane.
The weather was rainy and foggy, but pilot Richard Fraser assured Redding he could get him and his band to Madison safely. So, they took off from Cleveland, Ohio and headed west to Madison.
According to Salon, musician James Brown later recalled, “On the last morning we talked, I said, ‘That plane is not big enough to be doing what you’re doing. It can’t carry all those people and all that equipment. You shouldn’t be messing around with it like that.'”
“That plane was an old plane, with a bad battery and a lot of service problems,” Brown continued, “and it had no business flying in that kind of weather.”
Unfortunately, Brown’s concerns turned out to be founded. Just four miles from the Madison airport, Otis Redding’s airplane crashed into Lake Monona.
How Otis Redding Died In A Tragic Plane Crash
Per the Eugene Register-Guard, the only survivor of the crash, trumpet player Ben Cauley, later said that he woke up as the plane was going down with a “tremendous feeling that we were in a spin.”
The aircraft hit the water, and Cauley grabbed onto a seat cushion to keep himself afloat. He heard another bandmate screaming for help.
“I started swimming over to him, but before I got there, he went down,” Cauley recalled.
Fans were already in line at the concert venue when news of the plane crash broke. They went home that evening hoping that Redding had somehow survived. Divers searched the wreckage until dark and then resumed their rescue mission the following morning.
James Alexander, the bassist who had taken a commercial flight instead, told Tidal in 2021 that the search took three days. “On the second day is when I identified Otis,” Alexander said. “He was still strapped into his seat.”
Otis Redding was dead at just 26 years old. The accident has since joined the ranks of other tragic air disasters in music history, including those of Lynyrd Skynyrd, John Denver, and Aaliyah.
The Lasting Legacy Of The ‘Crown Prince Of Soul’
On Jan. 8, 1968 — less than a month after Otis Redding’s death — “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” was released. It quickly reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles charts, becoming the first-ever posthumously-released single to reach the coveted top spot.
The song sold four million copies worldwide and went on to win two Grammy awards, one for Best Rhythm & Blues Song and another for Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance. They were Redding’s first Grammy wins.
Today, “Dock of the Bay” is ranked number 38 on the Rolling Stone‘s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. (“Respect,” written by Redding, comes in at number one.) Even more than half a century after its release, it continues to crop up on summertime playlists and thrill listeners around the world.
In 2007, Redding’s widow Zelma started the Otis Redding Foundation, a nonprofit that provides music and arts education to youths in Macon.
Sadly, we’ll never know how far Otis Redding’s musical career would have taken him had he not lost his life in the icy waters of Lake Monona. As Jeff Kollath, the executive director of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, told the Wisconsin State Journal, “It wasn’t just that the plane went down in Madison… It was a career at a meteoric rise cut short.”
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Otis Redding III, the singer and guitarist who had followed his father Otis Redding into the music business, died of cancer Tuesday in Macon, Georgia. He was 59.
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Otis Redding III, the singer and guitarist who had followed his father Otis Redding into the music business, died of cancer Tuesday in Macon, Georgia. He was 59.
Redding’s death was announced by his sister Karla Redding-Andrews on the Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening at Atrium Health Navicent in Macon, Ga.,” Redding-Andrews wrote. “Otis was 59 years old. Please keep our family in your prayers at this time and please respect our privacy as we consume this huge loss.
Arrangements will be announced at a later date.”
Redding was three years old in 1967 when his father Otis and four members of the Bar-Kays band died in a plane crash outside Madison, Wisconsin. At the time of crash, Otis Redding had become one of the most popular and influential of the era’s soul singers, and he would soon have a posthumous hit with the mournful classic “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay.”
Otis Redding III, whose mother was Otis Redding’s wife Zelma Atwood, would also become a musician, forming the 1980s funk band the Reddings with brother Dexter and cousin Mark Lockett. Otis played guitar, with Dexter on bass and Lockett on keyboards.
Redding III would later become heavily involved in his family’s charitable foundation. In addition to his sister Karla Redding-Andrews, he is survived by sister Demetria Redding and brother Dexter Redding.
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Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday. Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
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MACON, Ga. (AP) — Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday.
Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening," said his sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation, the family's charity in Macon.
Though singles “Remote Control” and “Call The Law” by The Reddings made appearances on the Billboard music charts, the Redding brothers never matched their father's success. Redding continued playing and performing after the band recorded its final album in 1988.
He was once hired for a European tour as guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, under whose guidance the younger Redding became comfortable performing “(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay” and other songs of his famous father.
“He said, `You can play guitar with me, but you’re going to have to sing a few of your dad’s songs,'" Redding recalled in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine. “I was like, `Huh? I don’t sing,' you know. And he was like, `Well, you’re going to sing "Dock of the Bay" with me tonight.'”
Redding worked with his family's foundation to organize summer camps that teach children to play music, and served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
He continued to perform his father's songs for audiences large and small, according to his website, from appearing onstage at Carnegie Hall for a 2018 Otis Redding tribute concert to singing at weddings and private parties. Redding said he was grateful for the enduring legacy even if it overshadowed efforts to make music of his own.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... ‘sing one of your daddy’s songs,’” he told the Maine TV station. "So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals.”
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Otis Redding was primed to take over the pop music world in the mid-1960s. His 1965 album "Otis Blue" topped the United States R&B charts on the strength of now-classics "I've Been Loving You Too Long" and Sam Cooke cover "A Change Is Gonna Come," helping him begin crossing over to pop audiences. He reached the peak of his stardom in June 1967 when Aretha Franklin cemented her own legend by co-opting his original song "Respect," and Redding delivered a mythic performance as a headliner at the Monterey International Pop Festival, closing the second day of the festival with "Try A Little Tenderness."
In December, Redding began work on his new album, including initial recordings for the song "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." He left the studio for a television performance and club dates in Cleveland, Ohio then continued on to Madison, Wisconsin.
On December 10, 1967 Otis Redding and his bandmates approached Madison in his Beechcraft H18 aircraft. For reasons that were never determined, the plane never made it to the airport and instead plummeted into the frigid Lake Monona, tragically killing Redding and six others.
Redding was immortalized by the unfinished "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," which posthumously reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and has kept the King of Soul in the public consciousness nearly 50 years later.
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By Josh Herwitt //
My Morning Jacket //
The Fillmore – San Francisco
May 27th-28th & 30th-31st, 2024 //
Growing up in Los Angeles, I have always loved going to the Bay Area. Sure, there is definitely no love lost between SoCal and NorCal when it comes to certain professional sports teams and their fan bases, but that hasn’t changed my feelings or how I think of it now — even if I bleed Dodger blue.
With my aunt, uncle and late grandparents living in the City, I have many fond memories of our family trips up north and still consider SF to be one of my favorite towns in the world that I have ever been to (and to be honest, there are a lot I haven’t stepped foot in). But from beautiful parks and breathtaking views to world-class art and innovative cuisine among a plethora of tourist attractions, there’s never a shortage of things to do in “The City by the Bay” no matter where your interests lie or how much time and money (obvious tip: it helps to have a lot) you have on your hands.
Since I began covering concerts more than a decade ago in this space though, my adventures in “music journalism” — if we can call it that — had not yet taken me to the same city where this blog was founded for “work.” I had visited back in 2011 to attend Outside Lands and Treasure Island Music Festival before returning five years later to cover what ended up being a disastrous and largely forgettable 2016 edition of TIMF (read our festival review here). Nevertheless, the right opportunity to photograph any individual shows had not presented itself despite all the years I have lived in the Golden State. That is, until one of my favorite acts in live music announced by early March that it had booked four in the span of five days at the historic Fillmore and promised not to repeat songs.
The first time I saw My Morning Jacket in the flesh, Jim James (lead vocals, guitar), Tom Blankenship (bass), Patrick Hallahan (drums, percussion), Bo Koster (keyboards, percussion, backing vocals) and Carl Broemel (guitar, pedal steel guitar, saxophone, backing vocals) completely blew me away after a three-night run at The Wiltern in LA with a unique opener — featuring Portugal. The Man, Iron & Wine and Shabazz Palaces — and setlist (inspired by fan requests submitted online) each night serving as the impetus for the Louisville-bred band’s “Spontaneous Curation Series.” The five-piece by that point was in between albums, having already released 2011’s Circuital almost 18 months earlier and toured the country in support of it, and the circumstances in the 415 felt similar with 2021’s self-titled marking the group’s last proper studio effort (unless you are counting MMJ’s holiday-themed LP entitled Happy Holiday! that they released in late November comprised mostly of Christmas carols plus two originals).
The weeks in May leading up to The Fillmore were certainly bittersweet. After all, this wasn’t supposed to be the first time I was seeing Jacket since their rescheduled — thanks to Tropical Storm Hilary — co-headlining date with Fleet Foxes at the Hollywood Bowl in August (read our show review here) after two sold-out gigs at Red Rocks (read our show review here). That was intended to be the first week of May instead of the last one, when they were scheduled to lead the third and final day of BeachLife Festival with ZZ Top, Fleet Foxes and Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB also rounding out an excellent lineup. But after covering the event’s first two days in Redondo Beach (read our festival review here), the final four hours were unexpectedly canceled — and many would say prematurely — due to a high-wind advisory.
In the matter of an hour, the only LA date that MMJ had slated for this year had been completely wiped from the record. The decision had already been made, and with the staff and security being sent home and an earlier curfew for Sunday in place, there was no way all the remaining artists could still perform. Attendees left that day visibly frustrated and angry with the fest’s organizers for calling it off so quickly, considering the wind had died down by 7 p.m. with time left on the clock. Subsequently, we have been wondering in the aftermath why BeachLife doesn’t target a weekend in June or another summer month rather than early May when it’s not exactly “beach weather” — unless you think daytime temperatures that peak in the mid-60’s and high winds of 45-50 mph is for some reason.
Is there any chance MMJ will eventually announce a makeup date for their SoCal-based fans? No one knows right now, but alas, there we were driving along Interstate 5 through California’s Central Valley a few weeks later, excited and gratified to be making the roughly 800-mile trek roundtrip to catch them at least on one occasion in 2024 and use that, on a personal level, as a way to celebrate the beginning of a new decade. Assuredly it helps when the weather in the Bay Area cooperates over the course of your stay, and with warm, sunny days filling the forecast, the stars were finally starting to slowly align after the disappointment we had recently experienced at BeachLife. Because when I walked up those burgundy-colored carpeted stairs at The Fillmore for the first time and was greeted by hundreds of old photos and posters plus a large bucket of apples (we can’t confirm if they were organic even if they passed our taste test), I could immediately feel the history of the place. And in the leadup to these shows, I had curiously spent some time learning more about Bill Graham and became fascinated with his backstory as I dived deeper into it. The legendary promoter whose mother placed him in an orphanage that helped Graham escape Nazi Germany has been credited with hosting some of rock ‘n’ roll’s most legendary musicians — Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, the Doors and Otis Redding — as the counterculture movement in the 60’s exploded all across Western civilization. Whether it’s the iconic Jerry Garcia photo that greets you at the top of the staircase on your way to the Poster Room or the bevy of ornate chandeliers that hang above the hardwood dance floor, there’s nothing quite like an evening at The Fillmore. It has been said that Graham wanted to make patrons believe as if they were hanging out in his own personal living room, and the warm, friendly staff we encountered matched the auditorium’s cozy vibe that he created thanks to entrepreneur and businessman Charles Sullivan, who owned the property’s master lease in 1965 and let him use his dance hall permit to put on concerts.
Holding only 1,315 guests, the former Majestic Hall built in 1912 is easily the smallest music venue that I have ever seen MMJ play. While they have never quite reached the level of an arena or stadium act like other popular rock bands, any room under a couple of thousand folks would be considered an “intimate” setting for them at this point in their 25-year-plus history. Between the live music industry shutting down during the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing demands of touring upon its resumption however, you also won’t find Jacket throwing down three- and four-night runs with much regularity nowadays outside of their own destination festival One Big Holiday in Mexico and a select few U.S. cities such as Denver and Chicago where some of the highest fan concentration in the MMJ community exists. That’s not to say there aren’t plenty who traveled great distances to arrive at the corner of Geary Blvd. and Fillmore St. on the edge of Japantown. One couple I met, in fact, came all the way from northeast Pennsylvania to catch all four performances, and that’s the kind of dedication you will see from longtime enthusiasts and loyal listeners.
But considering the setlists that were assembled, no one could have asked for much more when the final note of “Wordless Chorus” was struck. After an opening night that boasted a myriad of highlights, including “Master Plan” with a “China Cat Sunflower” tag as an ode to the Dead, a stretched-out “Only Memories Remain” that reached the 14-minute mark, the first “Librarian” since March 2018 and a Bob Dylan cover of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” during the encore, there were more Fillmore fireworks on Night 2 when James and company broke into Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon” and later offered up “I Get Around” from The Beach Boys, which we were hoping to hear at BeachLife since MMJ performed the 1964 single last year during the GRAMMY’s televised tribute for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band. Yet, I knew Jacket would save some of their biggest bangers for the last two shows in SF and we can only imagine the 48-hour break between Nights 2 and 3 provided some necessary respite before they dove into another round of jams to unleash only the fourth “If It Smashes Down” ever, extend “Steam Engine” for a whopping 18 minutes, bring back “By My Car” for the first time in almost five years and close with a huge “Phone Went West” that included Journey’s “Lights” interpolated midway through.
That collection of songs would satisfy most Jacket fans on any given night, but I was sure they would save their best for last — and by “best,” I mean “Dondante” without a doubt. The Z finale has been my favorite MMJ tune for quite a while, and the nearly 22-minute version they uncorked at The Fillmore was by far the best (no pun intended) one I have witnessed out of four. You could tell by the end of it that the capacity crowd, having already been gifted “Cobra” at the onset as well as a cover of George Harrison’s “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)” earlier, was officially on cloud nine. Something special had seemingly happened in that moment and nothing could bring us down to Earth from that point forward — only making James’ ensuing “State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.)” all the more powerful to experience live (you would have thought “the power is going out” from the way they played it with such fervor) along with the apropos live debut of Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”, which was written following the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival in a Sausalito houseboat the “King of Soul” rented. The three-time Grammy nominees, on the other hand, have always made a point to mix in covers that correspond to a particular time or place, and this was one that couldn’t have been more perfect for the moment. It was just another example of what has us coming back around time and time again … and ultimately why we will have our fingers crossed for that makeup date in LA.
MAY 27TH
Setlist:
At Dawn
O Is the One That Is Real
Master Plan (with “China Cat Sunflower” by Grateful Dead tag)
Mahgeetah
Rollin Back
Run It
Evelyn Is Not Real
Carried Away (Carl Broemel song) (“Just My Imagination” by The Temptations tag)
Only Memories Remain
A New Life (Jim James song)
You Wanna Freak Out
Outta My System
Honest Man
Librarian (last played 3/5/2018; “Let’s Live for Today” by The Grass Roots tag)
What a Wonderful Man (preceded by a Jim solo version on omnichord)
In Its Infancy (The Waterfall)
Holdin On to Black Metal
Touch Me I’m Going to Scream Pt. 1
Here in Spirit (Jim James song)
Love Love Love
Encore:
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan cover)
Feel You
Gideon
Dancefloors (with “China Cat Sunflower” and “China Cat Sunflower” > “I Know You Rider” by Grateful Dead transition teases)
MAY 28TH
Setlist:
In Color
It’s About Twilight Now
Strangulation! (instrumental intro due to technical difficulties)
War Begun
Slow Slow Tune
The Way That He Sings
X-Mas Curtain
Never in the Real World
How Could I Know (Oxen)
I Will Sing You Songs
Harvest Moon (Neil Young cover)
Come Closer
I Think I’m Going to Hell
Victory Dance
Aluminum Park
I Get Around (The Beach Boys cover)
Anytime
Encore:
Old Sept. Blues (with “Sleep Walk” by Santo & Johnny during intro)
It Beats 4 U
Spring (Among the Living) (with “Dear Prudence” by The Beatles tag)
One Big Holiday
MAY 30TH
Setlist:
Regularly Scheduled Programming
Compound Fracture
Off the Record
Tropics (Erase Traces)
Death Is the Easy Way
If It Smashes Down (only performed live three times & last played on 3/2/2018)
The Dark
Lowdown
Climbing the Ladder
Least Expected
Penny for Your Thoughts
Steam Engine
By My Car (last played 08/09/2019)
I’m Amazed
Picture of You
Believe (Nobody Knows)
Lay Low
Wasted
Encore:
Sooner
Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time) (Elton John cover)
Smokin’ From Shootin’
Phone Went West (“Lights” by Journey interpolation > Phone Went West)
MAY 31ST
Setlist:
Cobra
If All Else Fails
Golden
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) (George Harrison cover)
Circuital
Easy Morning Rebel
Nashville to Kentucky
Like a River
Thank You Too!
Lucky to Be Alive
Evil Urges
Dondante
State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.) (Jim James song)
Remnants
Run Thru
Encore:
Highly Suspicious
Touch Me I’m Going to Scream Pt. 2
(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding cover) (Live debut)
Wordless Chorus
By Josh Herwitt //
My Morning Jacket with M. Ward //
Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO
August 25th & 26th, 2023 //
No matter where you are from, a trip to Red Rocks should be on every live music fan’s bucket list. The mile-high, open-air amphitheater only a short drive from Denver in Morrison, Colo., has over the years become a destination venue for live music fans all around the globe with its otherworldly rock structure and stellar natural acoustics.
Red Rocks’ annual attendance numbers certainly prove that to be true, too. Just a couple of years ago, it received the distinct honor of being named the top-grossing and most-attended concert venue of any size in the world. For a lot of artists and bands, having the opportunity to perform in such a unique and sacred space ranks up there with playing other famous sonic sanctuaries like The Gorge Amphitheatre, Radio City Music Hall and the Hollywood Bowl.
That’s some elite company to be included with, but ask anyone who has been and they will say Red Rocks is worthy of such acclaim. It’s why the 9,525-person amphitheater also holds a special place in the hearts of so many performers, including one of live music’s absolute best: My Morning Jacket.
Since opening in 1941, Red Rocks has been home to quite a few noteworthy performances from U2 to Widespread Panic, with the latter holding the venue’s record for most consecutive sold-out shows at 69 after their latest three-night run in June. And though MMJ hasn’t nearly reached that high mark, there’s no doubt that some of their most important moments over the past quarter century have taken place in between “Creation Rock” and “Ship Rock.” So it shouldn’t be a surprise that fans travel from all corners of the country to catch the Louisville-bred outfit there.
Jacket’s very first appearance at the amphitheater, in fact, came in 2007 opening for the legendary Bob Dylan, but it only took another year before they were being offered their own date to headline. It wasn’t until 2012 for their “Spontaneous Curation Series” when MMJ started booking two nights “on the rocks,” with this year marking the quintet’s fifth time doing so for its 14th and 15th shows.
Nevertheless, it was a pair of performances at Red Rocks in 2019 that ultimately helped reignite the band and inspired Jim James (lead vocals, guitar), Tom Blankenship (bass), Patrick Hallahan (drums, percussion), Bo Koster (keyboards, percussion, backing vocals) and Carl Broemel (guitar, pedal steel guitar, saxophone, backing vocals) — with James coining the venue as “the birth canal of the universe” that year — to get back in the studio to record their ninth full-length album. Even the cover artwork for the ensuing, self-titled My Morning Jacket directly paid homage as you can see here. That’s how much one of Colorado’s most prized possessions has meant to the group’s success and longevity.
So after making the short pilgrimage from LA for two nights of MMJ at Red Rocks last August, I wasn’t about to miss them when it was announced that they would be returning for two more gigs in 2023. This time would be a little bit different, though. Not only had the supporting act changed with M. Ward slated for both shows, but being granted a photo credential for Friday and Saturday had finally afforded me the chance to capture a concert (or two) at the one and only “RR” with my camera equipment.
Red Rocks has always been one of my favorite places to witness live music. It’s somewhere that I have found myself going back to time and time again for almost two decades because there’s really nowhere else like it. The sound, atmosphere and fans all make it a one-of-a-kind experience and one of the best spots anywhere to watch a concert. From the first to the last row, there’s truly no bad seat in the house. Plus, the tailgating in the Lower South Lots alone is worth going for — and why you should always plan to arrive early before the doors open. You might even make some new friends in the parking lot!
For a band that rocks as hard as MMJ does, it only seems fitting that one of their beloved venues to visit would be Red Rocks. Friday’s show would see James and company not holding back as they performed their 2003 LP It Still Moves in its entirety, enlisting M. Ward to sit in on “Golden” and “Steam Engine”. As elated as I was to hear “Master Plan” again however, it was also the first time since 2018 that “Just One Thing” and “One in the Same” had been played. Thanks to an extended encore with deep cuts such as “Honest Man” from 2001’s At Dawn and “Smokin’ From Shootin'” off 2008’s Evil Urges, the evening still finished a lot better than it began after heavy rains put a damper on any pre-show partying and soaked plenty of us from head to toe.
Saturday’s forecast, on the other hand, proved to be quite the opposite. With clear skies and sunshine setting the stage for MMJ’s second night, we were treated to a setlist that was well worth hopping on a plane for. There was another sit-in from M. Ward — this time on “At Dawn” and “Off the Record” — but there was also the debut of Cat Stevens’ “The Wind” as well as a cover of Traffic’s “Feelin’ Alright?” for only the second time ever with surprise guest and Colorado native Nathaniel Rateliff on vocals. Those were definitely two of the biggest highlights (no pun intended) amid the light motif that MMJ signaled to us with “At Dawn”, “First Light”, “It’s About Twilight Now” and “The Dark” coming consecutively midway through their set, but it was the encore centered around a four-part “Cobra” — the track, after all, runs more than 24 minutes long on 2002’s Chocolate and Ice — with “Highly Suspicious”, “Off the Record” and “Touch Me I’m Going to Scream Pt. 2” interspersed in between, leaving the sold-out crowd mostly speechless. It was a setlist technique that you would see a jam band like Phish or Umphrey’s McGee employ, but not MMJ. The three-time Grammy nominees have always lived in the jam-adjacent space, even if they have been booked for some of the same music festivals you might find other jam bands at, including Bonnaroo, Hulaween and Peach. But ever since forming in 1998, MMJ have never presented or considered themselves to be a jam band and the same applies today.
Regardless of how you want to label their music, James, Blankenship, Hallahan, Koster and Broemel looked and sounded at Red Rocks as locked in as they ever have. A sincere joy emanated from all five members that was palpable the minute they walked onstage, and by the time MMJ had wound us down after more than two hours with “Love Love Love” to wrap up their two-night stand, nothing but immense gratitude and a genuine love for what we had just heard remained inside.
It’s safe to say that you can’t tell MMJ’s story now without referencing Red Rocks at some point along the way. The band knows that, and many of its most loyal enthusiasts have come to understand what’s there, too. Because if recent history serves as any indication, rocking out to MMJ under the stars while being surrounded by some red sandstone monoliths is like nothing else. Quite simply, it’s magical.
AUGUST 25TH
Setlist:
Mahgeetah (>)
Dancefloors
Golden (with M. Ward)
Master Plan (>)
One Big Holiday (>)
I Will Sing You Songs (>)
Easy Morning Rebel (>)
Run Thru
Rollin Back (>)
Just One Thing (first time since 2018)
Steam Engine (with M. Ward)
One in the Same (first time since 2018)
Encore:
Victory Dance
Least Expected (>)
The Way That He Sings
Honest Man
Feel You
Slow Slow Tune (>)
Smokin’ From Shootin’ (>)
Gideon
Wordless Chorus
Editors’ Note: “It Still Moves” 20th anniversary show; portions of “Wordless Chorus”, “At Dawn”, “Butch Cassidy”, “Feelin’ Alright?”, “Highly Suspicious” and “Cobra” were played during soundcheck.
AUGUST 26TH
Setlist:
Anytime
Touch Me I’m Going to Scream Pt. 1
Spring (Among the Living) (Beatles “Dear Prudence” outro)
Evil Urges (>)
War Begun (>)
At Dawn (with M. Ward)
First Ligh
It’s About Twilight Now (>)
The Dark
Lay Low
Only Memories Remain
Butch Cassidy (>)
The Wind (Cat Stevens cover) (first time played)
Regularly Scheduled Programming
Circuital
Feelin’ Alright? (Traffic cover) (with Nathaniel Rateliff)
Wasted
Encore:
Cobra (Pt. 1>)
Highly Suspicious
Cobra (Pt. 2>)
Off the Record (with M. Ward) (>)
Cobra (Pt. 3>)
Touch Me I’m Going to Scream Pt. 2
Cobra (Pt. 4>)
Holdin on to Black Metal
Love Love Love
By Josh Herwitt //
My Morning Jacket //
Santa Barbara Bowl & Hollywood Forever Cemetery – Santa Barbara & Los Angeles
August 16th & 17th, 2022 //
When My Morning Jacket made the “deeply painful” decision to cancel their three-night New Year’s run at the Mission Ballroom in Denver last year with the COVID-19 pandemic still wreaking havoc thanks to the rise of the omicron variant, it was a gut punch for the Louisville rockers and their most diehard fans, many of whom were traveling from out of state to see them.
But more than six weeks later, the five-piece would announce its 2022 tour encompassing 33 dates with most of the venues booked, not surprisingly, being at outdoor amphitheaters and/or open spaces with a lawn. Keeping everyone’s safety in mind has always been the band’s priority first and foremost, and with the spring and summer bringing us the warmest months of the year, there was no way MMJ were going to further risk experiencing any cancellations during what we’ve dubbed as “outdoor concert season.”
And yet even with all the precautions that had been taken by everyone, it still wasn’t enough to prevent more COVID misfortune when frontman Jim James tested positive in June, just a day before the band’s two hometown shows — its first in six years — were scheduled to take place. While the news had MMJ fans once again feeling bummed about the state of live music after the last two-plus years, James (lead vocals, guitar) and his bandmates in Tom Blankenship (bass), Patrick Hallahan (drums, percussion), Bo Koster (keyboards, percussion, backing vocals) and Carl Broemel (guitar, pedal steel guitar, saxophone, backing vocals) have certainly put that behind them now after taking more than a month off from touring during July and part of August.
Believe it or not, MMJ in many ways sound better than they ever have after witnessing two of their three performances in California, starting with a return to the Santa Barbara Bowl last Tuesday only 11 months after their last visit (read our show review here) and continuing the following night in LA among the many celebrities now deceased — even “Toto” from the “Wizard of Oz” — at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
James, for one, has always sounded great at the mic and with a guitar in his hands, but he’s also never looked more at ease onstage despite his recent bout with the virus, shedding the big pair of sunglasses he once donned (as you can see here) for the naked eye — a clear sign that MMJ’s primary songwriter isn’t hiding from us if he ever was trying to previously.
Arriving in Santa Barbara two days after making a stop at Frost Amphitheater on the campus of Stanford University, the clock hit 7:30 p.m. and MMJ went to work, diving straight into their self-titled LP that came out last October with “Never in the Real World”. James and company didn’t wait long at all to turn up the volume, however, with “Lay Low” subsequently sending the crowd into a frenzy early on. The six-minute track off 2005’s seminal Z has always been a personal favorite of mine to hear live and would quickly set the tone for the rest of the evening.
For a band that has always put an emphasis on mixing up its setlists and will rarely perform songs in the same order though, it was a couple of cuts on its debut album The Tennessee Fire that were surprising to hear midway through its standard 2 1/2-hour set. In fact, it was the first time this year — and just the fifth over the last five years — that MMJ have played “I Will Be There When You Die” while the acoustic “If All Else Fails” has been heard on solely a handful of occasions so far in 2022.
While other highlights in Santa Barbara included an extended version of “Steam Engine” with Broemel trading his axe for the sax at one point and just the third time “I Never Could Get Enough” has made it onto a setlist, it was the Hollywood show that grabbed more of the MMJ fanbase’s attention. Of course, the heightened interest around it was somewhat understandable considering that it’s not every day you get to catch a concert inside a cemetery, let alone one where rock icons like Johnny Ramone and Chris Cornell are buried, but the setting was, at most, half the story on The Fairbanks Lawn as day eventually turned to night.
Breathing life into “What a Wonderful Man” and James’ own “State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.)” for only the second time this year and first since the jam-adjacent group’s three-day “One Big Holiday” destination event back in March, we had hoped that MMJ would be setting up for a special finish down the stretch and that’s exactly what they gifted us with a 17-minute “Dondante” that conjured up some major disco vibes. With the Z finale serving as one of several tunes MMJ has been known to stretch out when they perform live, it felt rather fitting to hear what James wrote after the passing of his late bandmate Aaron Todovich while being surrounded by a bunch of tombstones.
Even though MMJ had more music lined up for us before hitting the road for New Mexico, that was all many of us needed to hear to be satisfied. After waiting almost a decade for another “Dondante” in LA since their epic, three-night run at The Wiltern, everything else that ensued — from the one-two punch of “Wasted” and “Dancefloors” to a more abbreviated encore featuring “Wordless Chorus” and “Touch Me I’m Going to Scream Pt. 2” that ended things on a spooky note — was gravy. After all, this is an act that has always kept its fans on their toes, and as MMJ gear up this weekend for their most significant shows of the tour with two sold-out nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, there’s no telling what’s in store when James steps into what he has coined “the birth canal of the universe.” Call it whatever you want Mr. James because either way, we’ll be there for it when the lights go down and the first note is struck.
SANTA BARBARA BOWL
Setlist:
Never in the Real World
Lay Low
Compound Fracture
Least Expected
Mahgeetah
Feel You
Victory Dance
Gideon
Holdin On to Black Metal
I Will Be There When You Die
If All Else Fails
Tropics (Erase Traces)
Spring (Among the Living)
Steam Engine
I Never Could Get Enough
Touch Me I’m Going to Scream Pt. 1
Love Love Love
Complex
One Big Holiday
Encore:
In Color
Circuital
Touch Me I’m Going to Scream Pt. 2
Wordless Chorus
HOLLYWOOD FOREVER CEMETERY
Setlist:
Feel You
What a Wonderful Man
Off the Record
I Will Sing You Songs
Victory Dance
Evil Urges
Golden (dedicated to “Toto” from “The Wizard of Oz”)
I’m Amazed
Spring (Among the Living)
Complex
One Big Holiday
State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.) (Jim James song)
Love Love Love
Least Expected
Circuital
Dondante
Wasted
Dancefloors
Encore:
Wordless Chorus
Touch Me I’m Going to Scream Pt. 2
Ah yes, it’s that time again. Time to wave goodbye to another year, a hectic one that forced us to scale back our coverage toward the latter half of 2019. But before we officially ring in a new year and decade, it’s time for us to revisit the last 12 months at Showbams. For all intents and purposes, this space has provided us the access to witness so many amazing moments in live music, and even though we can’t show love to every performance we covered in 2019, we still managed to see some great ones.
Trimming down the list is never an easy task. Those who didn’t make the cut but still deserve to be mentioned here include the following artists, DJs and bands (in alphabetical order), all of whom we either covered at their own show and/or at a music festival this year:
Albert Hammond Jr., Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals, Ari Lennox, ASTU, AURORA, Bea Miller, Bebe Rexha, Beirut, Big Wild, Bobby, Bob Moses, Caroline Rose, Cherry Glazerr, Choker, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, Club Night, Coke, Counting Crows, Crumb, CupcakKe, Daniel Caesar, Denzel Curry, Derek Ted, DJ Koze, The-Dream, DREAMERS, Ella Mai, Film School, FITNESS, Foxtail Brigade, Ginger Root, Half Alive, Hozier, Illuminati Hotties, In the Valley Below, Judah & the Lion, Justin Martin, Kali Uchis, Kamaal Williams, Katzù Oso, KONGOS, Lapel, Leon Bridges, Leven Kali, The Lil Smokies, Lil Wayne, LPX, machineheart, The Marías, Max Frost, Melvins, Michigan Rattlers, Mikey Mike, Miserable, MNEK, Mother Mother, Nicotine, (((O))), ORB, Outer Embassy, Princess Nokia, Puddles Pity Party, Queens D.Light, Raveena, Ravyn Lenae, RL Grime, Robyn, Rose Droll, Santigold, Sea Moya, SOAR, Stonefield, Super Unison, Tia Nomore, Tony Danza, Toro y Moi, Twenty One Pilots, Uni, Winnetka Bowling League, You Me at Six, Yuna
Now, it’s time for The Bam Team to present our favorite performances from 2019.
The Bam Team’s 5 Favorite Shows, Albums & Songs of 2019
Listen to The Bam Team’s favorite songs of 2019:
MØ
Date: February 9th
Location: Fox Theater Oakland – Oakland
MØ’s performance, meanwhile, was even brighter than LPX’s with the colors just completely all over the place and smoke coming from behind her as the lights created larger shadows of the 30-year-old’s body against the back wall. Karen Marie Aagaard Ørsted Andersen went on to perform all five singles — “Imaginary Friend”, “Nostalgia”, “Sun in Our Eyes”, “Blur” and “Way Down” — off her sophomore album and even showcased her 2017 collaboration “Don’t Leave” with British electronic duo Snakehips. -Karina Kristensen, photo by Karina Kristensen
Bob Mould Band
Date: March 2nd
Location: The Fillmore – San Francisco
Bob Mould has had a lengthy, fruitful relationship with Noise Pop and the packed Fillmore demonstrated that in spades after recently releasing his rather well-received, and 13th, solo album Sunshine Rock since disbanding Hüsker Dü and intersplicing Sugar releases. Mould is nearing the age of 60, but you’d be hard-pressed to think that when he frantically paces back and forth onstage while firing off his characteristic take of punk-leaning alternative rock. -Kevin Quandt, photo by Mike Rosati
Modeselektor
Date: April 4th
Location: Echoplex – Los Angeles
At LA’s Echoplex last Thursday, we didn’t have the fortune of getting another surprise cameo from Yorke, but it was intriguing to see a sold-out crowd welcome Bronsert and Szary back to the City of Angels under the Modeselektor moniker for the first time in a long time (and on a school night no less). And considering they were only stopping through two U.S. cities — LA and NYC the night before at Elsewhere in Brooklyn — on this tour, the show felt a little extra special for those of us in attendance due to the circumstances. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Josh Herwitt
The Chemical Brothers
Date: May 15th
Location: Shrine Expo Hall – Los Angeles
Leading off with “Go” from their 2015 LP Born in the Echoes, The Chemical Brothers delivered a 24-song set that covered all nine studio albums, including their newest effort No Geography that dropped in April. They seamlessly transitioned from one banger to the next, keeping our spirits high and leaving us not a minute to rest our feet. The onstage production, meanwhile, was next level. With an arsenal full of lights and lasers as well as a massive projection screen mounted behind them, Rowlands and Simons created a scintillating audio-visual experience to remember and one of the best we’ve witnessed in a while. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Josh Herwitt
T-Pain
Date: June 15th
Location: The Queen Mary – Long Beach, CA
The sun finally came out for none other than T-Pain. Bouncing onstage like Tigger, T-Pain made a case for deserving a later set time (and was probably indirectly responsible for the wave of people passing out around 6 p.m.). The man is a party in a human body, and he’s aging like a fine wine — his music, his dance moves, all of it. It’s clear he belongs on that stage, whether it’s 2:15 or 10:15 p.m. -Rochelle Shipman, photo by Rochelle Shipman
Erykah Badu
Date: June 15th
Location: The Queen Mary – Long Beach, CA
As the sun set over the Pacific Ocean, the crowd swelled in front of the festival’s main stage, waiting for our lord and savior Erykah Badu. We waited. And we waited. Finally, 30 minutes later, Ms. Badu walked out and surveyed the scene before all was forgiven. Her shortened set was still probably more than the sun-dried fans could handle, with her vocals perfect and her vibe far-reaching and unmatched. As she threw her body left and right, jutting her limbs into the air and even jumping down to clasp a few lucky hands, you could feel a collective healing washing over the grounds. Before she left, she even thanked us for waiting for her, as though we had done her a favor. Psh. -Rochelle Shipman, photo by Rochelle Shipman
Usher
Date: June 15th
Location: The Queen Mary – Long Beach, CA
How do you follow Erykah Badu? I didn’t think it could be done until about five seconds into Usher’s performance. He came out swinging, energy and choreography at 110 percent, so fast and fierce that I yelped, “Holy shit!” I grew up listening to Usher and respect him for days, but I didn’t expect him to put on one of the most enjoyable shows I’ve witnessed in 2019 so far. To say “he’s still got it” wouldn’t nearly be enough. So, just trust me when I say “you’ve gotta get yourself to an Usher show.” -Rochelle Shipman, photo by Rochelle Shipman
Middle Kids
Date: June 22nd
Location: Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles
The Aussie rockers have been making a name for themselves on the festival circuit of late, and they did a fine job filling up the Palladium’s expansive floor. With Hannah Joy cementing the power trio’s sound on guitar and vocals, it was a performance that seemed to catch so many spectators off guard. Middle Kids’ songs possess the perfect amount of 90’s nostalgia to keep things catchy while remaining unpretentious and accessible, so expect big things from them in the future. -Zach Bourque, photo by Zach Bourque
Local Natives
Date: June 22nd
Location: Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles
The band’s subdued lighting setup let the music do the talking and echoed its simple formula for success. Sometimes three amazing vocalists singing in harmony is all that you need to sell out a 5,000-person theater. While Local Natives haven’t taken a whole lot of risks over the last decade, including on the 10-track Violet Street, they still know how to hit you right in the feels every time. Nonetheless, time will tell which room they can sell out next. -Zach Bourque, photo by Zach Bourque
Empire of the Sun
Date: June 25th
Location: The Regency Ballroom – San Francisco
We showed up for the second of three Bay Area performances only to find the crowd anxiously awaiting the group’s arrival onstage. When lead vocalist/guitarist Luke Steele finally emerged through all the smoke donning his usual headdress and face paint however, it quickly came to life. Complemented by a pair of backup dancers and plenty of eye-catching on-screen visuals, Empire of the Sun kicked things off appropriately with “Standing on the Shore” and between multiple costume changes and instrument swaps, completely blew us away before uncorking the LP’s title track to close their headlining set. -Karina Kristensen, photo by Karina Kristensen
Jim James
Date: July 3rd
Location: The Wiltern – Los Angeles
That said, one could argue fairly easily that James’ songs are a bit more accessible than The CLD’s, and with that in mind, it wasn’t hard at all to understand why the man who has also put out music under the pseudonym Yim Yames assumed the closing duties for this tour. It became even more evident once James took the stage, shredding his way through tracks on Uniform Distortion like “Over and Over” and “You Get to Rome” before going to an acoustic guitar for “A New Life” from 2013’s Regions of Light and Sound of God. James would end up performing almost all of Uniform Distortion, but the real standouts of the show were in fact slightly altered versions of the Marvin Gaye-inspired “Here in Spirit” and the ever-haunting “Same Old Lie” to close what felt like a roller-coaster set full of peaks and valleys — and of course, plenty of screeches and squeals emanating from his Gibson ES-335, too. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Josh Herwitt
COMMON
Date: July 25th
Location: Apogee Studio – Santa Monica, CA
That’s what COMMON does — he spreads love to each and every person his music reaches. As KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez pointed out during his sit-down interview with the emcee midway through the evening, COMMON has lots of songs about love, and you could quickly find more than enough evidence to assert that fact by looking at the setlist alone. Of the seven tracks he showcased off Let Love, five had the word “love” in its title, starting with “Show Me That You Love” that opened his set. The album, which is inspired by COMMON’s new memoir “Let Love Have the Last Word”, remains a departure from the political deliberations that dominated his 2016 LP Black America Again and spawned out of our most recent U.S. presidential election. I don’t think we need to revisit that moment in history right now, so let me stick to the script. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Brian Lowe
The Raconteurs
Date: July 27th
Location: Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara, CA
On a Saturday night at the picturesque Santa Barbara Bowl — which we’ll argue is the best music venue in Southern California and where we caught White’s first-ever show there last year — The Raconteurs brought those songs to life as they stormed onstage and unleashed total sonic bliss on our ears with a 90-minute performance highlighted by Consolers of the Lonely tracks “You Don’t Understand Me” and “Carolina Drama”, the latter of which came during an extended encore that was capped off by the quartet’s biggest hit “Steady, as She Goes” and what ultimately inspired White and Benson to form the group back in 2005 as a couple of longtime friends from Detroit. All of this, of course, without having access to our mobile phones after locking them in a Yondr pouch and Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age, The Dead Weather) assisting on keyboards and guitar as a touring member. -Josh Herwitt, photo by David James Swanson
FKJ
Date: August 5th
Location: Shrine Expo Hall – Los Angeles
2019 has already been a banner year for Venton in several ways. Besides making his debut at Coachella less than four months ago, he partnered with livestream media company Cercle to release this jaw-dropping live video that sees him performing on the world’s largest salt flat. Plus, he married Marieezy in March after previously working with the Filipino songstress. So with Marieezy by his side and fan bases in both Europe and North America now solidified, it appears that FKJ is ready to share his one-of-a-kind live show with the rest of the world. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Josh Herwitt
blink-182
Date: August 9th
Location: Golden Gate Park – San Francisco
Though these 90’s pop-punk kings may be short an OG member, that didn’t stop them from a summer shed tour alongside Lil Wayne. Sure, we all miss Tom DeLonge, and yes, Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio remains a considerably solid stand-in, but how effective is this nostalgia act in 2019? That’s a tricky question we won’t answer because at the end of the day, festivalgoers of all ages still love singing along to “What’s My Age Again?” and “All the Small Things”. It’s really as simple as that to be honest. Does frontman Mark Hoppus’ silly onstage banter work even as he approaches 50? That’s a whole other can of worms I won’t unpack here. -Kevin Quandt, photo by Marc Fong
Childish Gambino
Date: August 10th
Location: Golden Gate Park – San Francisco
As one of the most anticipated sets of the weekend, Childish Gambino (born Donald Glover) was an absolute highlight of OSL 2019 and it could very well go down as one of the best sets over the festival’s 12-year run. Minutes before making his grand entrance on the main stage, Glover was informed that he had induced the largest crowd in OSL history. When he finally dismounted from his disco platform in the middle of the polo fields, he shared the news and the audience’s energy from that point forward was palpable. Catching Childish Gambino on his current touring schedule is not only rare, but also few and far between. This year he has been mainly headlining festivals, and rumor has it that this cycle will be his final one billed under the “Childish Gambino” moniker, which made for an even more monumental event in SF. Glover dove straight into an aggressive set of songs from Because the Internet and notable cuts on 2016’s Awaken My Love while being accompanied by a backup band and rotating cast of creative support, including a full choir and crew of dancers/performance artists. More of a conceptual art piece than a typical headlining set, Childish’s masterpiece is one that we will remember for a long time. -Molly Kish, photo by Marc Fong
Kacey Musgraves
Date: August 11th
Location: Golden Gate Park – San Francisco
Kacey Musgraves is arguably one of 2019’s top artists. Her fourth LP Golden Hour has received incredible accolades since its release in 2018, eventually nabbing the highly coveted Grammy for Album of the Year. That said, it was little surprise that Musgraves was able to fill the main stage with fans. Her subtle, yet powerful opener “Slow Burn” could not have been more ideal as she took in the immense crowd. She cutely quipped about playing the Sutro stage in 2014, and you could tell she was well-aware of the moment’s gravity. She naturally leaned heavily on Golden Hour, making sure to include fan favorites such as “Butterflies” and “High Horse” during her set, and at this rate, it seems like it’s only a matter of time before this alt-country breakout star finds herself in big font at the top of festival posters. -Kevin Quandt, photo by Marc Fong
Paul Simon
Date: August 11th
Location: Golden Gate Park – San Francisco
Now that OSL has casually cruised into its 12th year, some musical traditions appear to be in place. Sunday night has become the “legacy artist” slot for many years now, and while these may not be the highest-attended sets of the weekend, they have become a quintessential part of the event. Simon was no different in all circumstances referenced above. No one should be upset that his live retirement barely lasted a year, as the 77-year-old came out jubilant and as entertaining as ever. He quipped about his past musings and even invited a Bay Area legend onstage. As the sun began to set on a shockingly sunny August day, Simon waltzed out there and opened with “Late in the Evening”. Other classic hits like “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” and “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” were featured early. “Graceland” kicked off his encore, which saw the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir join in on the Simon & Garfunkel tune “The Boxer”. Although Weir didn’t tackle any major vocals, it was a unique moment to see the two share the stage. And in a fitting way, “The Sound of Silence” served as Simon’s closing song before the masses strolled into SF’s Outerlands one last time. -Kevin Quandt, photo by Marc Fong
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Date: August 13th
Location: Greek Theatre – Los Angeles
All jokes aside, as these Aussie weirdos continue to explore other creative avenues, catching a King Gizzard show remains a fairly unique experience in its own right. You can usually expect at least one mosh pit, if not more, to form, but with the Greek only having a small floor area at the front of the stage, the lively audience that showed up on a Tuesday night could only get so rowdy with most of it resigned to the venue’s seated sections. That, however, didn’t stop these mates from delivering the goods. Over the course of a 90-minute set, they touched upon seven of their 15 albums, including opening and closing with three straight tracks off Infest the Rats’ Nest. There was “People-Vultures” from 2016’s Nonagon Infinity, plus a version of “Wah Wah” that featured a snippet of “The River” at the performance’s midway point. I’m actually a little surprised that they didn’t throw us a couple of curveballs before saying goodbye to be honest, because for as prolific and unpredictable as they’ve become lately, King Gizzard might be one of the most versatile rock bands on Planet Earth, too. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Josh Herwitt
Maribou State
Date: October 16th
Location: The Regency Ballroom – San Francisco
When Maribou State walked off stage for their encore break, it was almost as if the crowd immediately expected an encore. But no one left until they came back out and performed “Turnmills” from Kingdoms in Colour in honor of the London club that closed in 2008. We really couldn’t have asked for a better way to spend a fall night in The City by the Bay. -Karina Kristensen, photo by Karina Kristensen
Um, that’s it? Another year in the rear-view mirror? Where the hell did the last 12 months go? Time sure does seem to fly when there’s so much good new music out there to enjoy.
With that said, it’s once again time for us to share our annual “Best of” lists like we have done the past few years (see our 2018 picks here). From new emerging artists to reunion tours to the return of rock ‘n’ roll, this year had a little bit of everything for both the casual and passionate music fan. And even if you didn’t have the time to listen to every album that came out (neither did we), that’s why we’re here: to help point you in the right direction whenever you do finally get the chance to dig in.
So, without further ado, Showbams presents The Bam Team’s five favorite shows, albums and songs from 2019.
See our favorite performances from 2019 here.
Listen to The Bam Team’s favorite songs of 2019:
Josh Herwitt // Los Angeles
Top 5 Shows of 2019
1. Tool at Staples Center – Los Angeles, CA – October 20th & 21st
Unlike the delay on Tool’s fifth album Fear Inoculum, I thankfully didn’t have to wait 13 years to see my favorite band perform live. It was only a couple of years ago when I caught the boys at The Gorge, earning top honors as my favorite show in 2017, and subsequently a week later at Glen Helen Amphitheater for an all-day affair with Primus, Clutch, Fantômas, Melvins and The Crystal Method. Perhaps my tastes haven’t changed all that much since then, but even in a year that saw me attend half as many concerts as I usually do, Tool are still finding new and innovative ways to enhance their live show. Whether it’s tinkering with their stage production to incorporate a see-through curtain at times or adding surround sound throughout the arena, a Tool performance has evolved into a spiritual, meditative and almost out-of-body experience over the last decade. It’s no wonder why scoring tickets remains a trial of good fortune.
2. The Raconteurs at Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara, CA – July 27th
3. The Chemical Brothers at Shrine Expo Hall – Los Angeles, CA – May 15th
4. Jim James & The Claypool Lennon Delirium at The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA – July 3rd
5. FOALS at Shrine Expo Hall – Los Angeles, CA – March 24th
Top 5 Albums of 2019
1. Tool – Fear Inoculum
When a three-time Grammy-winning band takes more than a decade to release its next album, it’s only natural for expectations to go through the roof. And I’ll be the first to admit that there was a small seed of doubt in my mind when it came to just how epic Tool’s latest sonic voyage in the studio could and would be. But upon first listen, any uncertainty I had about the merits of Fear Inoculum was quickly dispelled. The title track lures you in from the onset, building to a higher place as Maynard James Keenan (vocals) and company — Adam Jones (guitar), Justin Chancellor (bass) and Danny Carey (drums, percussion) — take listeners on an 80-minute rite of passage that holds up as some of the quartet’s best material in its entire catalog. I just hope they got at least one more LP in them, even if it takes another 13 years to make.
2. The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger
3. FOALS – Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1
4. The Chemical Brothers – No Geography
5. Black Pumas – Black Pumas
Top 5 Songs of 2019
1. Tool – “Descending”
If you’re still reading, you’ve probably gotten the hint by now that I’m a big fan of Tool. After all, it only seemed fitting that my top song in 2019 should also come from my No. 1 album of the year by my favorite band over the last two decades. I have seen Tool perform a shortened version of “Descending” several times since 2014, before it ever had an official title, so when Fear Inoculum arrived back in August, there was no track I anticipated hearing more. In fact, at more than 13 minutes long, it’s one that requires your full, undivided attention, which can be a significant amount of time to dedicate in a world of three-minute pop songs and endless distractions now. But for prog-rock enthusiasts like myself who are more than willing to take the ride, “Descending” delivers a total rush of blood to the head that ultimately leads to pure unadulterated euphoria.
2. Bon Iver – “Hey, Ma”
3. Hot Chip – “Hungry Child”
4. FOALS – “On the Luna”
5. Karen O and Danger Mouse – “Turn the Light”
Kevin Quandt // San Francisco
Top 5 Shows of 2019
1. Stereolab at Primavera Sound – Barcelona, Spain – June 1st
Primavera Sound has always had a knack for booking reunions (i.e. Pulp, The Avalanches and Pavement) to its “musical mecca” on the Balearic Sea. 2019’s iteration featured the first proper show in nearly a decade from the anti-capitalist art-pop darlings Stereolab. “Come and Play in the Milky Night” on 1999’s Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night would open the evening to the international consortium of aging music nerds who undoubtedly knew that they were about to be treated to a “best of” set from the English-French outfit. Better yet, their politically themed lyrical content seemed more relevant in 2019 than it was around the time of their creation a quarter-century ago.
2. Mike Dillon’s New Orleans Punk Rock Percussion Consortium at The Music Box Village – New Orleans, LA – April 26th
3. BLACK MIDI at Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA – November 21st
4. Amen Dunes at August Hall – San Francisco, CA – January 10th
5. Ween at Desert Daze – Perris, CA – October 12th
Top 5 Albums of 2019
1. Cate Le Bon – Reward
What a banner year for the Welsh artist as she created her most highly acclaimed LP to date. Le Bon has truly honed her craft over the last decade as she has collaborated with a laundry list of indie-music royalty before writing the whimsical and austere Reward that employs an array of fresh sounds swirling around her haunting, pixie vocals. 2020 will see Cate jump on tour alongside Kurt Vile in a solo capacity, but we can’t wait to see what she produces next.
2. Wand – Laughing Matter
3. (Sandy) Alex G – House of Sugar
4. The Murder Capital – When I Have Fears
5. Omni – Networker
Top 5 Songs of 2019
1. FOALS – “Sunday”
As FOALS teeter on the edge of being rock’s next big headliner, the British group semi-quietly unleashed a pair of albums entitled Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 and Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2. While their style continues to hover around math, dance and indie rock, they dig into a deeper realm of sonic atmosphere as frontman Yannis Philippakis questions, even laments, the state of our current times. “Sunday” tends to borrow a tad from the grandiose nature of their fellow Brits in Coldplay before dropping into a four-on-the-floor section that was rather well-received during their March stop at the Fox Theater in Oakland.
2. Crumb – “Ghostride”
3. Vampire Weekend – “Sunflower” feat. Steve Lacy
4. Oh Sees – “Henchlock”
5. Allah-Las – “In the Air”
Rochelle Shipman // Los Angeles
Top 5 Shows of 2019
1. slowthai at Lodge Room – Los Angeles, CA – September 4th
Shortly after releasing his debut album Nothing Great About Britain in May, Tyron Frampton played a few intimate U.S. shows several months later. My guess is that those were probably the last ones he’ll do if the UK rapper out of Northampton continues to rise and deliver, just like he did for much of 2019. Part Johnny Knoxville-type grime smart ass, part brilliant gritty-crust punk, slowthai shook the roof off LA’s Lodge Room, which turned out to be a warm-up show before he returned to play Camp Flog Gnaw in November. Frampton certainly came to please, setting the energy level at 11 and even performing his rowdy hit “Doorman” twice in the set. He could’ve run through it 15 times and the crowd would’ve left just as satisfied.
2. Little Simz at The Echo – Los Angeles, CA – June 13th
3. Taking Back Sunday at Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA – April 11th
4. Night Moves at The Echo – Los Angeles, CA – September 21st
5. Usher at Smokin Grooves Fest – Long Beach, CA – June 15th
Top 5 Albums of 2019
1. Little Simz – GREY Area
The production. The flow. The bars. The BALLS. Little Simz absolutely brings it on GREY Area, leaving no space for second-guessing, sexist bullshit or honestly anyone else at all. This latest studio album from the British emcee is all her, and you can feel it with every breath she takes. We should all be so lucky to come into our confidence the way that she did on this record, but most of all, we should just be grateful “Simbi” trusts us to keep her deepest secrets — and that they sound so, so good.
2. slowthai – Nothing Great About Britain
3. Shura – forevher
4. Ari Lennox – Shea Butter Baby
5. White Reaper – You Deserve Love
Top 5 Songs of 2019
1. slowthai – “Doorman” (with Mura Masa)
This song technically dropped in 2018, but its spotlight was shone even wider with slowthai releasing his debut LP this year. The Mura Masa-assisted cut pulses with adrenaline, carries the air of a movie soundtrack in only three minutes and has a beat that will take you all the way to the moon and back. In the words of Lizzo, it’s a whole damn meal!
2. Kari Faux – “Latch Key”
3. Billie Eilish – “bury a friend”
4. Little Simz – “Venom”
5. Smino – “Trina”
Andrew Pohl // San Francisco
Top 5 Shows of 2019
1. IDLES – Fillmore – San Francisco, CA – October 10th
After putting out one of my favorite albums from 2018 and missing their show earlier this year, I was thrilled to finally catch IDLES live. To say that these English punk rockers put on a good performance would be a true understatement. They had the energy of an out-of-control freight train but were able to contain it while proving to be an incredibly fun act to see live. Frontman Joe Talbot engaged with the audience in a very authentic way, talking and singing to fans, not just at them. There were crowd-surfing guitarists, mosh pits and sing-a-longs … it was wild.
2. Punk Rock Bowling 2019 – Las Vegas, NV – May 23rd-27th
3. Judas Priest at The Warfield – San Francisco, CA – June 24th
4. Van’s Warped Tour 2019 at Shoreline Amphitheater – Mountain View, CA – July 20th-21st
5. ITCHY-O at Cornerstone – Berkeley, CA – November 23rd
Top 5 Albums of 2019
1. Tool – Fear Inoculum
Well, after all of the waiting and speculation, Tool have done it again, in a really big way. Fear Inoculum is everything that I was hoping it would be, and then some. HUGE-sounding drums, guitars and bass wrap your head in a warm prog blanket while Maynard does what he always has so well. It takes the best parts of their previous albums and combines them to showcase a band that has clearly not missed a step in the 13 years since 10,000 Days.
2. Bad Religion – Age of Unreason
3. Brittany Howard – Jaime
4. Catbite – Catbite
5. Plague Vendor – By Night
Top 5 Songs of 2019
1. The Hammerbombs – “I Hate Cars”
The Hammerbombs are an undersung Bay Area pop-punk group that have written some of the catchiest and fun songs I have heard from the East Bay scene in a long time. Their 2019 release Goodbye, Dreamboat made my top 10, and this track is the hands-down standout on an album chock-full of toe-tappers. It’s a heartfelt song written by singer and bassist Jen Louie, who has a knack for crafting some really fantastic tunes. The chorus is saccharine sweet, and you can’t help but sing along.
2. Lizzo – “Juice”
3. Bad Religion – “Do The Paranoid Style”
4. Ceremony – “In The Spirit World Now”
5. Lagwagon – “Surviving California”
2017, where the hell did you go? It just felt like the other day that we were ringing in a new year, and yet, here we are again as we plow straight ahead into 2018.
But before we officially put a bow on 2017, it’s time for us to revisit the past 12 months at Showbams. This year, we had the opportunity to capture many amazing moments in live music, and while we couldn’t pay homage to every single performance we witnessed, we made a conscious effort to include a wide range of talent spread across the industry.
Whittling down our list, though, was not that easy. Those who didn’t make the cut but still deserve to be mentioned here include the following artists, DJs and bands (in alphabetical order) whom we either covered at their own show and/or at a music festival this year:
21 Savage, The Accidentals, Action Bronson, Alice Cooper, Alina Baraz, alt-J, Amber Mark, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Animal Collective, Atlas Genius, The Avalanches, The Band Perry, Beach Slang, Belle and Sebastian, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Bleachers, Blonde Redhead, Bob Moses, Car Seat Headrest, Cate Le Bon, Cigarettes After Sex, Circles Around the Sun, City of Caterpillar, The Coathangers, Claude VonStroke, Chris Robinson, Con Brio, Conor Oberst, Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, Crystal Castles, The Crystal Method, Daniel Caesar, Dawes, Dead Meadow, Deafheaven, Deep Purple, Diet Cig, DIIV, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Dr. Dog, Dr. Octagon, Duke Dumont, Eagles of Death Metal, Electric Guest, Emancipator, Emily King, Empire of the Sun, Foxygen, Future Islands, Gabriel Garzón-Montano, Gatecreeper, Girl Talk, Gone Is Gone, Grizzly Bear, Gucci Mane, Hamilton Leithauser, Hazel English, Hinds, The Hip Replacements, Hiss Golden Messenger, How to Dress Well, Iggy Pop, Isaiah Rashad, Jack Johnson, Jagwar Ma, Jamestown Revival, Jamie Isaac, Jay 305, Jen Cloher, Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas, Jessie Ware, Jim James, JR JR, Julie Byrne, Julien Baker, Justice, Karen Elson, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, KAYTRANADA, Kelis, K. Flay, Khalid, Khruangbin, Kilo Kish, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Kurt Vile, La Femme, LANY, Lauv, L.A. Witch, Lettuce, Lil Yachty, Little Dragon, Lo Moon, Lorde, Lord Huron, Miike Snow, Milky Chance, Minus the Bear, Mister Heavenly, MØ, Mondo Cozmo, Neon Indian, Nicki Bluhm, Norah Jones, North Mississippi Allstars, NVO, Oh Sees, OK Go, Once and Future Band, Pallbearer, The Palms, Passion Pit, Peaches, Perfume Genius, Petit Biscuit, Phoebe Bridgers, Playboi Carti, Pond, Porcelain Raft, PRAYERS, The Radio Dept., Real Estate, The Revivalists, Royal Blood, Sampha, ScHoolboy Q, Sheer Mag, serpentwithfeet, Silversun Pickups, Sleep, Sleigh Bells, SOFI TUKKER, Solange, Spiritualized, Styles P, Sunflower Beam, Talib Kweli, Tank and The Bangas, Tash Sultana, Tei Shi, Temples, Tennis, Tennyson, Thou, Thundercat, TOBACCO, Touché Amoré, Tool, Tove Lo, Travis Scott, Twin Peaks, Ty Segall, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Vagabon, Vance Joy, Vic Mensa, Warpaint, Weezer, White Fence, Woods, YG, Young the Giant.
Now, it’s time for The Bam Team to present our favorite performances from 2017.
The Bam Team’s 5 Favorite Shows, Albums & Songs of 2017
Listen to The Bam Team’s favorite songs of 2017:
Run the Jewels
Date: February 1st
Location: Shrine Expo Hall – Los Angeles
Yet, in just four years, Run the Jewels have already reached hip-hop’s mountaintop with their politically charged lyrics and hard-hitting beats. Just take last Wednesday’s sold-out show in LA for example. With the duo’s third studio album still only a few weeks old, 5,000 or so fans poured into the spacious Shrine Expo Hall to watch El-P and Killer Mike fuck shit up (for lack of a better term). And that’s exactly what they did after opening sets from The Gaslamp Killer, Nick Hook, Gangasta Boo and CUZ. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Josh Herwitt
BADBADNOTGOOD
Date: February 23rd
Location: The Fillmore – San Francisco
As one of the bands to take the coveted headlining spot for NoisePop25, BADBADNOTGOOD seemed as — perhaps more — excited as all of the fans who made it to their sold-out show at The Fillmore. Combining consummate instrumentation with classic MC-style showmanship led by drummer Alexander Sowinski, the Canadian jazz-rock quartet has mastered the art of keeping the audience guessing where they’re going. -Brett Ruffenach, photo by James Pawlish
Spoon
Date: March 7th
Location: Apogee Studio – Santa Monica, CA
In total, Spoon performed five songs from the new record, including “First Caress” to open a brief encore that left us eager for more. But as the five-piece rocked “Rainy Taxi” from 2014’s They Want My Soul to close, I couldn’t help but think to myself that this is one band I never should have slept on. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Larry Hirshowitz
Sigur Rós
Date: April 8th
Location: Greek Theatre – Berkeley, CA
Now a trio, Sigur Rós have been delivering goosebumps for over two decades — and it’s a delight to hear Jónsi’s voice-as-an-instrument this clear, this powerful and as confident as ever. It would be a wonderful treat to check in on this outfit every 5-10 years going forward and realize they are still going strong. -Mike Frash, photo by James Nagel
DREAMCAR
Date: April 9th
Location: Great American Music Hall – San Francisco
Fresh off a stop at Berkeley’s Hearst Greek Theatre the night before, Adams showcased some older favorites and a slew of new tunes from his 16th and latest studio album Prisoner, which came out in February. SoCal fans were treated to some extended full-band jamming, a couple of solo acoustic performances and Adams’ usual witty banter over the course of the evening.
-Jared Stossel, photo by Jared Stossel
A Perfect Circle
Date: April 13th
Location: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium – San Francisco
In the world of rock supergroups, there are few that have sprung up in the last few decades that can hold a candle to A Perfect Circle. From the onset, APC have been a powerhouse on the senses, combining members from bands such as Tool, The Smashing Pumpkins, Failure, Primus and more over the years. Their body of work has been met with high praise across the board, and they have been able to solidify themselves as one of the most unique and tenured groupings out there, as opposed to bands like Zwan and Velvet Revolver. -Andrew Pohl, photo by Mike Rosati
Radiohead
Date: April 14th
Location: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Weekend 1 – Indio, CA
Yes, the sound problems (all three instances) put a real damper on what was easily one of the most anticipated performances of the weekend. This was the third time Goldenvoice called on Radiohead to headline Coachella, and for one of rock’s most important bands over the last 30 years, it certainly wasn’t a charm as the saying goes. In that moment, it was pretty hard not to feel bad for Thom Yorke, who could only make light of the situation by cracking a joke even if it wasn’t supposed to be one — or so he claimed. But Radiohead more than made up for it with a masterful setlist that opened with A Moon Shaped Pool cuts “Daydreaming”, “Desert Island Disk” and “Ful Stop” before circling back to older hits such as “Everything in Its Right Place”, “There There”, “Idioteque” and even “Creep”. -Josh Herwitt, photo courtesy of Coachella
Kendrick Lamar
Date: April 16th
Location: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Weekend 1 – Indio, CA
All hail, King Kendrick! Or should we say “Kung Fu Kenny?” The Compton rapper reached hip-hop’s mountaintop more than two years ago with his Grammy-winning masterpiece To Pimp a Butterfly, but headlining Coachella was still on his to-do list. In fact, it was only the second time he had ever been booked to perform at Coachella after being listed on the last line of the 2012 poster. Closing out the fest is no short order for any artist, let alone one who dropped his new album less than 48 hours before taking the stage, but K-Dot lived up to the billing with a show that provoked as much thought as it entertained. -Josh Herwitt, photo courtesy of Coachella
The xx
Date: April 17th
Location: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium – San Francisco
Playfully alluding to their material’s emotional sentiment, Romy Madley Croft (vocals, guitar) and Oliver Sim (bass, vocals) managed to entrance all of us with their tension-filled gazes and syncopated dance moves. Prolonging vocal arrangements, especially during their accelerated live interpretation of “Infinity”, were also stunning to witness. About halfway through the set, Jamie Smith (beats, MPC, production), aka Jamie xx, took the lead and transformed the room into a giant disco party thanks to an onslaught of consecutive dance hits before finishing with “Loud Places” from his 2015 solo LP In Colour. -Molly Kish, photo by Norm de Veyra
Moderat
Date: April 20th
Location: Mayan Theater – Los Angeles
Moderat subsequently circled back to III, performing “Intruder” before exiting the stage to a rousing applause. Yet, when the house lights didn’t come on right away, the suspense began to build once again. Less than a minute later, the three-piece reemerged, giving the audience more than its money’s worth. Two-encore shows are usually reserved for high-profile groups with extensive catalogs like Radiohead, but Moderat have never played by any rules. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Josh Herwitt
The Flaming Lips
Date: May 9th
Location: The Theatre at Ace Hotel – Los Angeles
The Lips, of course, made sure to play that song, and even though it was without Watts, it still proved to be an unforgettable moment due to the fact that Coyne rode a life-size unicorn from one end of the stage to the other as he belted out lines like “Yeah, there should be unicorns / The ones with the purple eyes / It should be loud as fuck / Hope the swans don’t die” to open the tune while wearing a big smile across his face. If that’s not psychedelic to you, then I don’t know what is. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Josh Herwitt
Ryan Adams
Date: June 3rd
Location: Greek Theatre – Los Angeles
Fresh off a stop at Berkeley’s Hearst Greek Theatre the night before, Adams showcased some older favorites and a slew of new tunes from his 16th and latest studio album Prisoner, which came out in February. SoCal fans were treated to some extended full-band jamming, a couple of solo acoustic performances and Adams’ usual witty banter over the course of the evening.
-Steph Port, photo by Steph Port
Jay Som
Date: June 17th
Location: Potrero del Sol Park – San Francisco
Melina Duterte’s band goes by the name Jay Som and hails from Oakland. Do yourself a favor and remember this name: Jay Som. The Polyvinyl-signed songstress bathed the crowd at the Potrero Stage in her dreamy vocals and inanely catchy tunes that appeal to a wide-range of music fan; her songs could feel just as viable in the 90’s college rock area as they do today. Highlights from the set included a vibe-soaked rendition of “Baybee” as well as “The Bus Song”, arguably the artist’s first real “hit.” -Kevin Quandt, photo by Emmeline Munson
AIR
Date: June 23rd
Location: The Masonic – San Francisco
AIR’s live performances focus on capturing the crisp, detailed production style that the duo has honed over two decades. It’s a vibrant, textured sound. Centered around acoustic guitar, synthesizers and the breathy timbre of the duo’s immaculate harmonized vocals, the use of live drums helped round out the contrast between both the artificial and acoustic sounds in songs like “Cherry Blossom Girl”. -Brett Ruffenach, photo by Steve Carlson
PLANETARIUM
Date: July 21st
Location: Fox Theater Oakland – Oakland
PLANETARIUM’s music, which channels Stevens’ reflections on astronomy, science and even the intricacies of human consciousness, is a fusion of styles from all four band members that evokes feelings of unity. The group’s performance was accompanied by otherworldly visuals that filled the backdrop as it traversed the Solar System with quite a few emotionally charged songs inspired by the planets and other celestial bodies like “Neptune” and “Jupiter”. -Norm de Veyra, photo by Norm de Veyra
The Drums
Date: July 21st
Location: The Fillmore – San Francisco
By the time The Drums took the stage, the intimate venue was packed to the brim with fans. The Brooklyn outfit made as much of an impression as it did when frontman Jonathan Pierce and company exploded onto the scene in 2009 with their initial EP Summertime! From then on, it became glaringly obvious with their eccentric band members and seemingly effortless style that they possessed an energetic presence. And at their SF show, it didn’t take long for the capacity crowd to fall into a groove as the venue’s whole atmosphere lit up. -Jacqueline Moore, photo by Jacqueline Moore
Miguel
Date: July 23rd
Location: Annenberg Space for Photography – Los Angeles
Once the sun set and Miguel stepped onstage, the audience was transported somewhere else entirely. Born and raised in LA, the 31-year-old’s silky-smooth voice floated through the cool evening breeze over the twinkle lights in the trees, giving the impression of an island retreat rather than a concert in the park. -Rochelle Shipman, photo by Rochelle Shipman
The War on Drugs
Date: August 5th
Location: Apogee Studio – Santa Monica, CA
Granduciel’s raspy voice, as well as his driving (no pun intended) guitar rhythms and reverb-laden riffs, are largely what separates The War on Drugs from the rest in a crowded indie-rock scene, but the sum of the band’s parts — Charlie Hall (drums), David Hartley (bass), Anthony LaMarca (guitar, keyboards), Robbie Bennett (keyboards) and finally Jon Natchez (saxophone, keyboards) — also creates a sound that while familiar, still feels uniquely different. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Larry Hirshowitz
Gorillaz
Date: August 11th
Location: Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, Golden Gate Park – San Francisco
Easily one of the most anticipated acts of the weekend, Gorillaz’s Humanz tour made its West Coast debut on Day 1 at OSL. After a six-year hiatus, expectations ran extremely high for this headlining performance. On previous tours, the band’s members had played second fiddle to the cartoon projections of their alter egos onstage, but everyone was visible this time around. Several collaborators from Gorillaz’s previous albums, including Kali Uchis, Yukimi Nagano and Del the Funky Homosapien, came out to join them, and the Damon Albarn-led group still pulled some even bigger surprises with cameos appearances from De la Soul and Pusha T. -Molly Kish, photo by James Pawlish
Cage the Elephant
Date: August 12th
Location: Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, Golden Gate Park – San Francisco
While the cancellation of Queens of the Stone Age was a blow a week prior to the event, the replacement that was lined up more than delivered a blistering set of rock ‘n’ roll. Cage the Elephant are now being widely considered festival-headliner material, and frontman Matt Shultz is making a strong claim for that accolade as he continues to elevate his stage act to near-Mick Jagger levels of pomp and energy. “Come a Little Closer” and “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked” received hearty sing-alongs from a decidedly youthful crowd as Cage have become a favorite of Generation Z. -Kevin Quandt, photo by Marc Fong
J.I.D
Date: September 9th
Location: Day N Night Fest, Angel Stadium – Anaheim, CA
While the headliners thrilled as expected, it was at the side “Day” and “Night” stages where the festival’s biggest highlights were generated. J.I.D, the rising Atlanta rapper who is signed to J. Cole’s Dreamville imprint, absolutely thrilled during his set. Dazzling with his rapid-fire and agile flow, J.I.D showed off his ability to command a crowd with songs such as “General” and “EdEddnEddy” before jumping into the crowd for the tempo-changing hit “Never” that left the crowd chanting for “one more song!” -Joseph Gray & Rochelle Shipman, photo by Rochelle Shipman
SZA
Date: September 9th
Location: Day N Night Fest, Angel Stadium – Anaheim, CA
Saturday, meanwhile, featured the vintage gospel spirit and warm vibes that have elevated Chicago emcee Chance the Rapper to superstardom. Earlier in the day, SZA, this summer’s breakout star, delivered her first festival performance since the release of her well-received debut album Ctrl. Swaying, spinning and singing her raw emotions and shortcomings while coming of age, the Top Dawg Entertainment songstress didn’t disappoint. -Joseph Gray & Rochelle Shipman, photo by Rochelle Shipman
Bonobo (Live)
Date: September 27th
Location: Greek Theatre – Los Angeles
The real reason things felt different this time around, though, was the music. Extending and reimagining his tracks for easily one of the largest crowds he has ever performed in front of, Bonobo followed an uplifting opening set from Canadian electronic duo Bob Moses with an array of soothing sounds that paired beautifully with his lighting setup and entrancing stage production in the same way Scott Hansen (aka Tycho) creates an awe-inspiring audio-visual experience during his live-band performances. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Josh Herwitt
Coldplay
Date: October 4th
Location: Levi’s Stadium – Santa Clara, CA
Coldplay took the stage shortly before 9 p.m. as a video montage of fans who introduced them as “the biggest band in the world” played onstage. While I’m pretty sure there are a few other artists or groups from their side of the pond (ehem, U2) who might take issue with that claim, they certainly did nothing during their electric, almost two-hour performance to dissuade that sort of thinking. Chris Martin and company, in fact, wasted no time getting down to business, flooding the stadium with confetti and firing off pyrotechnics at a steady clip while opening with “A Head Full of Dreams” and subsequently all throughout the night. -Steve Carlson, photo by Steve Carlson
Broken Social Scene
Date: October 26th
Location: Fox Theater Oakland – Oakland
Here’s the thing about BSS — after 15 years, the web of musicians that makes up the collective have created their own individual projects, from Metric to Stars to Feist to Do Make Say Think to Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton. And while many of the band’s members who have gone on to find success in their own solo careers didn’t happen to join the group on this particular tour, the sense of professionalism built into the BSS live experience remains prevalent. Every person who stepped onstage demonstrated consummate abilities in their own realms, never missing a beat or a note. -Brett Ruffenach, photo by Norm de Veyra
As we officially place 2016 in the history books, it’s time to look back at all the live music we experienced this year. Last year we shared our 25 favorite live performers of 2015, so this year we thought we would do it again while excluding any artists we named in 2015. After all, who really wants to see the same acts listed two years in a row? That said, now that we’re two years removed, our 25 favorite live performers of 2014 were once again fair game.
After covering many excellent bands, musicians and DJs over the past 12 months, trimming our list down to 25 wasn’t easy and as usual, some difficult decisions had to be made. Those who didn’t make the cut but still deserve to be mentioned here include the following artists, DJs and bands (in alphabetical order) whom we either covered at their own show and/or at a music festival this year:
Adrian Younge, Air, Alessia Cara, Alina Baraz, AlunaGeorge, Alvvays, The Arcs, A$AP Ferg, Atlas Genius, Aubrie Sellers, The Avett Brothers, Bag Raiders, Baio, Banks & Steelz, Bas, Battles, Beats Antique, Beach House, Best Coast, Big Freedia, Big Gigantic, Big Grams, Big Wild, Bloc Party, Bob Mould, The Boxer Rebellion, Brand New, Brett Dennen, The California Honeydrops, Capital Cities, Cate Le Bon, Chairlift, Chelsea Wolfe, !!! (Chk Chk Chk), Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Chuck Mosley, Chromeo, Claude VonStroke, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, Cold War Kids, The Crux, Dan Deacon, Danny Brown, Deftones, The Devil Makes Three, Dirtwire, Disclosure, DMA’s, DMX, Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors, Duran Duran, Every Time I Die, Emancipator Ensemble, Ezra Furman, Faith No More, The Faint, Fantastic Negrito, Femi Kuti, Florence + the Machine, Flume, Fruition, The Gaslamp Killer, Geographer, Glass Animals, Gorgon City, Grimes, Halsey, The Head and the Heart, Heartwatch, The Heavy, Highly Suspect, Hippie Sabotage, Holy Fuck, How to Dress Well, Hudson Mohawke, Hundred Waters, IAMX, Ibeyi, Ice Cube, Iggy Pop, The Infamous Stringdusters, Jack Beats, Jack Garratt, Jack Ü, James Bay, Jamie xx, J. Cole, Jimmie Vaughn, Jhené Aiko, The Joy Formidable, Joywave, Julia Holter, Julien Baker, Kaki King, Kamaiyah, Kamasi Washington, Kehlani, K.Flay, The Kills, Kurt Vile, Lafa Taylor, Lana Del Rey, Låpsley, Les Sins, Lettuce, Lionel Richie, Lord Huron, Little Scream, Lucius, M83, Major Lazer, Marian Hill, Mayer Hawthorne, MC YOGI, Methyl Ethel, Metric, Miami Horror, Mick Jenkins, Midi Matilda, Miguel Migs, Modest Mouse, Moon Taxi, M. Ward, Nahko & Medicine for the People, The Naked and Famous, Nas, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Neon Indian, Nick Murphy (fka Chet Faker), Nite Jewel, Panic! at the Disco, Parliament-Funkadelic, Peaches, Petite Noir, The Pharcyde, The Polish Ambassador, Porches, Prince Rama, Purity Ring, Pusha T, Radiohead, Ra Ra Riot, The Regrettes, The Revivalists, RJD2, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Rogue Wave, Rubblebucket, Run the Jewels, The Russ Liquid Test, Ryan Adams, The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, Saosin, Sarah Neufeld, The Seshen, Shabazz Palaces, Shlohmo, Silversun Pickups, Snakehips, Solange, Son Little, St. Lucia, Stormzy, The Struts, STS9, Sturgill Simpson, Sufjan Stevens, Summer Cannibals, Sunflower Bean, Sigur Rós, St. Germain, Sylvan Esso, Tacocat, Taking Back Sunday, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, This Will Destroy You, Thomas Jack, Thundercat, Toro y Moi, Tortoise, Tory Lanez, Tourist, The Trims, Troye Sivan, Umphrey’s McGee, Viceroy, Vince Staples, Vokab Company, Walk the Moon, Warpaint, Wavves, Weezer, Wheeler Walker Jr., White Denim, Wild Belle, Wild Nothing, Years & Years, Yeasayer, YG, Young Fathers, Yuck, ZHU, Ziggy Marley.
Now, it’s time for The Bam Team to present our 25 favorite live performers of 2016.
The Bam Team’s 5 Favorite Shows, Albums & Songs of 2016
Listen to The Bam Team’s favorite songs of 2016:
25. Tycho
For as much as Epoch was a surprise, so were Tycho’s two most recent shows in LA last week. It was the first time Hansen and company had played The Fonda Theatre since the Awake tour back in 2014, and Thursday’s sellout, which was announced less than a week before the show, along with the subsequent need to add a second date the next night, made it clear that more than ever, Angelinos have a strong appetite for what Hansen is doing on both a musical and visual level. It helps, too, that KCRW Music Director Jason Bentley, who opened the shows at The Fonda with a DJ set, has helped expose Tycho to a broader audience, whether through the “Morning Becomes Eclectic” theme song or live, in-studio performances by the band. Even nowadays with an abundance of streaming sites, you can’t underestimate the power of radio in a city with a driving culture as large as LA’s. And truth be told, Tycho is some of the best music to drive to, especially when you’re surrounded by nature. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Josh Herwitt
24. Isaiah Rashad
And when it did, Rashad torpedoed onto stage and turned the restlessness in the room on its head with “Smile”, the apropos homecoming banger he released after years of uncertainty that followed his 2014 EP Cilvia Demo. It was fitting because prior to his reemergence, which was sparked by the song, Rashad admitted to being addicted to Xanax and alcohol, and it almost led to him being dropped from his West Coast record label on several occasions. From his issues with substance abuse to the tears he shed while listening to Kid Cudi’s music and his open-book thoughts on the humanizing of mental-health issues, Rashad’s journey from being the contemplative unknown in superstar Kendrick Lamar’s crew to a complete artist deserving of your attention has been steeped in honesty. -Joseph Gray, photo by Joseph Gray
23. Bob Moses
Needless to say, worn-out axioms failed to apply in this scenario. Bob Moses silenced anyone attempting to pass them off as yet another contrived electropop outfit aiming to please the masses. At Mezzanine, both Howie and Vallance proved their prowess as EDM innovators, bringing more to the stage than a couple of laptops and a pretty light show. Surprising those unfamiliar with their work or expecting to be underwhelmed, Bob Moses have elevated the live electronic game for their respective contemporaries and succeeded in defining a new chapter for the genre — an innovative sound standard that’s all their own. -Molly Kish, photo by Lisette Worster
22. Floating Points
The band continued building on its rhythms and melodies, creating a hypnotic feeling that was filled with textured synthesizers, guitar pedals and consummate percussion, as laser patterns reflected each rise and fall during its lengthy jam sessions. As Sheppard and his sidekicks progressed through each track, the complexity of the laser projections grew into optical illusions that, almost like another musical instrument onstage, intertwined with the style and progression of the band’s production perfectly. With each song reaching a climax and eventual denouement, the artwork remained untouched for a few minutes so that fans could observe each piece before their very own eyes. -Brett Ruffenach, photo by Alister Mori
21. Ty Segall
But Segall is no doubt a showman himself, and you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who expends as much energy onstage as he does in merely 90 minutes. His passion simply rubs off on his fans, who wasted little time climbing onstage and taking the plunge into a sea of hands for a couple of minutes. Segall, of course, also got in on the action at one point, as his shows are often known to feature crowd surfing from both band and audience members, and he made sure to take the mic stand with him while he horizontally slithered across the room. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Josh Herwitt
20. Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem
One of the biggest questions on everyone’s mind coming into Outside Lands was, “Who were Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem?” For those who knew, it was, “How in the hell were the Muppets going to fill a Sunday slot on the main stage?” Because the band had never played a show of such magnitude or outside the context of a TV/film studio, no one had any clue what to expect during this early-afternoon slot. Though some festivalgoers (mistakenly) decided to forego the experience altogether, those present will not forget the incredible feat that Another Planet Entertainment and Jim Henson Enterprises were able to pull off for what was one of the most emotionally nostalgic, blissfully complex and once-in-a-lifetime festival performances maybe ever. The Muppet house band both effortlessly managed to pluck the heartstrings of multiple generations of fans while delivering the most conceptually beautiful “love letter” to the city of SF, blanketing the grounds in a sea of love and collective euphoria for a brief, yet unforgettable moment. -Molly Kish, photo by Rochelle Shipman
19. RÜFÜS DU SOL
By the time RÜFÜS made their entrance, the excitement in the room was at a fever pitch. The crowd was ready to dance from the very first beat (thanks to the excellent warm-up from Kllo and Yuma X), and they did just that. Lead singer Tyrone Lindqvist took center stage with great energy and proceeded to do the customary water bottle toss shortly after. Lindqvist set the tone right from the get-go for a high-energy, high-audience-participation set. The crowd responded in kind by getting down much harder than expected for a Wednesday night. Notably, there were surprisingly very few phones out as most attendees put away their cameras to make the most of every song. The intimate setting of The Fillmore could almost have been mistaken for the polo fields of Coachella, given how many girls-on-shoulders could be seen around the venue. -Geoff Hong, photo by Josh Herwitt
18. Rudimental
Through Rudimental tracks like “Not Giving In”, “Free” and “Waiting All Night”, the most unique element of the group’s live production was their charisma. Simply put, they look like they’re having fun. These aren’t tortured artists or cathartic performers — Rudimental are a band that loves the music they make. Even the band’s drummer, Beanie, easily one of the hardest working rhythmists on tour right now, managed to keep a smile on his face, racing through Rudimental’s repertoire of songs that were anywhere from 145 to 160 BPMs. The septet’s de-facto leader, DJ Locksmith, was surprisingly more in the background than you would expect from a typical DnB hype man. As Rudimental wrapped up their set with their chart-topping hit “Feel the Love”, the crowd joined in as the song ended, creating a shared moment at The Fox that perfectly reflected the intention of Rudimental — to spread the love. -Brett Ruffenach, photo by Marc Fong
17. BØRNS
On this night, that proverbial phrase seemingly rang true. It wasn’t just that BØRNS most likely amassed the largest attendance in the history of the Twilight Concert Series, but also the fact that it was easily one of the best shows I’ve ever witnessed at the Santa Monica Pier. One could certainly point to the opening of the Expo Line extension as a reason for the larger crowds so far this summer, which wasn’t all that noticeable during the series’ opening night with Mayer Hawthorne just the week prior, but that would simply be underestimating the exponential rise of Garrett Borns’ eponymous project. Since he relocated to Los Angeles in 2013 and signed with Interscope Records, the Michigan native has gone from supporting modest indie bands like MisterWives to selling out shows as a headliner in a matter of a year. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Josh Herwitt
16. Flying Lotus
Brainfeeder founder, producer and unapologetic cultural mouthpiece Flying Lotus (born Steven Ellison) ended the night with a mildly controversial headlining set. Walking onstage and making what any FlyLo fan would recognize as an off-colored comment on the current presidential race may have proven too brazen for those not used to his brand. He let Captain Murphy out of the box a little early and road the wave of confusion into a heady, bass-driven assault on the conflicted crowd, providing the distinct audio punctuation point for the night’s bill of artists. Playing several tracks off of his 2014 LP You’re Dead! as well as various hits from high-profile hip-hop emcees like Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar that he has produced over the years, Ellison stunned us all with his double-screen, audio-visual stage setup and plenty of bone-rattling bass drops. -Molly Kish, photo by Marc Fong
15. The Last Shadow Puppets
TLSP brought a strings section to their show, an added element that helped keep things fresh and new. The show began with the beautiful sounds of violins and cellos, but the moment TLSP got onstage, the whole floor at The Fillmore lit up in billows of smoke. I’m sure the band was stoned by the end of the show if it hadn’t been already, appearing beyond excited to be playing on a Sunday night in SF. Turner and Kane must have yelled out something about SF every few minutes and incorporated SF into some of their songs. They were so incredibly tight, and I felt their set in some ways was a bit better than what I had witnessed years ago — the mix and order of the songs felt more succinct at The Fillmore. -Rachel Goodman, photo by Diana Cordero
14. Miike Snow
Sunday’s roster at Coachella last year was significantly weaker in comparison to Friday’s and Saturday’s. This year was much of the same, though Calvin Harris somehow proved to be an even worse headliner than Drake (we didn’t know that was possible). But one of the bright spots on Day 3 was no doubt Miike Snow’s 9:45 p.m. slot in the Mojave Tent, the same place where I discovered the Swedish trio back in 2010 during my first Coachella. Andrew Wyatt, Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg have come a long way since then, and with three studio albums in their catalog, including their latest effort iii, they have more than enough material to fill out a 50-minute set and leave you wanting to hear more. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Norm de Veyra
13. Young Thug
Fresh off releasing the latest — and final — installment of his Slime Season mixtape trilogy, Young Thug took his place on the stage. Arriving in a white blouse, multicolored sequined jacket, dark shades, a polka-dot head scarf and remarkably slim, golden pants, he aligned such a rangy and vibrant uniform with his performance. There wouldn’t be any towering LED lights, stunts or stage diving. However, Young Thug, who for the majority of his roughly hour-long set played the lone wolf, delighted the crowd with his animated and bright delivery while running through thundering Slime Season 3 favorites like “With Them”, “Digits” and “Slime Shit”. The audience, ranging from high school seniors to seasoned workers likely with mortgages, strikingly recited every uncanny, controversial lyric and Ric Flair-esque “Woo!” like they had been analyzing them for years. -Joseph Gray, photo by Joseph Gray
12. Pretty Lights
Touring with a live band for the first time in 2013 — something that few other EDM artists have done to this day — he quickly changed the way electronic music can be experienced live. Fast forward to last Thursday, and we were once again treated to an electrifying Pretty Lights show that was more than just Smith behind a pair of Macbook Pros and two Akai MPD32s. Making his debut at the majestic Santa Barbara Bowl, he once again showed why he isn’t your typical EDM act. With Chris Karns and Big Wild providing support, Smith hit the stage at 8 p.m. with his bandmates — Karns, Borham Lee, Brandon Butler and Alvin Ford, Jr. — and put on a show that dazzled both sonically and visually. What was most impressive, though, was seeing how much of the performance was improvised, as the band transitioned from one jam to another while dropping in a number of remixes here and there. And as I looked on from my seat in the stands, I couldn’t help but think about how much the show reminded me of all the times I’ve seen STS9 perform live. It only seemed fitting considering that the livetronia band helped give Smith his start back in the day, and with the “EDM bubble” about to burst (that is, if it hasn’t already), it’s hopefully an approach more electronic artists will gravitate toward in the future. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Josh Herwitt
11. Mac DeMarco
The 26-year-old king of slacker rock, who over the past few years has become a fan favorite of many Bay Area audiophiles, never seems to hold back when he comes to town. His first night in SF last week saw him jump from The Indy’s balcony into an awaiting crowd (a feat that was later imitated by a female audience member at The Warfield the next night), run around half naked while playing new songs and perform a 25-minute cover of Eric Clapton’s 1971 hit single “Layla” with fart solos sprinkled throughout. -James Pawlish, photo by James Pawlish
10. Moderat
Easily the most anticipated set of the weekend from this spectator’s vantage point, Moderat hadn’t toured since dropping a pair of EPs in 2014. But with the release of its third full-length album, aptly titled III, the Berlin-based supergroup comprised of Apparat’s Sascha Ring and Modeselektor members Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary were primed to make their mark on the final day of LIB — and that they did. Beginning with “Ghostmother” off their latest LP, Moderat ran through a good chunk of new material, but nothing ignited the crowd more than their new single “Reminder”, which remains one of our favorite songs of the year so far. As we witnessed a few days earlier at The Fonda Theatre in LA, the group’s dark, minimalist stage setup with psychedelic flourishes paired nicely with Ring’s ethereal vocals. Of all the other performances throughout the weekend, Moderat’s 90-minute set undoubtedly stood as one of the brightest moments of LIB 2016. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Josh Herwitt
9. Foals
Foals closed out their rambunctious set with a killer take on the title track “What Went Down” that brought lead singer/guitarist Yannis Philippakis diving into the crowd, giving fans one hell of a selfie and proving their rock credentials for good. After all, any band that can unite 20-something bros with 50-something grandparents gets a gold star in our book. Rock brings people together, and those who made it out to see this unicorn of a band won’t live to regret it. -Zach Bourque, photo by Steve Carlson
8. Tame Impala
As they opened with the dream-inducing interlude “Nangs” from their latest studio album Currents, Tame Impala gave the crowd an ample minute and a half to commit to the spatial surroundings before jumping full throttle into an explosive rendition of lead single “Let It Happen,” playing the tracks in reverse order than they are on the LP. By the third song (as promised), the sky, having just turned black, was filled with a stadium’s worth of rainbow confetti as the band played the opening chords of 2012’s psuedo love ballad “Mind Mischief”. Followed by a rare performance — only the second time in three years — of “Music to Walk Home By” from 2012’s Lonerism, Tame Impala played a wide range of emotive classics while scrambling the brains of more than 8,500 audience members with their intense onslaught of sensory-overloading imagery and hypnotic light show. -Molly Kish, photo by James Pawlish
7. Jim James
James is in rare company these days, amid a dying breed of guitar-rock gods like Jack White and Josh Homme who are not only capable of playing anything on six strings, but also on a myriad of instruments. And while Eternally Even feels in some ways like an opportunity for him to finally experiment more with keyboards, James made sure to remind his fans at the 90-year-old Orpheum Theatre last Friday that shredding is still a priority. Performing in his new hometown after officially moving to LA this year, he assumed the role of lead singer for much of the show as he and his bandmates from Twin Limb (also opening for James on this tour) played all of Eternally Even and half of Regions. But propped up by a stand onstage the whole time was James’ black Gibson axe, and you knew at some point during a two-hour set that he was going to unload some sick riffs like we have become accustomed to seeing from him at Jacket shows. -Josh Herwitt, photo by Josh Herwitt
6. The National
The real headline from The National’s performance was hands down the new material that was debuted, pretty much across their entire set, encore included. A rather standard opening of “Don’t Swallow the Cap” and “I Should Live in Salt” led into our first taste of the band’s upcoming LP in the form of “Checking Out”. Though many locals likely recognized this track from last year’s Treasure Island Music Festival (read our review here), it has tightened up over the past year and even begins to sound familiar as the Brooklyn-based five-piece begins to weave in more electronic, synth-like elements. -Kevin Quandt, photo by Steve Carlson
5. Guns N’ Roses
There may have been no more talked-about act in Coachella’s 17-year history than Saturday’s headliner — and for good reason. Going back to 1993, it had been 23 years since Axl Rose and Slash last performed on the same stage together, and though some of that allure had worn off by the time they reached Indio thanks to a surprise show in LA and back-to-back nights in Las Vegas in prior weeks, Guns N’ Roses were still the talk of the town leading up to Coachella. In fact, all you had to do was look around on Saturday and see just how many GNR T-shirts were traversing the polo fields before their 10:30 p.m. set. When it came time to deliver, the original trio of Axl, Slash and bassist Duff McKagan most certainly did, while rhythm guitarist Richard Fortus and drummer Frank Ferrer proved to be more than suitable fill-ins for Izzy Stradlin and Steven Adler/Matt Sorum. Meanwhile, the surprise appearance by Angus Young couldn’t have come at a much better time after the announcement was made minutes before GNR’s set that Rose will be filling in for Brian Johnson on AC/DC’s remaining tour dates this year. GNR have always been one of my biggest bucket-list bands, and even if a broken leg prevented Axl from strutting and slithering across the stage like he once did as a brash, slender 21-year-old rock star, seeing one of my favorite childhood bands perform for two and a half hours felt all too surreal as I left the Empire Polo Club that night. -Josh Herwitt, photo courtesy of Coachella
4. Sia
From the very beginning, Sia set herself apart from every other artist who took the Coachella Stage this year. With the Australian artist standing in the back of the stage, her set was more performance art than it was pop music. While her face was hidden thanks to her trademark wig, Sia’s voice stood front and center as she belted out every note to hits like “Diamonds”, “Bird Set Free” and “Titanium”. Throughout it all, different dancers and actors would come on stage, abstractly embodying the themes her songwriting often conveys: fear, anticipation, stress, anger, joy, love and most of all, doubt. As Kristen Wiig and Paul Dano contributed to the overall performance, the height of Sia’s conceptual masterpiece reached its peak with a breathtaking rendition of “Breathe Me”, bringing some of the audience to tears. It was the true headliner of Sunday night and among the top performances of the entire weekend. -Brett Ruffenach, photo courtesy of Coachella
3. Chance the Rapper
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Otis Redding III died on Tuesday (April 18) after a battle with cancer.
The 59-year-old’s sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, published a statement on the <a rel=”noreferrer noopener” href=”http://<iframe src=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FOtisReddingFoundation%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0VSyTPEhuukzLaxExGpFAmwnFkgsAzGfJRA5KHwEhuTVEuDo5LSo9ZnJSBvVG9gDBl&show_text=true&width=500″ width=”500″ height=”474″ style=”border:none;overflow:hidden” scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen=”true” allow=”autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share”>Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation, the family’s charity in Macon, confirming the loss.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening at Atrium Health Navicent in Macon, Ga. Otis was 59 years old,” the post explained.
“Please keep our family in your prayers at this time and please respect our privacy as we consume this huge loss. Arrangements will be announced at a later date.”
Continuing the legacy of his musician father Otis Redding, who died in a tragic airplane crash in 1967, Redding III succeeded on his own merits and talents.
“The music has to have feeling and emotion…” proclaimed Otis III, according to his official website. “While I’m playing guitar or singing, I don’t proclaim to be a vocalist like my father.”
The younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings and recorded multiple albums throughout the 1980s. Redding III continued to perform globally and was frequently the highlight of award shows, weddings, and more.
He was also deeply involved in his family’s philanthropic organization, The Otis Redding Foundation, the annual Otis Redding Singer/Songwriter Camp, and served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
VIBE sends our deepest condolences to the Redding family and all those affected by this loss.
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MACON, Ga. (AP) — Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday.
Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening,” said his sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation, the family’s charity in Macon.
Though singles “Remote Control” and “Call The Law” by The Reddings made appearances on the Billboard music charts, the Redding brothers never matched their father’s success. Redding continued playing and performing after the band recorded its final album in 1988.
He was once hired for a European tour as guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, under whose guidance the younger Redding became comfortable performing “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” and other songs of his famous father.
“He said, `You can play guitar with me, but you’re going to have to sing a few of your dad’s songs,’” Redding recalled in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine. “I was like, `Huh? I don’t sing,’ you know. And he was like, `Well, you’re going to sing “Dock of the Bay” with me tonight.’”
Redding worked with his family’s foundation to organize summer camps that teach children to play music, and served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
He continued to perform his father’s songs for audiences large and small, according to his website, from appearing onstage at Carnegie Hall for a 2018 Otis Redding tribute concert to singing at weddings and private parties. Redding said he was grateful for the enduring legacy even if it overshadowed efforts to make music of his own.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... ‘sing one of your daddy’s songs,’” he told the Maine TV station. “So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals.”
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He was 59 years old.
His sister Karla Redding-Andrews released a statement on the Otis Redding Foundation Facebook page that said Redding died battling cancer.
"It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening at Atrium Health Navicent in Macon, Ga.," she wrote. "Please keep our family in your prayers at this time and please respect our privacy as we consume this huge loss."
Otis Redding III followed in his father Otis Redding Jr.’s footsteps as a singer, songwriter and guitarist, and he performed with his brothers as The Reddings.
The group included Otis III on guitar, his brother Dexter on bass and vocals and singer/drummer Mark Lockett. The trio was signed to CBS Records and Polydor Records and released six albums in the 1980s.
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It was 53 years ago today (December 10th, 1967) that the legendary Otis Redding died in a plane crash at the age of 26. At approximately 3:30 pm that afternoon, the plane carrying Redding and his backing band, the Bar-Kays, was on its way to […]
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It was 53 years ago today (December 10th, 1967) that the legendary Otis Redding died in a plane crash at the age of 26. At approximately 3:30 pm that afternoon, the plane carrying Redding and his backing band, the Bar-Kays, was on its way to a concert in Madison, Wisconsin, when it crashed in the state's icy Lake Monoma. Everyone on board except trumpeter Ben Cauley of the Bar-Kays was killed.
Born in Dawson, Georgia, Redding recorded for the historic Stax label and was one of the most significant artists of the 1960's. Initially a singer in guitarist Johnny Jenkins' band, Redding scored his first solo hit with "These Arms Of Mine." He hit his stride as a solo performer in the mid-'60s with hits like "I Can't Turn You Loose," "I've Been Loving You Too Long," and "Tramp," a duet with his labelmate Carla Thomas.
Although his hits were major R&B successes, Redding didn't start to cross over to the pop charts until 1967, when Aretha Franklin scored a Number One hit with a cover of his song "Respect," and Redding backed by Booker T. & The MG's performed a legendary set at the Monterey International Pop Festival.
Three months after his death, on March 16th, 1968, "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," which was recorded just a few days before the crash, became Redding's biggest hit, topping the singles charts for four weeks.
In 2007, in commemoration of the 40th year of his death, a tribute was held at the Monona Terrace Convention Center, which overlooks the lake and is near the crash site. Mayor Dave Cieslewicz read a statement from Governor Jim Doyle declaring December 10th "Otis Redding Day," and local musicians played a selection of Redding's music.
Late-Bar Kays trumpeter Ben Cauley, who was the sole survivor of the legendary plane crash, performed at the memorial. The appearance marked Cauley's first return visit to the crash site.
In 1990, rockers the Black Crows scored a Top 30 hit with a cover of Redding's "Hard To Handle."
In 1999, Redding posthumously received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 2002, Redding's hometown of Macon, Georgia honored him with a memorial statue in the city's Gateway Park. Two years after that, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Redding 21st on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time."
Sam Moore of Sam & Dave, who in 2002 testified during the California Senate Judiciary Committee hearings investigating the accounting practices of record companies, says that Redding was to join him to fight for artist's rights at the time of his death: ["Just before — to give you an idea — just before Otis Redding passed, he was supposed to be leaving Madison to meet me up in Washington. We were going to sit there and try. . . We're not magicians, like I said the other day, nor are we mathematicians, but we knew the figures are not correct. And we were gonna sit there and try and find. . . to go up on the hill and ask for somebody to help us."] SOUNDCUE (:31 OC: . . . to help us)
The late-Isaac Hayes remembered that his first recording session at Stax studios as a sideman for Otis Redding was a life-changing experience: ["I was nervous as hell on the Otis Redding album session. I was nervous, man. But I got through that. Otis was very charismatic and very personable. And (after) I found out how easy it went, I got inducted into the whole music staff."] SOUNDCUE (:14 OC: . . . whole music staff)
In 1988, Paul Rodgers of Bad Company sang Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" at the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary concert, backed by Steve Cropper and Donald "Duck" Dunn of Booker T. & the MG's — the band that backed Redding on the original version of the song. Rodgers says that performing that song with Redding's bandmates was a once-in-a-lifetime experience: ["'Dock Of The Bay,' it's just a great song — great song to do, and it was exceptionally great to do with his band. But, of course, there are other (great songs) — 'Champagne And Wine' is a beautiful song, too."] SOUNDCUE (:10 OC: . . . beautiful song too)
Out now is Otis Redding – Live At The Whisky A Go Go: The Complete Recordings. In chronological order, the six-CD collection presents the entirety of Redding's historic performances over three nights at the famed Sunset Strip venue, recorded on April 8th, 9th, and 10th, 1966.
Paul Rodgers On Otis Redding Songs :
Isaac Hayes On First Session For Otis Redding :
Sam Moore On Plans With Otis Redding To Visit Capitol Hill :
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Santa Barbara (Spanish for "Saint Barbara") is the county seat of Santa Barbara County in the U.S. state of California. Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply rising Santa Ynez Mountains...
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This article is about the city. For the island, see Santa Barbara Island. For the county, see Santa Barbara County, California.
Santa Barbara (Spanish for "Saint Barbara") is the county seat of Santa Barbara County in the U.S. state of California. Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Santa Barbara's climate is often described as Mediterranean, and the city has been promoted as the "American Riviera".[11] As of 2014, the city had an estimated population of 91,196,[9] up from 88,410 in 2010, making it the second most populous city in the county after Santa Maria[12] while the contiguous urban area, which includes the cities of Goleta and Carpinteria, along with the unincorporated regions of Isla Vista, Montecito, Mission Canyon, Hope Ranch, Summerland, and others, has an approximate population of 220,000. The population of the entire county in 2010 was 423,895.[13]
In addition to being a popular tourist and resort destination, the city economy includes a large service sector, education, technology, health care, finance, agriculture, manufacturing, and local government. In 2004, the service sector accounted for fully 35% of local employment.[14] Education in particular is well represented, with five institutions of higher learning on the south coast (the University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara City College, Westmont College, Antioch University, and the Brooks Institute of Photography). The Santa Barbara Airport serves the city, as does Amtrak. U.S. Highway 101 connects the Santa Barbara area with Los Angeles to the southeast and San Francisco to the northwest. Behind the city, in and beyond the Santa Ynez Mountains, is the Los Padres National Forest, which contains several remote wilderness areas. Channel Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary are located approximately 20 miles (32 km) offshore.
History[]
Main article: History of Santa Barbara, California
Evidence of human habitation of the area begins at least 13,000 years ago. Evidence for a Paleoindian presence includes a fluted Clovis-like point found in the 1980s along the western Santa Barbara County coast, as well as the remains of Arlington Springs Man, found on Santa Rosa Island in the 1960s. An estimated 8,000 to 10,000 Chumash lived on the south coast of Santa Barbara County at the time of the first European explorations.
Five Chumash villages flourished in the area. The present-day area of Santa Barbara City College was the village of Mispu; the site of the El Baño pool (along west beach, was the village of Syukhtun, chief Yanonalit's large village located between Bath and Chapala streets; Amolomol was at the mouth of Mission Creek; and Swetete, above the bird refuge.[15]
Spanish period[]
Portuguese explorer João Cabrilho (Spanish: Cabrillo), sailing for the Kingdom of Spain, sailed through what is now called the Santa Barbara Channel in 1542, anchoring briefly in the area. In 1602, Spanish maritime explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno gave the name "Santa Barbara" to the channel and also to one of the Channel Islands.[16]
A land expedition led by Gaspar de Portolà visited in 1769, and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespi, who accompanied the expedition, named a large native town "Laguna de la Concepcion". Cabrillo's earlier name, however, is the one that has survived.
The first permanent European residents were Spanish missionaries and soldiers under Felipe de Neve, who came in 1782 to build the Presidio. They were sent both to fortify the region against expansion by other powers such as England and Russia, and to convert the natives to Christianity. Many of the Spaniards brought their families with them, and those formed the nucleus of the small town – at first just a cluster of adobes – that surrounded the Presidio. The Santa Barbara Mission was established on the Feast of Saint Barbara, December 4, 1786. It was the tenth of the California Missions to be founded by the Spanish Franciscans. [1] It was dedicated by Padre Fermín Lasuén, who succeeded Padre Junipero Serra as the second president and founder of the California Franciscan Mission Chain. The Mission fathers began the slow work of converting the native Chumash to Christianity, building a village for them on the Mission grounds. The Chumash laborers built a connection between the canyon creek and the Santa Barbara Mission water system through the use of a dam and an aqueduct.[17] During the following decades, many of the natives died of diseases such as smallpox, against which they had no natural immunity.[18]
The most dramatic event of the Spanish period was the powerful 1812 earthquake, and tsunami, with an estimated magnitude of 7.1, which destroyed the Mission as well as the rest of the town; water reached as high as present-day Anapamu street, and carried a ship half a mile up Refugio Canyon.[19][20] The Mission was rebuilt by 1820 after the earthquake [21] Following the earthquake, the Mission fathers chose to rebuild in a grander manner, and it is this construction that survives to the present day, the best-preserved of the California Missions.
The Spanish period ended in 1822 with the end of the Mexican War of Independence, which terminated 300 years of colonial rule. The flag of Mexico went up the flagpole at the Presidio, but only for 24 years.
Santa Barbara street names reflect this time period as well. The names de le Guerra and Carrillo come from citizens of the town of this time. They help to build up the town so they were honored by naming not only streets after them, but the dining commons at UCSB are also named after them.[22]
Mexican and Rancho period[]
After the forced secularization of the Missions in 1833, successive Mexican Governors distributed the large land tracts formerly held by the Franciscan Order to various families in order to reward service or build alliances. These land grants to local notable families mark the beginning of the "Rancho Period" in California and Santa Barbara history. The population remained sparse, with enormous cattle operations run by wealthy families. It was during this period that Richard Henry Dana, Jr. first visited Santa Barbara and wrote about the culture and people of Santa Barbara in his book Two Years Before the Mast.
Santa Barbara fell bloodlessly to a battalion of American soldiers under John C. Frémont on December 27, 1846, during the Mexican–American War, and after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 it became part of the expanding United States.
Middle and late 19th century[]
Change came quickly after Santa Barbara's acquisition by the United States. The population doubled between 1850 and 1860. In 1851, land surveyor Salisbury Haley designed the street grid, famously botching the block measurements, misaligning the streets, thereby creating doglegs at certain intersections.[23] Wood construction replaced adobe as American settlers moved in; during the Gold Rush years and following, the town became a haven for bandits and gamblers, and a dangerous and lawless place. Charismatic gambler and highwayman Jack Powers had virtual control of the town in the early 1850s, until driven out by a posse organized in San Luis Obispo. English gradually supplanted Spanish as the language of daily life, becoming the language of official record in 1870.[24] The first newspaper, the Santa Barbara Gazette, was founded in 1855.[25]
While the Civil War had little effect on Santa Barbara, the disastrous drought of 1863 ended the Rancho Period, as most of the cattle died and ranchos were broken up and sold. Mortimer Cook, a wealthy entrepreneur, arrived in 1871 and opened the city's first bank. Cook later served two terms as mayor.[26] Cook founded the first National Gold Bank of Santa Barbara in 1873. The building of Stearns Wharf in 1872 enhanced Santa Barbara's commercial and tourist accessibility; previously goods and visitors had to transfer from steamboats to smaller craft to row ashore. During the 1870s, writer Charles Nordhoff promoted the town as a health resort and destination for well-to-do travelers from other parts of the U.S.; many of them came, and many stayed. The luxurious Arlington Hotel dated from this period. In 1887 the railroad finally went through to Los Angeles, and in 1901 to San Francisco: Santa Barbara was now easily accessible by land and by sea, and subsequent development was brisk.[27]
Peter J. Barber, an architect, designed many Late Victorian style residences, and served twice as mayor, in 1880 and again in 1890. A year after Barber's term as mayor, President Benjamin Harrison became the first of five presidents to visit Santa Barbara.[28]
Early 20th century to World War II[]
Just before the turn of the 20th century, oil was discovered at the Summerland Oil Field, and the region along the beach east of Santa Barbara sprouted numerous oil derricks and piers for drilling offshore. This was the first offshore oil development in the world; oil drilling offshore would become a contentious practice in the Santa Barbara area, which continues to the present day.[29]
Santa Barbara housed the world's largest movie studio during the era of silent film. Flying A Studios, a division of the American Film Manufacturing Company, operated on two city blocks centered at State and Mission between 1910 and 1922, with the industry shutting down locally and moving to Hollywood once it outgrew the area, needing the resources of a larger city. Flying A and the other smaller local studios produced approximately 1,200 films during their tenure in Santa Barbara, of which approximately 100 survive.[30][31][32]
During this period, the Loughead Aircraft Company was established on lower State Street, and regularly tested seaplanes off of East Beach. This was the genesis of what would later become Lockheed.
The magnitude 6.3[33][34] earthquake of June 29, 1925, was the first destructive earthquake in California since the 1906 San Francisco quake, destroyed much of downtown Santa Barbara and killed 13 people. The earthquake caused infrastructure to collapse including the Sheffield Dam.[35] The low death toll is attributed to the early hour (6:44 a.m., before most people were out on the streets, vulnerable to falling masonry). While this quake, like the one in 1812, was centered in the Santa Barbara Channel, it caused no tsunami. It came at an opportune time for rebuilding, since a movement for architectural reform and unification around a Spanish Colonial style was already underway. Under the leadership of Pearl Chase, many of the city's famous buildings rose as part of the rebuilding process, including the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, sometimes praised as the "most beautiful public building in the United States." There is also the unfortunate incident that happened in 1907, which included a horrific train accident that took the lives of 32 people.[36]
During World War II, Santa Barbara was home to Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara, and Naval Reserve Center Santa Barbara at the harbor. Up the coast, west of the city, was the Army's Camp Cooke (the present-day Vandenberg Air Force Base). In the city, Hoff General Hospital treated servicemen wounded in the Pacific Theatre. On February 23, 1942, not long after the outbreak of war in the Pacific, the Japanese submarine I-17 surfaced offshore and lobbed 16 shells at the Ellwood Oil Field, about 10 miles (16 km) west of Santa Barbara, in the first wartime attack by an enemy power on the U.S. mainland since the War of 1812. Although the shelling was inaccurate and only caused about $500 damage to a catwalk, panic was immediate. Many Santa Barbara residents fled, and land values plummeted to historic lows.
After World War II[]
After the war many of the servicemen who had seen Santa Barbara returned to stay. The population surged by 10,000 people between the end of the war and 1950. This burst of growth had dramatic consequences for the local economy and infrastructure. Highway 101 was built through town during this period, and newly built Lake Cachuma began supplying water via a tunnel dug through the mountains between 1950 and 1956.[37]
Local relations with the oil industry gradually soured through the period. Production at Summerland had ended, Elwood was winding down, and to find new fields oil companies carried out seismic exploration of the Channel using explosives, a controversial practice that local fishermen claimed harmed their catch. The culminating disaster, and one of the formative events in the modern environmental movement, was the blowout at Union Oil's Platform A on the Dos Cuadras Field, about eight miles (13 km) southeast of Santa Barbara in the Santa Barbara Channel, on January 28, 1969. Approximately 100,000 barrels (16,000 m3) of oil surged out of a huge undersea break, fouling hundreds of square miles of ocean and all the coastline from Ventura to Goleta, as well north facing beaches on the Channel Islands. Two legislative consequences of the spill in the next year were the passages of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); locally, outraged citizens formed GOO (Get Oil Out).[38] Santa Barbara's business community strove to attract development until the surge in the anti-growth movement in the 1970s. Many "clean" industries, especially aerospace firms such as Raytheon and Delco Electronics, moved to town in the 1950s and 1960s, bringing employees from other parts of the U.S. UCSB itself became a major employer.[38] In 1975, the city passed an ordinance restricting growth to a maximum of 85,000 residents, through zoning. Growth in the adjacent Goleta Valley could be shut down by denying water meters to developers seeking permits. As a result of these changes, growth slowed down, but prices rose sharply.[39][40]
When voters approved connection to State water supplies in 1991, parts of the city, especially outlying areas, resumed growth, but more slowly than during the boom period of the 1950s and 1960s. While the slower growth preserved the quality of life for most residents and prevented the urban sprawl notorious in the Los Angeles basin, housing in the Santa Barbara area was in short supply, and prices soared: in 2006, only six percent of residents could afford a median-value house. As a result, many people who work in Santa Barbara commute from adjacent, more affordable areas, such as Santa Maria, Lompoc, and Ventura. The resultant traffic on incoming arteries, in particular the stretch of Highway 101 between Ventura and Santa Barbara, is another problem being addressed by long-range planners.[41]
Notable wildfires[]
Since the middle of the twentieth century, several destructive fires affected Santa Barbara: the 1964 Coyote Fire, which burned 67,000 acres (271 km2) of backcountry along with 106 homes; the smaller, but quickly moving, Sycamore Fire in 1977, which burned 200 homes; the disastrous 1990 Painted Cave Fire, which incinerated over 500 homes in only several hours, during an intense Sundowner wind event; the November 2008 Tea Fire, which destroyed 210 homes in the foothills of Santa Barbara and Montecito; and the 2009 Jesusita Fire that burned 8,733 acres (35.341 km2) and destroyed 160 homes above the San Roque region of Santa Barbara.[42][43]
Geography[]
Santa Barbara is located about 90 miles (145 km) WNW of Los Angeles, along the Pacific coast. This stretch of coast along southern Santa Barbara County is sometimes referred to as "The American Riviera",[44] presumably because its geography and climate are similar to that of areas along the northern Mediterranean Sea coast (especially in southern France) known as the Riviera. The Santa Ynez Mountains, an east–west trending range, rise dramatically behind the city, with several peaks exceeding 4,000 feet (1,200 m). Covered with chaparral and sandstone outcrops, they make a scenic backdrop to the town. Sometimes, perhaps once every three years, snow falls on the mountains, but it rarely stays for more than a few days. Nearer to town, directly east and adjacent to Mission Santa Barbara, is an east-west ridge known locally as "the Riviera," traversed by a road called "Alameda Padre Serra" (shortened APS, which translates to "Father Serra's pathway").
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 42.0 square miles (108.8 km2), of which 19.5 square miles (51 km2) of it is land and 22.5 square miles (58 km2) of it (53.61%) is water. The high official figures for water is due to the extension of the city limit into the ocean, including a strip of city reaching out into the sea and inland again to keep the Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) within the city boundary.
Ecology[]
Santa Barbara's ecology is similar to that of most of Southern California. The apex predator is the American black bear, with the cougar and coyote the main competing predators. They, along with the bobcats, have an effect on the local deer population. Foxes may hunt smaller mammals. Many whales, sharks, dolphins, and sea lions roam the local waters.
Climate[]
Santa Barbara experiences a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csb) characteristic of coastal California. Because the city lies along the ocean, onshore breezes moderate temperatures resulting in warmer winters and cooler summers compared with places farther inland. In the winter, storms reach California, some of which bring heavy rainfall. Local rainfall totals can be enhanced by orographic lift when storms are accompanied by southerly flow pushing moist air over the Santa Ynez mountains, producing greater rainfall than in other coastal areas. Summers in Southern California are mostly rainless due to the presence of a high-pressure area over the eastern Pacific. In the fall, downslope winds, locally called "Sundowners", can raise temperatures into the high 90s and drop humidities into the single digits, increasing the chance and severity of wildfires in the foothills north of the city. Annual rainfall totals are highly variable and in exceptional years like 1940–1941 and 1997–1998 over 40 inches (1.0 m) of rain have fallen in a year,[45] but in dry seasons less than 6 inches (150 mm) is not unheard of. Snow sometimes covers higher elevations of the Santa Ynez Mountains but is extremely rare in the city itself. The most recent accumulating snow to fall near sea level was in January 1949, when approximately two inches fell in the city.[46]
Climate data for Santa Barbara, California (1981–2010 Normals) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high °F (°C) 89
(32) 89
(32) 96
(36) 101
(38) 101
(38) 103
(39) 108
(42) 99
(37) 105
(41) 103
(39) 97
(36) 92
(33) 108
(42) Average high °F (°C) 64.7
(18.2) 65.4
(18.6) 66.1
(18.9) 69.0
(20.6) 69.6
(20.9) 71.2
(21.8) 74.7
(23.7) 76.0
(24.4) 75.1
(23.9) 72.8
(22.7) 68.9
(20.5) 64.7
(18.2) 69.9
(21.1) Average low °F (°C) 46.4
(8.0) 48.1
(8.9) 49.8
(9.9) 51.8
(11.0) 54.6
(12.6) 57.5
(14.2) 60.4
(15.8) 60.4
(15.8) 59.6
(15.3) 56.2
(13.4) 50.3
(10.2) 46.7
(8.2) 53.5
(11.9) Record low °F (°C) 20
(−7) 27
(−3) 30
(−1) 30
(−1) 36
(2) 42
(6) 44
(7) 46
(8) 38
(3) 34
(1) 28
(−2) 25
(−4) 20
(−7) Rainfall inches (mm) 4.14
(105.2) 4.68
(118.9) 3.59
(91.2) 0.77
(19.6) 0.35
(8.9) 0.09
(2.3) 0.01
(0.3) 0.03
(0.8) 0.29
(7.4) 0.52
(13.2) 1.48
(37.6) 2.63
(66.8) 18.58
(471.9) Avg. rainy days (≥ 0.01 in) 6.5 6.3 6.5 2.9 1.4 0.9 0.4 0.5 1.2 1.7 3.8 4.9 37 Source: Western Regional Climate Center[47]
Geology and soils[]
The city of Santa Barbara is situated on a coastal plain between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the sea. This coastal plain consists of a complex array of Holocene and Pleistocene alluvial and colluvial deposits, marine terraces, debris flows, and estuarine deposits.[48][49] Soils are mostly well drained brown fine sandy loam of the Milpitas series.[50] Rapid geologic uplift is characteristic of the entire region, as evidenced by the coastal bluffs and narrow beaches that are present along most of the coastline.[51]
Downtown Santa Barbara occupies a floodplain between two major geologic faults, the Mission Ridge Fault Zone to the north and the Mesa Fault to the south. The Mission Ridge Fault Zone runs along the range of hills known locally as the "Riviera", and the Mesa Fault defines the northern boundary of the band of hills called the "Mesa". These two faults converge near the Five Points Shopping Center at Los Positas and State Streets. Neither is well exposed, with their locations being inferred from topography, springs, seeps, and well logs.[52] The Mesa Fault continues southeast offshore into the Santa Barbara Channel; the portion of the fault offshore is believed to have been responsible for the destructive earthquake of 1925.[53] The Mission Ridge Fault trends east-west, being named the More Ranch Fault west of Santa Barbara, and forms the northern boundary of the uplands which include Isla Vista, More Mesa, and the Hope Ranch Hills.[54]
Three major sedimentary bedrock units underlie the coastal plain: the Monterey Formation, the Sisquoc Formation, and the Santa Barbara Formation. The Santa Barbara Formation is one of the main units in the aquifer underlying the city. Its coarse-grained freshwater-bearing portion, much of which is below sea level, is protected from seawater intrusion by the More Ranch Fault, which has shielded it by uplifting less-permeable rocks between it and the sea. The majority of water wells in the Santa Barbara-Goleta area pull from this geologic unit.[55]
The Santa Ynez Mountains to the north of the city consist of multiple layers of sandstone and conglomerate units dating from the Jurassic Age to the present, uplifted rapidly since the Pliocene, upended, and in some areas completely overturned. Rapid uplift has given these mountains their craggy, scenic character, and numerous landslides and debris flows, which form some of the urban and suburban lowland area, are testament to their geologically active nature.[56]
Wildlife[]
See also: Fauna of California
Several types of oak are native to the Santa Barbara area. Poison oak and castor bean plants are present in the wild, rural, and semi-wild sections of the city. Pine exists throughout the city, and palm trees, which are home to many barn owls, exist near the beaches.
Two types of bees exist in Santa Barbara. They are the large bumble bee, and the smaller European honeybee, a type of honeybee. Yellowjackets, wasps, hoverflies, and other insects also live in Santa Barbara.
Lizards are common sights in neighborhoods.
Crows, blue jays, woodpeckers, and other birds live in Santa Barbara.
Orcas, sea lions, and other marine animals live on the Santa Barbara coast.
The small mammals of Santa Barbara include the rat, squirrel, opossum, raccoon, and skunk. Larger predators include coyotes, red foxes, bobcats, cougars, and American black bears.
Architecture[]
The first Monterey-style adobe in California was built on State Street of Santa Barbara by the wealthy merchant Alpheus Thompson.[57] The dominant architectural themes of Santa Barbara are the Spanish Colonial Revival and the related Mission Revival style, encouraged through design guidelines adopted by city leaders after the 1925 earthquake destroyed much of the downtown commercial district. Residential architectural styles in Santa Barbara reflect the era of their construction. Many late 1800s Victorian homes remain downtown and in the "Upper East" neighborhood. California bungalows are common, built in the early decades of the 20th century. Spanish Colonial Revival-style homes built after 1925 are common all over the city, especially in newer upscale residential areas like Montecito and Hope Ranch.
Urban environment[]
Santa Barbara is a mix of urban and suburban areas. Lacking the heavy industrial zones, light industrial zones and heavily populated areas take the place of heavy industry, along with suburban neighborhoods. But, rural and wild areas are much less common in Santa Barbara than in other places.
Neighborhoods[]
Santa Barbara has a range of neighborhoods with distinctive histories, architectures, and cultures. While considerable consensus exists as to the identification of neighborhood names and boundaries, variations exist between observers. For example, real estate agents may use different names than those used by public utilities or municipal service providers, such as police, fire, or water services. The following is a list of neighborhoods with descriptions and comments on each.
The Mesa stretches 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from Santa Barbara City College on the east to Arroyo Burro County Beach (or "Hendry's/The Pit" to locals) on the west. "The Mesa" embodies a beach vibe. The neighborhood has beach access to Mesa Lane Beach, as well as Thousand Steps Beach. This is considered to be a desirable neighborhood due to its proximity to the ocean as well as the college. Residential development began here in the 1920s, but was interrupted by the discovery of the Mesa Oil Field. The field was quickly exhausted, and after the Second World War building of houses resumed, although the last oil tanks and sumps did not disappear until the early 1970s.[58]
Mission Canyon contains the wooded hilly area beginning at the Old Mission and extending along Foothill Road, north and east into Mission Canyon Road and Las Canoas Road. A popular spot as an entry-point for weekend foothill hiking, it is one of the most rustically beautiful, yet fire-prone areas of Santa Barbara due to heavy natural vegetation.
The Riviera encompasses an ocean-facing hillside and back hillside extending for approximately two miles, with the north side extending from Foothill Road to Sycamore Canyon Road, and the south side from the Santa Barbara Mission to North Salinas Street. The ribbon-like Alameda Padre Serra serves as the principal entry point from the Mission and the City of Santa Barbara. Since the past century, it has been known as "the Riviera" due to its resemblance to the Mediterranean coastal towns of France and Italy. The neighborhood has winding streets with intricate stone work terracing built by early 20th-century Italian immigrants. Most of the topography of the Riviera is relatively steep, making it particularly noteworthy for homes with outstanding views of the City of Santa Barbara and the Pacific Ocean.
The Westside ("west of State Street") lies predominantly in the lowlands between State Street and the Mesa, including Highway 101, and also reaches down to Cliff Drive, incorporating Santa Barbara City College.
The Eastside ("east of State Street") is generally the area east of State to the base of the Riviera, and includes Santa Barbara Junior High School, Santa Barbara High School, and the Santa Barbara Bowl.
The Waterfront comprises roughly commercial and tourist-oriented business structures along Cabrillo Blvd including Stearns Wharf, the Santa Barbara Harbor and the breakwater, and extending East toward the Bird Refuge and West along Shoreline Drive above the SBCC campus West.
Lower State Street, also known as the Funk Zone, is along with the Waterfront and popular with tourists. Centered on the intersection of Yanonali and Anacapa streets, the zone radiates out from here, covering the 10- to 12-block area between State and Garden squeezed between the waterfront and Highway 101. The area features commercial properties with a thriving nightlife. The area also serves as the main location for local celebrations and parades such as Old Spanish Days Fiesta.[59]
Upper State Street is a residential and commercial district that includes numerous professional offices, and much of the medical infrastructure of the city.
San Roque is located northwest of the downtown area and north of Samarkand. This area is said to be a constant 5 degrees warmer than the coastal areas, due to its greater distance from the ocean than other Santa Barbara neighborhoods, and being separated from the sea by a low range of hills to the south, occupied by the Mesa and Hope Ranch. San Roque is also the most popular spot for Trick-or-Treaters on Halloween.
Samarkand currently has approximately 630 homes on 184 acres (0.745 km2) with a population of about 2000 people. The name Samarkand comes from an Old Persian word meaning "the land of heart's desire." It was first applied to a deluxe Persian-style hotel that was converted from a boys' school in 1920. Samarkand later became identified as its own neighborhood located between Las Positas, State Street, De La Vina, Oak Park and the Freeway. Earle Ovington built the first home here in 1920 at 3030 Samarkand Drive. As a pilot, Ovington established the Casa Loma Air Field with a 1,500-foot (460 m) runway that was used by legendary pilots, Lindbergh and Earhart.
Demographics[]
2010[]
Historical populations Census Pop. %± 1880 3,460 — 1890 5,864 69.5% 1900 6,587 12.3% 1910 11,659 77.0% 1920 19,441 66.7% 1930 33,613 72.9% 1940 34,958 4.0% 1950 44,854 28.3% 1960 58,768 31.0% 1970 70,215 19.5% 1980 74,414 6.0% 1990 85,571 15.0% 2000 92,325 7.9% 2010 88,410 −4.2% Est. 2015 91,842 [61] −0.5% U.S. Decennial Census[62]
The 2010 United States Census[63] reported that Santa Barbara had a population of 88,410. The population density was 2,106.6 people per square mile (813.4/km²). The racial makeup of Santa Barbara was 66,411 (75.1%) White, 1,420 (1.6%) African American, 892 (1.0%) Native American, 3,062 (3.5%) Asian (1.0% Chinese, 0.6% Filipino, 0.5% Japanese, 0.4% Korean, 0.4% Indian, 0.2% Vietnamese, 0.4% other), 116 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 13,032 (14.7%) from other races, and 3,477 (3.9%) from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 33,591 persons (38.0%). Non-Hispanic Whites were 45,852 persons (52.2%)
The Census reported that 86,783 people (98.2% of the population) lived in households, 1,172 (1.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 455 (0.5%) were institutionalized.
Of the 35,449 households, 8,768 (24.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 13,240 (37.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 3,454 (9.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, and 1,539 (4.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2,420 (6.8%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 339 (1.0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships; 11,937 households (33.7%) were made up of individuals and 4,340 (12.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45. There were 18,233 families (51.4% of all households); the average family size was 3.13.
The population was spread out with 16,468 people (18.6%) under the age of 18, 10,823 people (12.2%) aged 18 to 24, 26,241 people (29.7%) aged 25 to 44, 22,305 people (25.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 12,573 people (14.2%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.7 males.
There were 37,820 housing units at an average density of 901.2 per square mile (347.9/km²), of which 13,784 (38.9%) were owner-occupied, and 21,665 (61.1%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.1%; 34,056 people (38.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 52,727 people (59.6%) lived in rental housing units.
2000[]
As of the census[64] of 2000, 92,325 people*, 35,605 households, and 18,941 families resided in the city. The population density was 4,865.3 people per square mile (1,878.1/km²). There were 37,076 housing units at an average density of 1,953.8 per square mile (754.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 74.0% White, 1.8% African American, 1.1% Native American, 2.8% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 16.4% from other races, and 3.9% from two or more races. People of Hispanic or Latino background, of any race, were 35.0% of the population.
Of the 35,605 households, 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.8% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.8% were not families. About 32.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.17.
In the city, the population was distributed as 19.8% under the age of 18, 13.8% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $47,498, and for a family was $57,880. Males had a median income of $37,116 versus $31,911 for females. The per capita income for the city was $26,466. About 7.7% of families and 13.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.8% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over. If one compares the per capita income to the actual cost of living, the number of people living below the poverty line is considerably higher.
Economy[]
Aerospace and defense companies form the basis of the city's private employment as Alliant Techsystems, Channel Technologies Group, Citrix Online, FLIR Systems, and Raytheon have major operations in the area. Santa Barbara's tourist attractions have made the hospitality industry into a major player in the regional economy. Motel 6 was started in Santa Barbara in 1962.
Top employers[]
As of June 2014, the principal employers in the southern Santa Barbara County were:[65]
# Employer # of Employees 1 University of California, Santa Barbara 10,403 2 County of Santa Barbara 4,652 3 Cottage Health System 2,605 4 Santa Barbara City College 2,066 5 Santa Barbara Unified School District 1,988 6 City of Santa Barbara 1,716 7 Raytheon Electronic Systems 1,300 8 Sansum Medical Foundation Clinic 1,040 9 Santa Barbara County Education Office 929 10 United States Postal Service 805
Other major employers include Mission Linen Supply, Jordano's, the Santa Barbara Biltmore and San Ysidro Ranch, Westmont College, Mentor, Commission Junction, Fess Parker's Doubletree, Belmond El Encanto and QAD.[66]
Arts and culture[]
Performing arts[]
Santa Barbara contains numerous performing art venues, including the 2,000 seat Arlington Theatre, which is the largest indoor performance venue in Santa Barbara and also serves as the premise for the annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Other major venues include the Lobero Theatre, a historic building and favorite venue for small concerts; the Granada Theater, the tallest building downtown, originally built by contractor C.B. Urton in 1924, but with the theatre remodeled and reopened in March 2008; and the Santa Barbara Bowl, a 4,562 seat amphitheatre used for outdoor concerts, nestled in a picturesque canyon northwest of Santa Barbara at the base of the Riviera.
The city is considered a haven for classical music lovers with a symphony orchestra, a part-time opera company, and many non-profit classical music groups (such as CAMA). The Music Academy of the West, located in Montecito, hosts an annual music festival in the summer, drawing renowned students and professionals.
Tourist attractions[]
Santa Barbara is a year-round tourist destination renowned for its fair weather, downtown beaches, and Spanish architecture. Tourism brings more than one billion dollars per year into the local economy, including $80 million in tax revenue.[67] In addition to the city's cultural assets, several iconic destinations lie within the city's limits. Mission Santa Barbara, "The Queen of the Missions," is located on a rise about two miles (3 km) inland from the harbor, and is maintained as an active place of worship, sightseeing stop, and national historic landmark. The Santa Barbara County Courthouse, a red tiled Spanish-Moorish structure, provides a sweeping view of the downtown area from its open air tower. The Presidio of Santa Barbara, a Spanish military installation and chapel built in 1782, was central to the town's early development and remains an icon of the city's colonial roots. In 1855, the Presidio Chapel, being in decay, grew into the Apostolic College of Our Lady of Sorrows, now Our Lady of Sorrows Church.[68] The present church, consecrated on the 147th anniversary of the founding of the presidio on April 21, 1929, remains one of the most beautiful churches in California.
Also famous is the annual Fiesta (originally called "Old Spanish Days"), which is celebrated every year in August. The Fiesta is hosted by the Native Daughters of the Golden West and the Native Sons of the Golden West in a joint committee called the Fiesta Board. Fiesta was originally started as a tourist attraction, like the Rose Bowl, to draw business into the town in the 1920s.
Flower Girls and Las Señoritas are another attraction of Fiesta, as they march and participate in both Fiesta Pequeña (the kickoff of Fiesta) and the various parades. Flower Girls is for girls under 13. They throw roses and other flowers into the crowds. Las Señoritas are their older escorts. Many Señoritas join the Native Daughters at the age of 16.
The annual Santa Barbara French Festival takes place Bastille Day weekend in July. This is the largest French Festival in the western United States.
New Noise Music Conference and Festival, established in 2009, is a 4-day event with the main party in the Funk Zone, a small art and wine tasting section of the city near the beach, and other small bands to local venues around the city. New Noise brings in over 75 bands and 50 speakers to the festival each year.[69]
For over 40 years, the Santa Barbara Arts and Crafts Show has been held on Cabrillo Blvd., east of Stearns Wharf and along the beach, attracting thousands of people to see artwork made by artists and crafts people that live in Santa Barbara county. By the rules of the show, all the works displayed must have been made by the artists and craftspeople themselves, who must sell their own goods. The show started in the early 1960s, and now has over 200 booths varying in size and style on any Sunday of the year. The show is also held on some Saturdays that are national holidays, but not during inclement weather.
In recent years, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, another local non-profit, has also become a major draw bringing over 50,000 attendees during what is usually Santa Barbara's slow season in late January. SBIFF hosts a wide variety of celebrities, premieres, panels and movies from around the world and runs for 10 days.
The annual Summer Solstice Parade draws up to 100,000 people.[70] It is a colorful themed parade put on by local residents, and follows a route along State Street for approximately one mile, ending at Alameda Park. Its main rule is that no written messages or banners with words are allowed. Floats and costumes vary from the whimsical to the outrageous; parties and street events take place throughout the weekend of the parade, the first weekend after the solstice.
Surfing is as much a part of Santa Barbara culture as art. Bruce Brown's cult classic, The Endless Summer, put surfing on the map, and he is often seen around the town. Surfing legend Pat Curren and his son, three time world champion Tom Curren, as well as ten time world champion Kelly Slater, and other popular surf icons such as Jack Johnson call Santa Barbara home. Local surfers are known for going north to The Point, or south to Rincon.
Other tourist-centered attractions include:
Stearns Wharf – Adjacent to Santa Barbara Harbor, features shops, several restaurants, and the newly rebuilt Ty Warner Sea Center.
Rafael Gonzalez House – Adobe residence of the alcalde of Santa Barbara in the 1820s, and a National Historic Landmark.
Santa Barbara's Moreton Bay Fig Tree – a giant Moreton Bay Fig, 80 feet (24 m) tall, which has one of the largest total shaded areas of any tree in North America
Burton Mound – on Mason Street at Burton Circle, this mound is thought to be the Chumash village of Syujton, recorded by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo in 1542, and again by Fr. Crespí and Portolá in 1769. (California Historical Landmark No. 306)
De La Guerra Plaza (Casa de la Guerra) – Site of the first City Hall, and still the center of the city's administration. (California Historical Landmark No. 307) Also the location of the Santa Barbara News Press.
Covarrubias Adobe – Built in 1817; adjacent to the Santa Barbara Historical Museum on Santa Barbara Street. (California Historical Landmark No. 308)
Hastings Adobe – Built in 1854, partially from material recovered from the wreck of the S.S. Winfield Scott. (California Historical Landmark No. 559)
Hill-Carrillo Adobe – Built in 1825 by Daniel A. Hill for his wife Rafaela L. Ortega y Olivera; currently at 11 E. Carrillo St.
Cold Spring Tavern
El Paseo Shopping Mall – California's first shopping center.
Santa Barbara Zoo
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Channel Islands National Park
Restaurants[]
With its abundance of seafood, awareness of farming methods, and nearby wineries, Santa Barbara has many restaurants. In 2010, the SantaBarbara.com Restaurant Guide listed 693 separate restaurants, coffee shops and bakeries in the region.[71]
Museums[]
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA), located on State Street, features nationally recognized collections and special exhibitions of international importance. Highlights of the Museum's remarkable permanent collection include antiquities; 19th-century French, British, and American art; 20th-century and contemporary European, North American, and Latin American art; Asian art; photography; and works on paper. It is also recognized for its innovative education program that serves local and surrounding communities through extensive on-site programming and curriculum resources. Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB), located on the top floor of Paseo Nuevo shopping mall, is a non-profit, non-collecting museum dedicated to the exhibition, education, and cultivation of the arts of our time. The premier venue for contemporary art between Los Angeles and San Francisco, MCASB offers free admission to its exhibitions and public programming. Other art venues include the University Art Museum on the University of California at Santa Barbara Campus, various private galleries, and a wide variety of art and photography shows. The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is located immediately behind the Santa Barbara Mission in a complex of Mission-style buildings set in a park-like campus. The Museum offers indoor and outdoor exhibits and a state-of-the-art planetarium. The Santa Barbara Historical Museum is located on De La Guerra Street and offers free admission. The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is located at 113 Harbor Way (the former Naval Reserve Center Santa Barbara) on the waterfront. The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum (free admission) houses a collection of historical documents and manuscripts. Two open air museums here are Lotusland and Casa del Herrero, exemplifying the American Country Place era in Santa Barbara. Casa Dolores, center for the popular arts of Mexico, is devoted to the collection, preservation, study, and exhibition of an extensive variety of objects of the popular arts of Mexico.
Parks and recreation[]
Santa Barbara has many parks, ranging from small spaces within the urban environment to large, semi-wilderness areas that remain within the city limits. Some notable parks within the city limits are as follows:
Alameda Park
Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens
Andree Clark Bird Refuge
Butterfly Beach
De La Guerra Plaza
Douglas Family Preserve
East Beach
Elings Park
Franceschi Park
Hendry's Beach (Arroyo Burro)
Hilda Ray Park
Leadbetter Beach
Mission Historical Park
Parma Park
Shoreline Park
Skofield Park
West Beach
Some notable parks and open spaces just outside the city limits include:
Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park
Gould Park
Rattlesnake Canyon, a popular hiking area.
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, which contains a diverse collection of plants from around California; it is in Mission Canyon, directly north of the city.
In addition to these parks, there are other hiking trails in Santa Barbara. A 6-7 mile hike from Gaviota State Park traverses the mountains with an ocean view.[72]
Government[]
In 2015, the city council voted to change from at-large elections to district elections for city council seats.[73]
All of Santa Barbara County falls into California's 24th congressional district. The district has a slight lean to the Democratic Party, with a PVI of D+4,[74] making it more politically moderate than California overall. The current Representative is Lois Capps,[75] a Democrat residing in Santa Barbara who has served since 1998.
Education[]
Colleges and universities[]
Santa Barbara and the immediately adjacent area is home to several colleges and universities:
Research university[]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Liberal arts colleges[]
Westmont College
Antioch University
Community college[]
Santa Barbara City College
Trade schools[]
Brooks Institute of Photography
Paul Mitchell the School - Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Business College
Conservatory[]
Music Academy of the West
Non-research graduate schools[]
Pacifica Graduate Institute
Fielding Graduate University
Santa Barbara Graduate Institute
Southern California Institute of Law
Santa Barbara & Ventura Colleges of Law
High schools[]
Secondary and Primary School students go to the Santa Barbara and Hope district schools. There is also a variety of private schools in the area. The following schools are on the south coast of Santa Barbara County, including the cities of Santa Barbara, Goleta, Carpinteria, and contiguous unincorporated areas.
The Anacapa School, 7-12
San Marcos High School, 9-12
Dos Pueblos High School, 9-12
Dos Pueblos Continuation High School, 9-12
Garden Street Academy, 9-12
Las Alturas Continuation High School, 9-12
La Cuesta/Pathfinders Continuation High School, 9-12
San Marcos Continuation High School, 9-12
Santa Barbara High School, 9-12
Laguna Blanca School K-12
Bishop Garcia Diego High School, 9-12
Cate School, 9-12
Providence Santa Barbara, 9-12
Carpinteria High School, 9-12,
Rincon/Foothill High School, 9-12 (CUSD)
Junior high/middle schools[]
Carpinteria Middle School, 6-8 (CUSD)
Community Day School, 7-8
Crane Country Day School, K-8
Goleta Valley Junior High School, 7-8
La Colina Junior High School, 7-8
La Cumbre Junior High School, 7-8
Marymount of Santa Barbara, JK-8
Santa Barbara Junior High School, 7-8
Santa Barbara Middle School, 6-9
Santa Barbara Montessori School, Pre-K to 8
Waldorf School of Santa Barbara, K-8
Providence Santa Barbara ( K-8 formerly known as Santa Barbara Christian School), K-12
Elementary schools[]
Adams Elementary School, K-6
Cesar Estrada Chavez Dual Language Immersion Charter School, K-6
Cleveland Elementary School, K-6
Cold Spring Elementary School, K-6
Coastline Christian Academy, K-8
Crane Country Day School, K-8
El Camino Elementary School, K-6
Ellwood Elementary School, K-6
Foothill Elementary School, K-6
Franklin Elementary School, K-6
Goleta Family School, K-6
Harding Elementary School, K-6
Hollister Elementary School, K-6
Hope Elementary School, K-6
Isla Vista Elementary School, K-6
Kellogg Elementary School, K-6
La Patera Elementary School, K-6
Marymount of Santa Barbara, JK-8
McKinley Elementary School, K-6
Monroe Elementary School, K-6
Monte Vista Elementary School, K-6
Montecito Union Elementary School, K-6
Mountain View Elementary School, K-6
Open Alternative School, K-8
Peabody Charter School, K-6
Roosevelt Elementary School, K-6
Santa Barbara Charter School, K-8
Providence Santa Barbara (K-8 formerly known as Santa Barbara Christian School) K-8
Santa Barbara Community Academy, K-6
Santa Barbara Montessori School, Pre-K to 8
Vieja Valley Elementary School, K-6
Waldorf School of Santa Barbara, K-8
Washington Elementary School, K-6
Canalino School, K-5 (CUSD)
Aliso School, K-6 (CUSD)
Private schools[]
Anacapa School, 7-12
Crane Country Day School, K-8
El Montecito Early School, Preschool
Garden Street Academy, K-12
The Howard School, pre-K-8
Laguna Blanca School, K-12
Marymount of Santa Barbara, JK-8
Montessori Center School, K-6
Notre Dame School, K-8
Providence Hall, 7-12
Santa Barbara Middle School, 6-9
Santa Barbara Montessori School, Pre-K to 8
St. John of Damascus Academy, K-8
Waldorf School of Santa Barbara, K-8
Media[]
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Santa Barbara has two adjudicated, general circulation newspapers:
The daily Santa Barbara News-Press (sold by the New York Times Company in 2000 to local resident Wendy P. McCaw), with a circulation of about 25,000,
The Santa Barbara Independent, a weekly with 40,000 audited circulation.[76]
Smaller newspapers[]
Casa Magazine , a magazine for the performing arts*
City 2.0, a local citizen blog network and news headline aggregation website.
Coastal View News.
Edhat, an aggregation of citizen news and links to other media websites,
El Latino Santa Barbara, a bilingual weekly newsletter published in English and Spanish.
Mesa Paper Your Neighborhood Journal of life on the Mesa.
Montecito Journal the voice of the village a small journal for Montecito.
Noozhawk, a local affairs website, Builder/Architect Gold & Central Coast Edition; and Shape of Voice.[77] a nonprofit youth-created publication that focuses on social justice and youth issues.
Santa Barbara Sentinel
Pacific Coast Business Times, a weekly business journal covering Santa Barbara, Ventura County and San Luis Obispo County;[78]
Santa Barbara Life feature guide and local directory, the Santa Barbara View Santa Barbara View, an award-winning online magazine offering news, views, and commentary,
Television[]
KEYT 3, an ABC television affiliate;
KPMR 38, a Univision affiliate
Santa Barbara Internet TV,[79] and
TV Santa Barbara; Voice-17 (Public-access television) and Culture-71 Arts & Education (formerly owned by Cox Communications).
Other television stations can be received from Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, and Los Angeles.
Radio[]
KJEE (92.9 FM),
The Vibe:Hip Hop y Mas 103.3, formerly easy listening station KRUZ. It broadcasts from La Cumbre Peak at an altitude of 3,000 feet (910 m) and can be heard in San Diego despite a distance of 200 miles (320 km) because it propagates across the ocean.
KDB (93.7 FM)
KTYD (99.9 FM) and
KSBL (101.7 FM) which markets itself as KLITE and is owned by Rincon Broadcasting.
Some Los Angeles radio stations can be heard, although somewhat faintly due to the 85-mile (137 km) distance. Santa Monica-based NPR radio station KCRW can be heard in Santa Barbara at 106.9 MHz, and San Luis Obispo-based NPR station KCBX at 89.5 FM and 90.9 FM. The California Lutheran University operated NPR station KCLU (102.3 FM, 1340 AM) based in Thousand Oaks in Ventura County also serves Santa Barbara and has reporters covering the city. The only non-commercial radio station based in Santa Barbara is KCSB-FM (91.9 FM) owned by the University of California, Santa Barbara which uses it as part of its educational mission.
Infrastructure[]
Transportation[]
Santa Barbara is bisected by U.S. Route 101, an automotive transportation corridor that links the city to the rest of the Central Coast region, San Francisco to the north, and Los Angeles to the south. Santa Barbara Municipal Airport offers commercial air service. Surf Air flies four flights daily, two to San Carlos in the Silicon Valley, and two to Burbank, California. Amtrak offers rail service through the Coast Starlight and Pacific Surfliner trains at the train station on State Street. The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) provides local bus service across the city, and Greyhound bus stations are located downtown. Electric shuttles operated by MTD ferry tourists and shoppers up and down lower State Street and to the wharf. Santa Barbara has an extensive network of bike trails and other resources for cyclists, and the League of American Bicyclists recognizes Santa Barbara as a Silver Level city. Ventura Intercity Service Transit Authority (VISTA) bus service offers connections south to Ventura and west to Goleta. The Clean Air Express bus offers connections to Lompoc and Santa Maria. Santa Barbara Airbus offers service to LAX from Santa Barbara and Goleta. In addition, Santa Barbara Car Free promotes visiting and exploring the area without use of a car.
Another popular car-free transportation method in Santa Barbara is bicycling. Often chosen as a winter training location for professional cycling teams and snowbirds alike, Santa Barbara has many great cycling routes and several notable climbs, including Gibraltar Road and Old San Marcos/Painted Cave. A bike path and route also connects the University of California, Santa Barbara to the downtown area, passing through Goleta and Hope Ranch along the way. Bike rentals are a great way for tourists to view Santa Barbara and the surrounding area, with resource website "Best Bike Rentals and Routes" offering links to all the major rental companies in the area.
Sister cities[]
City Country Year relations established Palma Spain 1972 Dingle Ireland 2003 Puerto Vallarta Mexico 1972 San Juan Philippines 2000 Toba City Japan 1966 Weihai People's Republic of China 1993 Kotor Montenegro 2013 Paternò Italy 1978
In popular culture[]
The Loud family, subjects of the very first reality television series, PBS's An American Family, called Santa Barbara home since the early 1960s (moving there from Eugene, Oregon) and throughout the series, all the family members save for Lance (who lived in New York City at the time) were filmed going about their daily lives in Santa Barbara. Bill's foundry supply company was headquartered in downtown Santa Barbara.
In the ABC television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, the fictional privately owned nuclear-powered submarine Seaview was based at the equally fictional Nelson Institute of Marine Research located in Santa Barbara.
Several scenes in the film Batman (1966), starring Adam West and Burt Ward, were filmed on Stearns Wharf.
The final scene of the film The Graduate (1967) is set in Santa Barbara, but was filmed in Calabasas, California.
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, opening title scenes were filmed in Santa Barbara in 1971. It ran from 1971 through 1974.
The 1980s soap opera Santa Barbara is set within its namesake city.
Santa Teresa is a fictional version of Santa Barbara used in the mystery novels of Ross Macdonald and Sue Grafton.
The film My Favorite Martian (1999) was filmed on location in Santa Barbara. While the opening shot shows fictional TV station KGSC Channel 10, KEYT Channel 3 was actually used for the filming location.
Several city vistas were used to represent Sunnydale on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
The USA Network television series Psych features a fake psychic working for the Santa Barbara Police Department. However, the series is not filmed on location. It is filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Hollywood couples including Fergie and Josh Duhamel, Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler, Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli and Martin Sheen's daughter, Casandra Estevez all celebrated their weddings at the Bacara Resort in Goleta, adjacent to Santa Barbara.
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episodes Scratch Made Classics and Global Traditions on the Food Network each have a segment at restaurants in Santa Barbara.
The food travelogue television series $40 a Day showed an episode in Santa Barbara.
The romantic comedy film It's Complicated (2009) is set in Santa Barbara.
Santa Barbara is the hometown of Grammy nominated popular singer, Katy Perry who filmed her music video "Teenage Dream" in the city.
The song "Hannah Hunt" by Vampire Weekend refers to Santa Barbara as a place where the namesake character had cried.
The city is mentioned several times in U2's song "California (There Is No End to Love)", from their album Songs of Innocence, and the bells from Mission Santa Barbara can be heard at the beginning of the song.
See also[]
Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park
Labor relations at the Santa Barbara News-Press
List of cities and towns in California
List of people from Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara City Fire Department
USNS Mission Santa Barbara (T-AO-131)
USS Santa Barbara
Notes[]
References[]
Baker, Gayle. Santa Barbara. Harbor Town Histories, Santa Barbara. 2003. ISBN (print) 0-9710984-1-7 (e-book) 978-0-9879038-1-5
Birchard, Robert S. Silent-Era Filmmaking in Santa Barbara. Arcadia Publishing. 2007. ISBN 0-7385-4730-1
Graham, Otis L.; Bauman, Robert; Dodd, Douglas W.; Geraci, Victor W.; Murray, Fermina Brel. Stearns Wharf: Surviving Change on the California Coast. Graduate Program in Public Historical Studies, University of California, 1994. ISBN 1-883535-15-8
Tompkins, Walker A. Santa Barbara, Past and Present. Tecolote Books, Santa Barbara, CA, 1975.
Tompkins, Walker A. It Happened in Old Santa Barbara. Sandollar Press, Santa Barbara, CA, 1976.
Tompkins, Walker A. Santa Barbara History Makers. McNally & Loftin, Santa Barbara. 1983. ISBN 0-87461-059-1
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[http:// Official website]
Movies and television shows filmed in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara on city-data.com
Santa Barbara Conference & Visitors Bureau and Film Commission
Santa Barbara earthquakes
City of Santa Barbara TV Live Stream
Summer Solstice Celebration
National Register of Historic Places listings
Local University UCSB
Santa Barbara Views, ca. 1875, The Bancroft Library
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Otis Redding III, the son of the late legendary soul singer, has died at the age of 59.
His family confirmed that he passed away after battling cancer yesterday (April 19).
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening,” his sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, said in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation – the family’s charity in Macon. She also added: “Please keep our family in your prayers at this time and please respect our privacy as we consume this huge loss.”
Otis Redding III and his brother, Dexter, along with a cousin, Mark Lockett, formed the funk band The Reddings in the 1980s, who went on to record six albums. Otis was a guitarist with the group, Dexter, played bass and handled the vocals and Lockett played keyboards.
The Reddings had a top 10 hit on Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles chart in 1980 with ‘Remote Control’.
After the band recorded their final album in 1988 he went on to tour as a guitarist for a soul singer Eddie Floyd, with whom he also sang a number of his late father’s songs.
Redding III continued to perform his father’s songs in concert and appeared onstage at Carnegie Hall in 2018 for an Otis Redding tribute concert.
He also worked with his family’s foundation to organise summer camps that taught children to play music and he served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
His father, who was famous for hits such as ‘(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay’, ‘Respect’ and ‘Try A Little Tenderness’, died with several band members in a plane crash on December 10, 1967.
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Jonathan Gould writes about the life, music, and death of Otis Redding, the legendary African-American singer, songwriter, and record producer.
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Fifty years ago, on December 10, 1967, a private plane carrying Otis Redding and the members of his touring band stalled on its final approach to the municipal airport in Madison, Wisconsin, and crashed into the waters of Lake Monona, killing all but one of the eight people onboard. Though Redding was only twenty-six years old at the time of his death, he was regarded by growing numbers of black and white listeners in the United States and Europe as the most charismatic and beloved soul singer of his generation, the male counterpart to Aretha Franklin, whom he had recently endowed with the hit song “Respect.” In the preceding year, on the strength of his triumphant tours of Britain, France, and Scandinavia, his appearances at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, and his domineering performance at the Monterey Pop Festival, Redding had pushed beyond the commercial constraints of the so-called “Chitlin’ Circuit” of ghetto theatres and Southern night clubs. He was determined to become the first African-American artist to connect with the burgeoning audience for album rock that had transformed the world of popular music since the arrival of the Beatles in America, in 1964.
Redding’s success with this new, ostensibly hip, predominantly white audience had brought him to a turning point in his career. Thrilled with the results of a throat surgery that left his voice stronger and suppler than ever before, he resolved to scale back his relentless schedule of live performances in order to place a greater emphasis on recording, songwriting, and production. In the weeks before his death, he had written and recorded a spate of ambitious new songs. One of these, the contemplative ballad “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” became his self-written epitaph when it was released as a single, in January of 1968. A sombre overture to the year of the Tet Offensive, the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Senator Robert Kennedy, and the election of Richard Nixon as President, the song went on to become the first posthumous No. 1 record in the history of the Billboard charts, selling more than two million copies and earning Redding the unequivocal “crossover” hit he had sought since his début on the Memphis-based label Stax, in 1962. To this day, according to the performance-rights organization BMI, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” remains one of the most frequently played (and streamed) recordings in the annals of American music.
In an age of pop culture replete with African-American superstars like Michael Jackson, Prince, Usher, Kanye West, and Jay-Z, it is hard for modern audiences to appreciate how revolutionary the self-presentations of soul singers like Otis Redding were when they first came on the scene. Prior to the mid-fifties, it had simply been taboo for a black man to perform in an overtly sexualized manner in front of a white audience in America. (Female black entertainers, by contrast, had been all but required to do so.) In the South, especially, the social psychology of the Jim Crow regime was founded on a paranoid fantasy of interracial rape that was institutionalized by the press and popular culture in the malignant stereotype of the “black brute,” which explicitly sexualized the threat posed by black men to white women and white supremacy. Born in Georgia in 1941, the same year as Emmett Till, Otis Redding grew up in a world where any “suggestive” behavior by a black male in the presence of whites was potentially suicidal.
This dire imperative began to change with the proliferation of black-oriented radio stations, in the nineteen-fifties, which enabled rhythm-and-blues singers like Fats Domino, Little Richard, and Ray Charles to sell large numbers of their records, sight unseen, to white teen-agers. Yet it was significant that these early black crossover stars were piano players, who performed behind keyboards, and whose sexuality was further qualified, in Domino’s case, by his corpulence; in Charles’s case, by his blindness; and, in Richard’s case, by the effeminacy that he deliberately played up as a way of neutering the threat of his outlandish stage presence. It was no accident that the one black crossover star of the nineteen-fifties who made no effort to qualify his sexuality, the guitarist Chuck Berry, was also the one black star to be arrested, convicted, and imprisoned, in 1960, on a trumped-up morals charge. By that time, a new contingent of black singers led by Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson was making its mark on white listeners with a more polished style of self-presentation that became the model for Berry Gordy’s carefully choreographed Motown groups.
Otis Redding was something else again. When he came up, in 1962, he was a completely unschooled performer who stood stock still onstage as he sang the pining, courtly ballads that brought him his first success. Over time, however, as his repertoire broadened to include driving, up-tempo songs, Redding found a way to use his imposing size and presence as a foil for his heartfelt emotionality, eschewing the conventions of graceful stagecraft in favor of a raw physicality that earned him comparisons to athletes like the football star Jim Brown. Marching in place to keep pace with the beat, pumping his fists in the air, striding across stages with a long-legged gait that parodied his “down home” origins, Redding’s confident yet unaffected eroticism epitomized the African-American ideal of a “natural man.” White audiences of the time had never seen anything like it. The effect was so powerful that Bob Weir, of the Grateful Dead, said, of Redding’s performance at the Monterey Pop Festival, “I was pretty sure I’d seen God onstage.”
And then he was no more. Redding’s sudden death thrust him into the ranks of a mythic group of musical performers that included Bix Beiderbecke, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, Charlie Parker, Buddy Holly, Patsy Cline, and Redding’s own favorite, Sam Cooke––artists whose careers ended not only before their time but in their absolute prime, when there was every reason to expect that their finest work was yet to come. (Eerily, within a few years, he would be joined in this company by two of his co-stars at Monterey, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin.) Redding’s record labels, Stax and Atlantic, culled enough material from the unmixed and unfinished tracks he recorded in the fall of 1967 to release a series of singles and albums in the years ahead. Some of these records, such as the singles “Hard to Handle,” “I’ve Got Dreams to Remember” (co-written with his wife, Zelma), and “Love Man,” stood with his very best work. But, inevitably, they still only hinted at what might have been. The informality of the Stax studio had afforded Redding the freedom to function, uncredited, as the producer and arranger on the records he made there. There is no question that he would have continued in this vein, blazing a path that musical auteurs like Sly Stone, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder would follow with the self-produced albums that established them as mainstream pop stars, in the late nineteen-sixties and early seventies.
In 2007, forty years on, a panel of artists, critics, and music-business professionals assembled by Rolling Stone ranked Otis Redding eighth on a list of the “100 Greatest Singers of All Time.” This placed him in a constellation of talent that included his contemporaries Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and James Brown, who together represented the greatest generation of church-bred African-American singers in the history of popular music. What distinguished Redding in this august company was the heartbreaking brevity of his career. In his five short years as a professional entertainer, his incomparable voice and vocal persona established him as soul music’s foremost apostle of devotion, a singer who implored his listeners to “try a little tenderness” with a ferocity that defied the meaning of the word. His singular combination of strength and sensitivity, dignity and self-discipline, made him the musical embodiment of the “soul force” that Martin Luther King, Jr., extolled in his epic “I Have a Dream” speech as the African-American counterweight to generations of racist oppression. In the way he looked and the way he sang and the way he led his tragically unfinished life, this princely son of Georgia sharecroppers was a one-man repudiation of the depraved doctrine of “white supremacy,” whose dark vestiges still contaminate our world.
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The Dock of the Bay hitmaker Otis Redding Jr. was just 26 years old when he suffered a terribly tragic fate flying from Cleveland, Ohio, to Madison in Wisconsin
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Regarded as one of the greatest singers in American history, Otis Redding met a horrific end when his plane crashed ferrying him from one performance to another.
The Dock of the Bay hitmaker was travelling from Cleveland, Ohio, to Madison in Wisconsin after stopping for a TV appearance in the city back in 1967, playing two nights at Leo’s Casino nearby.
His ill-fated final television appearance was on the Upbeat show, before Otis and his band took his private Beechcraft H18 airplane to their next gig at the Factory nightclub in Wisconsin.
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Before take-off, the star – who was only 26 years old when he lost his life – called his wife and children to update them on his location and plans.
Redding was just 18 when he met his future wife Zelma Atwood. The pair tied the knot in 1961 and welcomed four children together – Dexter, Demetria, Karla and Otis III.
But Zelma would soon be left a widow as Otis died in a truly horrific way.
On that fateful night, Otis’ plane took off despite heavy rain and fog plaguing the area. Four miles from its destination at Truax Field in Madison, everything was running smoothly, and the pilot radioed ahead for permission to land.
But it was not meant to be. The plane nosedived into Lake Monona, killing everyone on-board except Ben Cauley, member of the band Bar-Kays.
Ben, who was sleeping just before the crash, woke to see one of his co-stars shouting: “Oh no!” while looking out of the window. Cauley unbuckled his seat belt and was plunged into the freezing lake, clutching hold of a seat cushion to stay afloat in the frigid waters.
But Ben couldn’t swim, and therefore couldn’t rescue anyone else. Instead, he watched them slowly drowning and freezing to death, screaming for help.
Along with Otis, guitarist Jimmy King, saxophonist Phalon Jones, organ player Ronnie Caldwell and drummer Carl Cunningham also lost their lives, along with the band’s valet, Matthew Kelly.
Pilot Richard Fraser also died in the accident.
Unsurprisingly, the accident traumatised Ben, who had nightmares about the incident for 50 years afterwards. He admitted to Memphis Commercial Appeal that he still “feels the rush of the lake’s icy water, the chill of fear, and the helplessness and hurt that followed”.
He told the publication: “I didn’t know it, but my head was swollen and bleeding, and I remember I had only one shoe.”
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Explaining: “I saw Carl come out of the water, I saw Matt come up on the other side.” While Ronnie cried out for help, the stars eventually succumbed to the icy depths.
The rescue crew made it to the site of the accident in 17 minutes – quick enough to save Ben but not the others.
The cause of the crash was never determined.
Otis Redding’s family has sadly continued to be besieged by tragedy, with his son Otis Redding III passing away in April 2023 aged just 59.
His family confirmed the star lost his cancer battle, branding it a “huge loss” for the family and the world.
Otis had formed funk band The Reddings with his brother Dexter and cousin Mark Lockett, recording six legendary albums over the years after following in Otis Jr’s footsteps.
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Despite being overshadowed by his father's legacy, Redding III was a talented musician in his own right, and his music was a testament to his father.
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Otis Redding III, son of the legendary soul singer Otis Redding, died at 59 after a battle with cancer, his sister announced Wednesday on social media.
Born on Dec. 17, 1964, in Macon, Georgia, Otis was just three years old when his father died in a plane crash, but that didn't stop him from inheriting his father's love for music.
By the age of nine, Redding played guitar in the band Father's Pride and started working at a local record store two years later.
In 1975, the youngest Redding and his older brother, Dexter, created a new funk band called The Reddings and went on to release six records throughout the 1980s. Their biggest hit, "Remote Control," landed them on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at #6 on the Soul chart, but their music never matched the success of their father's.
Redding continued to perform and later was hired as a guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, who encouraged him to start singing his father's songs.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... sing one of your daddy’s songs,” Redding said in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV. "So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals."
Despite being overshadowed by his father's legacy, Redding III was a talented musician in his own right, and his music was a testament to his father and the impact he had on the world of music.
He was also actively involved in his family's philanthropic organization, The Otis Redding Foundation, and participated in an annual camp dedicated to mentoring children with musical aspirations.
The Redding family has requested the public respect their privacy during this difficult time. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
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Despite being overshadowed by his father's legacy, Redding III was a talented musician in his own right, and his music was a testament to his father.
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Otis Redding III, son of the legendary soul singer Otis Redding, died at 59 after a battle with cancer, his sister announced Wednesday on social media.
Born on Dec. 17, 1964, in Macon, Georgia, Otis was just three years old when his father died in a plane crash, but that didn't stop him from inheriting his father's love for music.
By the age of nine, Redding played guitar in the band Father's Pride and started working at a local record store two years later.
In 1975, the youngest Redding and his older brother, Dexter, created a new funk band called The Reddings and went on to release six records throughout the 1980s. Their biggest hit, "Remote Control," landed them on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at #6 on the Soul chart, but their music never matched the success of their father's.
Redding continued to perform and later was hired as a guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, who encouraged him to start singing his father's songs.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... sing one of your daddy’s songs,” Redding said in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV. "So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals."
Despite being overshadowed by his father's legacy, Redding III was a talented musician in his own right, and his music was a testament to his father and the impact he had on the world of music.
He was also actively involved in his family's philanthropic organization, The Otis Redding Foundation, and participated in an annual camp dedicated to mentoring children with musical aspirations.
The Redding family has requested the public respect their privacy during this difficult time. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
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MACON, Ga. (AP) — Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday.
Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening,” said his sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation, the family’s charity in Macon.
Though singles “Remote Control” and “Call The Law” by The Reddings made appearances on the Billboard music charts, the Redding brothers never matched their father’s success. Redding continued playing and performing after the band recorded its final album in 1988.
He was once hired for a European tour as guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, under whose guidance the younger Redding became comfortable performing “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” and other songs of his famous father.
“He said, `You can play guitar with me, but you’re going to have to sing a few of your dad’s songs,’” Redding recalled in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine. “I was like, `Huh? I don’t sing,’ you know. And he was like, `Well, you’re going to sing “Dock of the Bay” with me tonight.’”
Redding worked with his family’s foundation to organize summer camps that teach children to play music, and served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
He continued to perform his father’s songs for audiences large and small, according to his website, from appearing onstage at Carnegie Hall for a 2018 Otis Redding tribute concert to singing at weddings and private parties. Redding said he was grateful for the enduring legacy even if it overshadowed efforts to make music of his own.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... ‘sing one of your daddy’s songs,’” he told the Maine TV station. “So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals.”
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55 years ago this weekend (Dec. 10, 1967), soul singer Otis Redding and 6 others died in a plane crash in Lake Monona, on their way to perform at a concert in Madison. Otis' daughter, Karla Redding-Andrews, shares her memories of that fateful day and how the Otis Redding Foundation is not only keeping his music alive, but also furthering Otis Redding's dream of helping children from underserved communities.
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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Some called Otis Redding “The King of Soul”. Karla Redding called him “Dad”.
Reflecting on her late father 55 years after his death in a Lake Monona plane crash, Karla Redding-Andrews said, “I think what made him a success was the fact that he was so talented…but also he was a very humble person. He didn’t really think he could sing that well. According to my Mother, he’d say, ‘Well, you know I don’t dance well, I don’t really sing that great. But I just do what I can do.’”
Audiences sure loved what he could do...and he spent much of the year performing on the road. On December 10, 1967, Redding’s career was skyrocketing when he and band members flew on his private jet from Cleveland to Madison to perform a concert. The plane crashed into Lake Monona in bad weather. Redding and six others on-board died.
Redding-Andrews was just 5 years old at the time. She said, ”I just remember how sad and just grieving my Mom was. You know someone called her on the phone and told her that the plane had crashed in Madison, Wisconsin in Lake Monona. To see the grief in her, the moaning and the wailing…yeah, it got very real for us kids—me, my brothers—because we knew something had happened at that time. You know, I think just realizing that Dad was actually not coming back and realizing that people loved him just as much as we did. They were hurting and in pain just as much as I could see my Mom, and my Uncle and my Dad’s sisters, my aunts…even the Macon community. You know everyday it was a tear, everyday just saying how hurt they are. ”
Redding-Andrews added, “We still get those same sentiments. Every day…just like Dad died two years ago….and here we are fifty-plus years. People are still saying how sad they are that he’s gone.”
The last song he recorded before his death, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” became Redding’s biggest hit, topping the charts in the U.S. It was released in early 1968, soon after his death.
Karla Redding-Andrews added, “You know I think I appreciate the world—not just Macon, not just Madison, because I know that there are certainly some feelings and true commitment to the legacy of Otis Redding there--but I just thank the community, the world for still always uplifting and honoring Otis Redding. The music will live on forever... but he was more than that.”
While Otis Redding is gone, his music didn’t die that day in 1967, nor did his dream to give back to others, especially children. Prior to his death, Otis encouraged kids to not drop out of school, held a summer educational camp for underprivileged kids, and awarded scholarships to youth from underserved communities.
Redding-Andrews said, “It was important to him because he knew he didn’t get a chance to finish school…and he felt like music and the arts was that one channel for self expression and creativity, which is exactly what it was for him. He wanted to make sure that every kid from underserved communities has access to that.”
Since his death, his widow Zelma has worked tirelessly to carry on Otis’ memory and that dream to give back. She established the Otis Redding Foundation in 2007.
According to Redding-Andrews, “My Dad’s legacy remains at the forefront that it is because of my Mom. She loved him then and loves him dearly, like he’s just on vacation somewhere. She never let anyone tarnish his name, image, or likeness. She controls everything as it relates to Otis Redding and has done so for years.”
Through the Otis Redding Foundation Zelma established in 2007, each summer kids are able to attend music camps, learning how to produce, write, sing, and record music.
Redding-Andrews said, “She just stuck to her goal. Her goal was that one, her husband’s legacy remained relevant through his music…but also to know that he was more than that. He was more than just a man writing these amazing songs. He was a community advocate, he was a great father, he was passionate about what happens in his community—particularly for young people. I think that’s the goal she set, and here we are, keeping it alive every single day.”
Redding-Andrews said it’s wonderful to see kids excel in Otis Music Camp.
“It’s been great for some of the lives we’ve been able to touch. Some of the kids come in and they have no idea of what to expect. But by day 2, they’re all collaborating with each other, they’re having these amazing ideas of how to put the music down, how to write the lyrics. It’s just amazing…and not only that, we have so many celebrity artists who come in and speak to the kids again, about the importance of an education. Making sure that you stay in school, get those grades, those good grades if you can. But it makes them feel really proud of what they’re doing with each other.”
Now the Otis Redding Foundation is working to build the 9,300-square-foot state-of-the-art Otis Redding Center for the Arts, on the same street that housed Otis’ office in the 1960s. ”So we are really following in my father’s footsteps again to really do great things here in Macon on Cotton Avenue,” Redding-Andrews said.
She added, “Macon is all about music. I mean you think about who comes out of Macon—Little Richard, Otis Redding, Lena Horne, the Allman Brothers, Jason Aldean…all of that great music history and heritage comes right out of these waters. And we are creating what could be one day the next Otis Redding, the next Allman Brothers Band, or the next Lena Horne. We want to be on the forefront of making that happen. We hope the next Otis Redding will come from right here.”
Asked what her father would think of the work his foundation is doing, Redding-Andrews answered, “Oh my goodness. He’d be so proud. He is proud. He’d be 81 this year, and I think he’d be right here working with us to make sure that that center is a success...I think he would just love that.”
The King of Soul...long may his legacy live.
Click here for more information on the Otis Redding Foundation, Otis Redding Center for the Arts, or to Donate to the Otis Redding Foundation.
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Hi, Booker. How's it going?
I'm good. I'm at the Kenilworth Hotel in London.
Can you remember your first visit to the UK?
It would have been for the Stax-Volt tour, with Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Eddie Floyd and Carla Thomas (1).
Donald "Duck" Dunn of your group the M.G.'s described the tour as "the most impressive thing I've ever done in my life". What made it so good?
Like me, he was a southern boy from a not so well-to-do neighbourhood in Memphis, Tennessee, and to come to London at all was a feat. The tour itself turned out to be extraordinary, everything about it.
Who was your most surprising fan?
Carla said the Beatles were there in a club we hung out in. I don't remember meeting them - those guys looked the same to me.
Could you not tell John Lennon from Ringo?
I wasn't looking for them, actually.
You recreated the whole of side two of Abbey Road, didn't you? (2)
I did, out of absolute admiration.
When was the last time you had to Sound the Alarm? (3)
[Mildly irritated] It's Sound the Alarm because Booker T has been simmering for years and now Booker T is hot, boiling over: sound the alarm, I'm on fire.
Ah, OK. And you're back on Stax. Is it based in the same building, with the same staff?
It means the world to me. It's my home. Coming full circle and being on a label that I helped start. I used to live two blocks away and it defined my life. Now it's in Beverly Hills, with different people, but they still have the Stax feeling.
Is anybody left from the 60s?
Booker T.
Is it true you were at school in Memphis with Isaac Hayes and Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire?
Maurice was my classmate and Isaac and I were friends. Isaac picked up a lot of his piano [ideas] from standing behind me. Maurice was my first drummer at high school. My mom used to make sandwiches for him. David Porter [later Hayes's writing partner] also went to school there. It was a fertile ground.
The M.G.'s were the Stax house band. How did they compare with the other house bands – Motown's Funk Brothers, Philly's MFSB and the Muscle Shoals sessioneers – in terms of proficiency and funkiness?
Weeell … We were never mistaken for the Motown group and they were never mistaken for us. We were a lot simpler than them; they had strings and were more pop-sounding. The Muscle Shoals group we were mistaken for a couple of times because our sound was so close.
To bring up Wilson Pickett, did you spend much time with him in the midnight hour?
[Humouring the interviewer] He [Pickett] wrote that with Steve [Cropper, guitarist] and Steve pretty much produced it with Wilson and established a new sound there.
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It was 50 years ago this month that you reached the top three for the first time with Green Onions. How did you celebrate?
I don't remember celebrating. I was at Indiana University at the time (4), which was a challenge. The Green Onions thing didn't seem real, and it could have been a fluke as far as we knew.
How often do you find yourself in a bar and they ask you to play the keyboard riff on the piano?
Pretty much every time. How often do I oblige? Most every time! [Laughs]
How instrumental – no pun intended – was the track in the birth of funk?
That's a good question. It was such an original sound. I think it was very instrumental in the birth of the Memphis sound. I think funk music would have happened without it, though.
In the 80s it seemed as though every American movie featured a Stax or Motown track. Which provided the fattest royalty cheque?
Probably Green Onions in American Graffiti.
Is it true that you wrote Time Is Tight while watching Paris burn during the 1968 student riots?
No. It happened before the riots. I was in northern Paris, writing music for the movie Uptight. The Sorbonne uprising was a complete surprise to me and everyone else. I had trouble getting back to my hotel.
Did you join in?
No. I was completely disabled (5). I had a cast from my upper hip down to my toes and all the time I was in Paris I couldn't walk. I had crutches and a wheelchair. Besides, I wasn't that much of a maverick. I would be now, probably, but not then.
Were the M.G.'s the first racially integrated band, and as such an influence on Sly and the Family Stone?
As far as I know, we were, although I don't know if we had any influence on Sly.
Did it cause problems with booking gigs?
Not with booking gigs, but it caused problems with travel. The hotels and restaurants were segregated so we had to be creative when it came to getting food, and staying overnight we had to sneak in the back door of hotels. Either that or not stay.
So one half of the band would have been in a different hotel to the other half?
No, all the hotels were segregated, so either we [Booker T and drummer Al Jackson Jr] would be staying illegally in a white hotel or they [guitarist Cropper and bassist Lewie Steinberg] would be surreptitiously staying in a black hotel.
Was that annoying, or did you just accept it?
We just accepted it. It was the 60s, although it was about to change pretty soon.
At the 1967 Monterey Pop festival, is it true you wore matching chartreuse suits?
Yeah [laughs]. That was a carry-over from our UK tour where we wore mohair suits.
Did you feel estranged from the counterculture?
Yes, we were estranged from it. That was a new scene and the question that night [at Monterey] was, would they accept us? And they did.
Can you remember the first time you met Otis Redding?
Uh-huh. The beginning of the meeting was commonplace because it was just a cursory "hello" – he was carrying in luggage for the band he was working for, just a gopher, really. Then afterwards he asked to sing and once he started to sing our relationship changed.
Was he up there with Elvis and Sinatra?
I would have to say, in terms of being a unique individual, yes. He was striking. But he was a very unassuming person.
What was it like recording Otis Blue in 36 hours? Intense?
It was, but he [Redding] seemed to be possessed at that time. Nobody was quite sure what was going on with him. He just seemed to be in a hurry. Not a hurry – obsessed. And we didn't understand why. We just went along with it. If he wanted to go for 24 hours we just did it.
Were those sessions coffee-fuelled, or anything more illegal?
Oh no, Otis wasn't doing drugs. I never saw him smoke marijuana, nothing. He didn't do it around me, anyway.
How about the M.G.'s? Did you indulge? Or were you clean cut?
I was, yeah. Until I moved to California [laughs].
Did you join the love-in crowd?
A little bit. To some extent. Not too much. I couldn't have the health I have now if I had done what everybody else was doing.
How deeply were you affected by the murder of Al Jackson, in 1975? (6)
I was in Los Angeles and I walked up to my father's house at maybe four or five in the afternoon. He normally on a warm summer day would keep the front door open and the screen door closed. The TV was situated so that you could see it from the street. And as I was walking up to his door I saw my name on the TV screen, and of course I continued to walk. And that's how the story was revealed to me. I opened the screen door and my mom was watching it on TV. That's when I learned of his death.
It must have been quite a shock.
It was amazing, unbelievable, a strange sequence of events. When he came to California previous to the shooting that killed him he'd also been shot. He showed me the bullet wound on his chest, which he survived.
Courtesy his estranged wife, Barbara?
Yeah.
And you'd only just reformed the M.G.'s?
It seemed like it had just been a couple of weeks that he had been shot by her before this happened. It wasn't long.
Do you think the M.G.'s' history was marred by tragedy?
Oh, absolutely. Otis's death, Al's death – they couldn't have taken more main characters than those.
If they hadn't died, would the M.G.'s and Stax have prospered throughout the 70s and 80s?
Looking back I can say that there would have been hiccups, even with them. In terms of the music business interfering in Stax's progress. I don't think it would have been as smooth as it looks like it might have been.
You've worked with everyone from Willie Nelson to Bob Dylan and Neil Young. What were they like?
Each situation was different. Bob was my neighbour in Malibu and he would come to my studio. Willie was a neighbour, too – he had the apartment underneath mine – and we'd hang out. But Neil and I met working on the Bob Dylan tribute concert at Madison Square Garden. He was a Booker T and Stax fan, he liked funk, so it was a good marriage.
You don't normally associate Neil Young with funk. Folk, yes.
Yeah, but he started in funk bands up in Toronto (7).
Did you ever have to reprimand them for getting out of line in the studio?
Wow. Let me think about that. Of course if that happened I wouldn't reprimand anybody. That's not my nature. I guess I've been fortunate in that the people I've worked with haven't had egos and the situations haven't gotten out of hand.
Did Stax really turn down Aretha but agree to do an album with Lena Zavaroni? (8)
Who's Lena Zavaroni?
She was an 11-year-old X-Factor-style TV pop contest winner with a big voice.
Either that's something I've blocked out of my memory or I wasn't involved. I can't tell you.
Have you blocked many things out of your memory over the years?
It wouldn't be blocked out of my memory if I could tell you, would it?
You once admitted you "suffer bouts of prolixity". How come?
I'm fascinated with language, especially English. I'm a nerd when it comes to words.
Do you have a favourite?
No, but one of my father's favourites was "auspicious".
You've also said: "Without art, life is meaningless." Surely even the greatest Van Gogh isn't worth a slap-up meal when you're starving.
You say Van Gogh, but it could be any piece of beautiful art: people just stand there and stare at it. Why are they lingering? Even a song played at a wedding is a piece of art. It colours our lives.
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What's your greatest artistic achievement?
I would have to say Time is Tight.
Because of the memories?
Because of the simplicity of the melody. It's one of the hardest things to do, to write a melody that people don't forget.
Is it worth hanging on a gallery wall?
Well, that would be egotistical to say that. I'm just gratified I had something to do with creating it.
(1) Back to article The leading lights of Stax toured England and France in 1967.
(2) Back to article 1970's McLemore album comprised instrumental versions of Golden Slumbers et al.
(3) Back to article Booker T Jones's 10th solo album, Sound the Alarm, is out now on the revived Stax label.
(4) Back to article He studied classical music composition.
(5) Back to article He'd had surgery to replace the bone in his knee following deterioration after years of rubbing against the wooden bar underneath his Hammond organ.
(6) Back to article In July 1975, his estranged wife Barbara had shot him in the chest, but he survived. Three months later, he was shot dead at his home by intruders.
(7) Back to article In the mid-60s Young was in the Mynah Birds with Rick "Superfreak" James.
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Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest singer-songwriters in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. Nicknamed the "King of Soul", Redding's style of singing gained inspiration from the gospel music that preceded the genre. His singing style influenced many other soul artists of the 1960s.
Redding was born in Dawson, Georgia, and his family soon moved to Macon. Redding quit school at age 15 to support his family, working with Little Richard's backing band, the Upsetters, and performing in talent shows at Macon's historic Douglass Theatre. In 1958, he joined Johnny Jenkins's band, the Pinetoppers, with whom he toured the Southern states as a singer and driver. An unscheduled appearance on a Stax recording session led to a contract and his first hit single, "These Arms of Mine", in 1962.
Stax released Redding's debut album, Pain in My Heart, two years later. Initially popular mainly with African-Americans, Redding later reached a wider American pop music audience. Along with his group, he first played small shows in the American South. Redding later performed at the popular Los Angeles night club Whisky a Go Go and toured Europe, performing in London, Paris and other major cities. In 1967, he performed at the Monterey Pop Festival.
Shortly before his death in a plane crash, Redding wrote and recorded his iconic "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" with Steve Cropper. The song became the first posthumous number-one record on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts. The album The Dock of the Bay was the first posthumous album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart. Redding's premature death devastated Stax. Already on the verge of bankruptcy, the label soon discovered that the Atco division of Atlantic Records owned the rights to his entire song catalog.
Redding received many posthumous accolades, including two Grammy Awards, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame,[4] and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In addition to "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay", some of his best-known songs include "Respect" and "Try a Little Tenderness".
Redding was born in Dawson, Georgia, the fourth of six children, and the first son of Otis Redding Sr. and Fannie Roseman. Redding Sr. was a sharecropper and then worked at Robins Air Force Base, near Macon, and occasionally preached in local churches. When Redding was three, the family moved to Tindall Heights, a predominantly African-American public housing project in Macon. At an early age, he sang in the Vineville Baptist Church choir and learned guitar and piano. From age 10, Redding took drum and singing lessons. At Ballard-Hudson High School, he sang in the school band. Every Sunday he earned $6 by performing gospel songs for Macon radio station WIBB, and he won the $5 prize in a teen talent show for 15 consecutive weeks.[8] His passion was singing, and he often cited Little Richard and Sam Cooke as influences. Redding said that he "would not be here" without Little Richard and that he "entered the music business because of Richard – he is my inspiration. I used to sing like Little Richard, his rock 'n' roll stuff ... My present music has a lot of him in it."
At age 15, Redding left school to help financially support his family; his father had contracted tuberculosis and was often hospitalized, leaving his mother as the family's primary income earner. He worked as a well digger, as a gasoline station attendant, and occasionally as a musician. Pianist Gladys Williams, a locally well-known musician in Macon and another who inspired Redding, often performed at the Hillview Springs Social Club, and Redding sometimes played piano with her band there. Williams hosted Sunday talent shows, which Redding attended with two friends, singers Little Willie Jones and Eddie Ross.
Redding's breakthrough came in 1958 on disc jockey Hamp Swain's "The Teenage Party", a talent contest at the local Roxy and Douglass Theatres. Johnny Jenkins, a locally prominent guitarist, was in the audience and, finding Redding's backing band lacking in musical skills, offered to accompany him. Redding sang Little Richard's "Heebie Jeebies". The combination enabled Redding to win Swain's talent contest for fifteen consecutive weeks; the cash prize was $5 (US$53 in 2023 dollars).[14] Jenkins later worked as lead guitarist and played with Redding during several later gigs. Redding was soon invited to replace Willie Jones as frontman of Pat T. Cake and the Mighty Panthers, featuring Johnny Jenkins. Redding was then hired by the Upsetters when Little Richard abandoned rock and roll in favor of gospel music. Redding was well paid, making about $25 per gig (US$264 in 2023 dollars),[14] but did not stay long. In mid-1960, Otis moved to Los Angeles with his sister, Deborah, while his wife, Zelma, and their children stayed in Macon, Georgia.[18] In Los Angeles, Redding recorded his first songs, including "Tuff Enuff" written by James McEachin, "She's All Right", written with McEachin, and two Redding wrote alone, called "I'm Gettin' Hip" and "Gamma Lamma" (which he recorded as a single in 1961, under the title "Shout Bamalama").
A member of Pat T. Cake and the Mighty Panthers, Redding toured the Southern United States on the Chitlin' Circuit, a string of venues that were hospitable to African-American entertainers during the era of racial segregation, which lasted into the early 1960s.[19] Johnny Jenkins left the band to become the featured artist with the Pinetoppers. Around this time, Redding met Phil Walden, the future founder of the recording company Phil Walden and Associates, and later Bobby Smith, who ran the small label Confederate Records. He signed with Confederate and recorded a single, "Shout Bamalama" (a rewrite of "Gamma Lamma") and "Fat Girl", together with his band Otis and the Shooters. Around this time he and the Pinetoppers attended a "Battle of the Bands" show in Lakeside Park. Wayne Cochran, the only solo artist signed to Confederate, became the Pinetoppers' bassist.
When Walden started to look for a record label for Jenkins, Atlantic Records representative Joe Galkin showed interest and around 1962 sent him to the Stax studio in Memphis. Redding drove Jenkins to the session, as the latter did not have a driver's license.[23] The session with Jenkins, backed by Booker T. & the M.G.'s, was unproductive and ended early; Redding was allowed to perform two songs. The first was "Hey Hey Baby", which studio chief Jim Stewart thought sounded too much like Little Richard. The second was "These Arms of Mine", featuring Jenkins on guitar and Steve Cropper on piano. Stewart later praised Redding's performance, saying, "Everybody was fixin' to go home, but Joe Galkin insisted we give Otis a listen. There was something different about [the ballad]. He really poured his soul into it." Stewart signed Redding and released "These Arms of Mine", with "Hey Hey Baby" on the B-side. The single was released by Volt in October 1962 and charted in March the following year. It became one of his most successful songs, selling more than 800,000 copies.
"These Arms of Mine" and other songs from the 1962–1963 sessions were included on Redding's debut album, Pain in My Heart. "That's What My Heart Needs" and "Mary's Little Lamb" were recorded in June 1963. The latter is the only Redding track with both background singing and brass. It became his worst-selling single. The title track, recorded in September 1963, sparked copyright issues, as it sounded like Irma Thomas's "Ruler of My Heart". Despite this, Pain in My Heart was released in March 1964,[29][30] with the single peaking at number 11 on the R&B chart, number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the album at number 103 on the Billboard 200.[31]
In November 1963, Redding, accompanied by his brother Rodgers and an associate, former boxer Sylvester Huckaby (a childhood friend of Redding's), traveled to New York to perform at the Apollo Theater for the recording of a live album for Atlantic Records. Redding and his band were paid $400 per week (US$3,981 in 2023 dollars)[14] but had to pay $450 (US$4,478 in 2023 dollars)[14] for sheet music for the house band, led by King Curtis, which left them in financial difficulty. The trio asked Walden for money. Huckaby's description of their circumstances living in the "big old raggedy" Hotel Theresa is quoted by Peter Guralnick in his book Sweet Soul Music. He noted meeting Muhammad Ali and other celebrities. Ben E. King, who was the headliner at the Apollo when Redding performed there, gave him $100 (US$995 in 2023 dollars)[14] when he learned about Redding's financial situation. The resulting album featured King, the Coasters, Doris Troy, Rufus Thomas, the Falcons and Redding. Around this time Walden and Rodgers were drafted by the army; Walden's younger brother Alan joined Redding on tour, while Earl "Speedo" Simms replaced Rodgers as Redding's road manager.
Most of Redding's songs after "Security", from his first album, had a slow tempo. Disc jockey A. C. Moohah Williams accordingly labeled him "Mr. Pitiful", and subsequently, Cropper and Redding wrote the eponymous song. That and top 100 singles " Chained and Bound", "Come to Me" and "That's How Strong My Love Is"[35] were included on Redding's second studio album, The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads, released in March 1965. Jenkins began working independently from the group out of fear Galkin, Walden and Cropper would plagiarize his playing style, and so Cropper became Redding's leading guitarist. Around 1965, Redding co-wrote "I've Been Loving You Too Long" with Jerry Butler, formerly the lead singer of the Impressions. That summer, Redding and the studio crew arranged new songs for his next album. Ten of the eleven songs were recorded in a 24-hour period on July 9 and 10 in Memphis. Two songs, "Ole Man Trouble" and "Respect", had been finished earlier, during the Otis Blue session. "Respect" and "I've Been Loving You" were later recut in stereo. The album, titled Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul, was released in September 1965.[38] Otis Blue also includes Redding's much-loved cover of "A Change Is Gonna Come" in 1965.[39]
Redding's success allowed him to buy a 300-acre (1.2 km2) ranch in Georgia, which he called the "Big O Ranch".[42] Stax was also doing well. Walden signed more musicians, including Percy Sledge, Johnnie Taylor, Clarence Carter and Eddie Floyd, and together with Redding, they founded two production companies. "Jotis Records" (derived from Joe Galkin and Otis) released four recordings, two by Arthur Conley and one by Billy Young and Loretta Williams. The other was named Redwal Music (derived from Redding and Walden), which was shut down shortly after its creation. Since Afro-Americans still formed the majority of fans, Redding chose to perform at Whisky a Go Go on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. Redding was one of the first soul artists to perform for rock audiences in the western United States. His performance received critical acclaim, including positive press in the Los Angeles Times, and he penetrated mainstream popular culture. Bob Dylan attended the performance and offered Redding an altered version of one of his songs, "Just Like a Woman".
In late 1966, Redding returned to the Stax studio and recorded several tracks, including "Try a Little Tenderness", written by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly and Harry M. Woods in 1932. This song had previously been recorded by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, and the publishers unsuccessfully tried to stop Redding from recording the song from a "negro perspective". Today often considered his signature song, Jim Stewart reckoned, "If there's one song, one performance that really sort of sums up Otis and what he's about, it's 'Try a Little Tenderness'. That one performance is so special and so unique that it expresses who he is." On this version Redding was backed by Booker T. & the M.G.'s, while staff producer Isaac Hayes worked on the arrangement. "Try a Little Tenderness" was included on his next album, Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul. The song and the album were critically and commercially successful—the former peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and at number 4 on the R&B chart.[47]
The spring of 1966 marked the first time that Stax booked concerts for its artists. The majority of the group arrived in London on March 13, but Redding had flown in days earlier for interviews, such as at "The Eamonn Andrews Show". When the crew arrived in London, the Beatles sent a limousine to pick them up. Booking agent Bill Graham proposed that Redding play at the Fillmore Auditorium in late 1966. The gig was commercially and critically successful, paying Redding around $800 to $1000 (US$9,391 in 2023 dollars)[14] a night. It prompted Graham to remark afterward, "That was the best gig I ever put on in my entire life." Redding began touring Europe six months later.
In March 1967, Stax released King & Queen, an album of duets between Redding and Carla Thomas, which became a certified gold record. It was Jim Stewart's idea to produce a duet album, as he expected that "[Redding's] rawness and [Thomas's] sophistication would work". The album was recorded in January 1967, while Thomas was earning her M.A. in English at Howard University. Six out of ten songs were cut during their joint session; the rest were overdubbed by Redding in the days following, because of his concert obligations. Three singles were lifted from the album: "Tramp" was released in April, followed by "Knock on Wood" and "Lovey Dovey". All three reached at least the top 60 on both the R&B and Pop charts. The album charted at number 5 and 36 on the Billboard Pop and R&B charts, respectively.[35]
Redding returned to Europe to perform at the Paris Olympia. The live album Otis Redding: Live in Europe was released three months later, featuring this and other live performances in London and Stockholm, Sweden.[42] His decision to take his protege Conley (whom Redding and Walden had contracted directly to Atco/Atlantic Records rather than to Stax/Volt) on the tour, instead of more established Stax/Volt artists such as Rufus Thomas and William Bell, produced negative reactions.
In 1967, Redding performed at the influential Monterey Pop Festival as the closing act on Saturday night, the second day of the festival. He was invited through the efforts of promoter Jerry Wexler.[55] Until that point, Redding was still performing mainly for black audiences. At the time, he "had not been considered a commercially viable player in the mainstream white American market." But after delivering one of the most electric performances of the night, and having been the act to most involve the audience, "his performance at Monterey Pop was therefore a natural progression from local to national acclaim,...the decisive turning-point in Otis Redding's career." His act included his own song "Respect" and a version of the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction". Redding and his backing band (Booker T. & the M.G.'s with the Mar-Keys horn section) opened with Cooke's "Shake", after which he delivered an impromptu speech, asking the audience if they were the "love crowd" and looking for a big response. The ballad "I've Been Loving You" followed. The last song was "Try a Little Tenderness", including an additional chorus. "I got to go, y'all, I don't wanna go", said Redding and left the stage of his last major concert. According to Booker T. Jones, "I think we did one of our best shows, Otis and the MG's. That we were included in that was also something of a phenomenon. ... They were accepting us and that was one of the things that really moved Otis. He was happy to be included and it brought him a new audience. It was greatly expanded in Monterey." According to Sweet Soul Music, musicians such as Brian Jones and Jimi Hendrix were captivated by his performance; Robert Christgau wrote in Esquire, "The Love Crowd screamed one's mind to the heavens."
Before Monterey, Redding wanted to record with Conley, but Stax was against the idea. The two moved from Memphis to Macon to continue writing. The result was "Sweet Soul Music" (based on Cooke's "Yeah Man"), which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.[63] By that time, Redding had developed polyps on his larynx, which he tried to treat with tea and lemon or honey. He was hospitalized in September 1967 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York to undergo surgery.
In early December 1967, Redding again recorded at Stax. One new song was "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay", which was written with Cropper. Redding was inspired by the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and tried to create a similar sound, against the label's wishes. His wife Zelma disliked its atypical melody. The Stax crew were also dissatisfied with the new sound; Stewart thought that it was not R&B, while bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn feared it would damage Stax's reputation. However, Redding wanted to expand his musical style and thought it was his best song, correctly believing it would top the charts. He whistled at the end, either forgetting Cropper's "fadeout rap" or paraphrasing it intentionally.
Redding, who was 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 220 pounds (100 kg), was an athletic family man who loved American football and hunting. He was active in philanthropic projects. He had a keen interest in supporting Black youth and, at the time of his death, had plans to construct a summer camp for disadvantaged children.
At age 18, Redding met 17-year-old Zelma Atwood at "The Teenage Party". Approximately one year later, she gave birth to their son Dexter in the summer of 1960 and married Redding in August 1961. In mid-1960, Otis moved to Los Angeles with his sister, Deborah, while Zelma and the children stayed in Macon, Georgia.[18]
Redding and his wife had four children: Dexter, Demetria, Karla, and Otis III (December 17, 1964 – April 18, 2023).[71][72] Otis, Dexter, and cousin Mark Lockett later founded the Reddings, a band managed by Zelma. She also maintained or worked at the janitorial service Maids Over Macon, several nightclubs, and booking agencies. I
Redding's music made him wealthy. According to several advertisements, he had around 200 suits and 400 pairs of shoes, and he earned about $35,000 per week for his concerts. He spent about $125,000 in the "Big O Ranch". As the owner of Otis Redding Enterprises, his performances, music publishing ventures and royalties from record sales earned him more than a million dollars in 1967 alone. That year, one columnist said, "he sold more records than Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin combined." After the release of Otis Blue, Redding became a "catalogue" artist, meaning his albums were not immediate blockbusters, but rather sold steadily over time.
By 1967, the band was traveling to performances in Redding's Beechcraft H18 airplane. On December 9, they appeared on the Upbeat television show produced in Cleveland. They played three concerts in two nights at a club called Leo's Casino.[79] After a phone call with his wife and children, Redding's next stop was Madison, Wisconsin; the next day, Sunday, December 10, they were to play at the Factory nightclub, near the University of Wisconsin.[80][81]
Although the weather was poor, with heavy rain and fog, and despite warnings, the plane took off.[82][83] Four miles (6.5 km) from their destination at Truax Field in Madison, pilot Richard Fraser radioed for permission to land. Shortly thereafter, the plane crashed into Lake Monona. Bar-Kays member Ben Cauley, the accident's only survivor, was sleeping shortly before the accident. He woke just before impact to see bandmate Phalon Jones look out a window and exclaim, "Oh, no!" Cauley said the last thing he remembered before the crash was unbuckling his seat belt. He then found himself in frigid water, grasping a seat cushion to keep afloat.[82] As a non-swimmer, he was unable to rescue the others. The cause of the crash was never determined.[85] Besides Redding, the other victims of the crash were four members of the Bar-Kays—guitarist Jimmy King, tenor saxophonist Phalon Jones, organist Ronnie Caldwell, and drummer Carl Cunningham; their valet, Matthew Kelly; and the pilot Fraser.[82]
Redding's body was recovered the next day when the lake was searched.[87] The family postponed the funeral from December 15, to December 18, so that more could attend, and the service took place at the City Auditorium in Macon. More than 4,500 people came to the funeral, overflowing the 3,000-seat hall. Redding was entombed at his ranch in Round Oak, about twenty miles (30 km) north of Macon.[88] Jerry Wexler delivered the eulogy. Redding died just three days after re-recording "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay", and was survived by Zelma and four children, Otis III, Dexter, Demetria, and Karla.[72] August 1997, a memorial plaque was placed on the lakeside deck of the Madison convention center, Monona Terrace.[91]
"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" was released in January 1968. It became Redding's only single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the first posthumous number-one single in U.S. chart history.[92] It sold approximately four million copies worldwide and received more than eight million airplays.[94] The album The Dock of the Bay was the first posthumous album to reach the top spot on the UK Albums Chart.[95]
Shortly after Redding's death, Atlantic Records, distributor of the Stax/Volt releases, was purchased by Warner Bros. Stax was required to renegotiate its distribution deal and was surprised to learn that Atlantic actually owned the entire Stax/Volt catalog. Stax was unable to regain the rights to its recordings and severed its Atlantic relationship. Atlantic also held the rights to all unreleased Otis Redding masters. It had enough material for three studio albums—The Immortal Otis Redding (1968), Love Man (1969), and Tell the Truth (1970)—all issued on its Atco Records label. A number of successful singles emerged from these LPs, among them "Amen" (1968), "Hard to Handle" (1968), "I've Got Dreams to Remember" (1968), "Love Man" (1969), and "Look at That Girl" (1969). Singles were also lifted from two live Atlantic-issued Redding albums, In Person at the Whisky a Go Go, recorded in 1966 and issued in 1968 on Atco, and Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival, a Reprise Records release featuring some of the live performances at the festival by the Jimi Hendrix Experience on side one and Redding on side two.[97]
Redding had at least two television appearances booked for 1968; one on The Ed Sullivan Show and the other on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
In September 2007, the first official DVD anthology of Redding's live performances was released by Concord Music Group, then owners of the Stax catalog. Dreams to Remember: The Legacy of Otis Redding featured 16 full-length performances and 40 minutes of new interviews documenting his life and career.[98] On May 18, 2010, Stax Records released a two-disc recording of three complete sets from his Whisky a Go Go date in April 1966.[99] All seven sets from his three-day residency at the venue were released as Live at the Whisky a Go Go: The Complete Recordings in 2016,[100] a 6-CD box set that won a Grammy Award for Best Album Notes.[101]
Carla Thomas claimed that the pair had planned to record another duet album in December the same year, but Phil Walden denied this. Redding had proposed to record an album featuring cut and rearranged songs in different tempos; for example, ballads would be uptempo and vice versa. Another suggestion was to record an album entirely consisting of country standards.
In 2011, Kanye West and Jay-Z released "Otis" as a single off of their collaborative album, Watch the Throne.[103] Redding was credited as a feature on the song. The song was produced by West who built it off of a sample of Redding's version of "Try a Little Tenderness".
Early on Redding copied the rock and soul style of his role model Little Richard. He was also influenced by soul musicians such as Sam Cooke, in particular, the live album Sam Cooke at the Copa, later exploring other popular genres. He studied the recordings of the Beatles and Bob Dylan. His song "Hard to Handle" has elements of rock and roll and influences of Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. Most of his songs were categorized as Southern soul and Memphis soul.[107]
His hallmark was his raw voice and ability to convey strong emotion. Richie Unterberger of Allmusic noted his "hoarse, gritty vocals, brassy arrangements, an emotional way with both party tunes and aching ballads."[108] In the book Rock and Roll: An Introduction, authors Michael Campbell and James Brody suggested that "Redding's singing calls to mind a fervent black preacher. Especially in up-tempo numbers, his singing is more than impassioned speech but less than singing with precise pitch." According to the book, "Redding finds a rough midpoint between impassioned oratory and conventional singing. His delivery overflows with emotion" in his song "I Can't Turn You Loose". Booker T. Jones described Redding's singing as energetic and emotional but said that his vocal range was limited, reaching neither low nor high notes.[110] Peter Buckley, in The Rough Guide to Rock, describes his "gruff voice, which combined Sam Cooke's phrasing with a brawnier delivery" and later suggested he "could testify like a hell-bent preacher, croon like a tender lover or get down and dirty with a bluesy yawp".
Redding received advice from Rufus Thomas about his clumsy stage appearance. Jerry Wexler said Redding "didn't know how to move", and stood still, moving only his upper body, although he acknowledged that Redding was well received by audiences for his strong message. Guralnick described Redding's painful vulnerability in Sweet Soul Music, as an attractive one for the audience, but not for his friends and partners. His early shyness was well known.
In his early career Redding mostly covered songs from popular artists, such as Richard, Cooke and Solomon Burke. Around the mid-1960s he began writing his own songs—always taking along his cheap red acoustic guitar—and sometimes asked for Stax members' opinion of his lyrics. He often worked on lyrics with other musicians, such as Simms, Rodgers, Huckaby, Phil Walden, and Cropper. During his recovery from his throat operation, Redding wrote about 30 songs in two weeks. Redding was the sole copyright holder on all of his songs.
In "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" he abandoned familiar romantic themes for "sad, wistful introspections, amplified by unforgettable descending guitar riffs by Cropper". The website of the Songwriters Hall of Fame noted that the song "was a kind of brooding, dark voicing of despair, ('I've got nothin' to live for/Look like nothin's gonna come my way')" although "his music, in general, was exultant and joyful." According to journalist Ruth Robinson, author of the liner notes for the 1993 box set, "It is currently a revisionist theory to equate soul with the darker side of man's musical expression, blues. That fanner of the flame of 'Trouble's got a hold on me' music, might well be the father of the form if it is, the glorified exaltation found in church on any Sunday morning is its mother." The Songwriters Hall of Fame website adds that "glorified exaltation indeed was an apt description of Otis Redding's songwriting and singing style."[116] Booker T. Jones compared Redding with Leonard Bernstein, stating, "He was the same type person. He was a leader. He'd just lead with his arms and his body and his fingers."
Redding favored short and simple lyrics; when asked whether he intended to cover Dylan's "Just Like a Woman", he responded that the lyrics contained "too much text". Furthermore, he stated in an interview,
Basically, I like any music that remains simple and I feel this is the formula that makes "soul music" successful. When any music form becomes cluttered and/or complicated you lose the average listener's ear. There is nothing more beautiful than a simple blues tune. There is beauty in simplicity whether you are talking about architecture, art or music.
Redding also authored his (sometimes difficult) recordings' horn arrangements, humming to show the players what he had in mind. The recording of "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" captures his habit of humming with the horn section.
Redding has been called the "King of Soul",[118] an honorific also given to Brown[119] and Cooke. He remains one of the genre's most recognized artists. His lean and powerful style exemplified the Stax sound;[123] he was said to be "the heart and soul of Stax", while artists such as Al Jackson, Dunn and Cropper helped to expand its structure. His open-throated singing,[123] the tremolo/vibrato, the manic, electrifying stage performances and perceived honesty were particular hallmarks, along with the use of interjections (such as "gotta, gotta, gotta"), some of which came from Cooke. Producer Stewart thought the "begging singing" was stress-induced and enhanced by Redding's shyness. His LP releases earned him recognition from music critic Robert Christgau as "one of soul's few reliable long-form artists"; Christgau deems Otis Blue his "first great album",[127] and Mat Snow regards it as an early indication of the album era, in which the LP would overtake singles in commercial and artistic importance.[128]
Along with soul and R&B, Redding's contributions to rock music have been noted by music scholars, particularly the "black rock" performed by his contemporaries Wilson Pickett and Sly and the Family Stone.[129] "His musical palette, a cosmic alloy of gospel and blues, hammered into a gritty but elegant template by both black and white musicians, remodeled soul and rock and anchored the most infectious native music America had heard since the big bands", wrote biographer Mark Ribowsky. Artists from many genres have named Redding as a musical influence. George Harrison called "Respect" an inspiration for "Drive My Car". The Rolling Stones also mentioned Redding as a major influence. Other artists influenced by Redding include Led Zeppelin, the Grateful Dead,[136] Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Doors,[136] and virtually every soul and R&B musician from the early years, such as Al Green, Etta James,[42] William Bell,[136] Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and Conley. Janis Joplin was influenced by his singing style, according to Sam Andrew, a guitarist in her band Big Brother and the Holding Company. She stated that she learned "to push a song instead of just sliding over it" after hearing Redding.[139]
The Bee Gees' Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb wrote the song "To Love Somebody" for Redding to record. He loved it, and he was going to "cut it", as Barry put it, on his return from his final concert. They dedicated the song to his memory.[140]
After Redding's death, the Académie du Jazz in France named an award after him. The Prix Otis Redding is given to the best record release in the field of R&B. Redding was the first recipient of the award for The Otis Redding Story on Stax;[141] following winners of the award include Aretha Franklin, Ike & Tina Turner, and Curtis Mayfield.[142][143] In 1968, the National Association of Television and Radio Announcers (NATRA) created the Otis Redding Award in his honor.[144]
Readers of the British music newspaper Melody Maker voted Redding the top vocalist of 1967, superseding Elvis Presley, who had topped the list for the prior 10 years.
Redding posthumously won two Grammy Awards for "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" at the 11th Annual Grammy Awards in 1969.[146] The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Redding in 1989, declaring his name to be "synonymous with the term soul music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm and blues into a form of funky, secular testifying."[147] In 1988, he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.[94] Five years later, the United States Post Office issued a 29-cent commemorative postage stamp in his honor.[148] Redding was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994,[116] and in 1999 he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.[149] The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included three Redding recordings, "Shake", "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay", and "Try a Little Tenderness", on its list of "The 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll".[150]
American music magazine Rolling Stone ranked Redding at number 21 on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time"[151] and eighth on their list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time".[110] Q ranked Redding fourth among "100 Greatest Singers", after only Frank Sinatra, Franklin and Presley.[152]
Five of his albums, Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul, Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology, The Dock of the Bay, Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul and Live in Europe, were ranked by Rolling Stone on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The first album was singled out for praise by music critics; apart from the Rolling Stone listing at number 74, NME ranked it 35th on their list of the "Greatest Albums of All Time".[153] Music critic Robert Christgau said that Otis Blue was "the first great album by one of soul's few reliable long-form artists",[154] and that Redding's "original LPs were among the most intelligently conceived black albums of the '60s".[155]
In 2002, the city of Macon honored its native son by unveiling a memorial statue () in the city's Gateway Park. The park is next to the Otis Redding Memorial Bridge, which crosses the Ocmulgee River. The Rhythm and Blues Foundation named Redding as the recipient of its 2006 Pioneer Award.[156] Billboard awarded Redding the "Otis Redding Excellence Award" the same year.[42] A year later he was inducted into the Hollywood's Rockwalk in California.[94]
In 2007, Otis Redding's widow founded the Otis Redding Foundation[157] in her husband's honor. The Foundation continues to offer music and arts education programs in Macon.
On August 17, 2013, in Cleveland, Ohio, the city where he did his last show at Leo's Casino, Redding was inducted into the inaugural class of the Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame at Cleveland State University.[158]
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Otis Redding III followed in his father’s footsteps as a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and was a fixture in the Macon music scene.
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Macon's WMAZ reported that Otis Redding III died Tuesday at Atrium Health Navicent, according to Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones.
He was 59 years old.
His sister Karla Redding-Andrews released a statement on the Otis Redding Foundation Facebook page that said Redding died battling cancer.
"It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening at Atrium Health Navicent in Macon, Ga.," she wrote. "Please keep our family in your prayers at this time and please respect our privacy as we consume this huge loss."
Otis Redding III followed in his father Otis Redding Jr.’s footsteps as a singer, songwriter and guitarist, and he performed with his brothers as The Reddings.
The group included Otis III on guitar, his brother Dexter on bass and vocals and singer/drummer Mark Lockett. The trio was signed to CBS Records and Polydor Records and released six albums in the 1980s.
Arrangements for Redding's services "will be announced at a later date," Redding-Andrews wrote.
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Soul singer Otis Redding was just 26 years old when he died in an accident
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Otis Redding, also known as the King of Soul, was on an upward trajectory in his music career when it was cut short due to his untimely death at just 26 years old.
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Redding recorded his first single, “These Arms of Mine,” in 1962, and the song catapulted to the No. 20 position on the R&B music charts the following year. His success gave way to more opportunities, and he was able to reach a broader audience. Initially, Redding performed small-scale gigs in the South to a predominantly Black audience, but his incredible talent and charisma soon made him popular with the white crowd.
The year before his death, Redding embarked on a European tour and visited major cities, and in June 1967, he performed at the Monterey International Pop Festival. He became so popular, in fact, that he was able to beat Elvis Presley in the Melody Maker poll as the top male vocalist of the year in 1967. Melody Maker was an influential music publication in the U.K. Before Redding won, Presley had held the top male vocalist spot for a decade. After his tour, Redding decided to spend more time writing songs and recording, which is what he was doing just before he died.
The days before his passing
Redding was working on a record just before his death. His producer, Steve Cropper, recalled how enthusiastic the singer was about it when he phoned him saying, “I’ve got a hit.” Redding went to Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, in December 1967 to record “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of Bay,” which strayed from his usual music style. However, he wanted to expand his musical horizon to reach more people.
After the session, the song was complete, but they figured there was something missing that could make it even better. Cropper proposed getting the Staple Singers to add backup vocals, which Redding thought was a good idea. They scheduled another session the following week. Meanwhile, Redding needed to leave Memphis, as he had a slew of gigs slated for that weekend.
Redding headed to Nashville and performed at Vanderbilt University. He then went to Ohio for an appearance on “Upbeat,” a variety show. That was followed by two sold-out shows at Leo’s Casino, an Ohio hotspot for R&B and Motown artists. His next two shows were in Madison, Wisconsin, but he never made it.
The plane crash
The weather wasn’t ideal on the day of their departure on Dec. 10, 1967. Thick fog blanketed the skies and it was raining heavily. Commercial flights were canceled and air controllers told Redding’s pilot, Richard Fraser, that it would be best not to proceed with the flight. The singer asked Fraser if he could fly them safely to Wisconsin despite the bad weather conditions, and he answered in the affirmative.
Redding boarded his private plane, a twin-engine Beechcraft that he had purchased just a couple of months before the flight, with his assistant and five members of the music group the Bar-Kays. The group left at about 12:30pm and according to reports, they were just a few miles near their destination some three hours later when something went wrong.
Fraser contacted the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, asking for clearance to land, which he received. The plane started descending from the thick clouds just above Lake Monona, four miles away from the airport. The air traffic controller attempted to establish contact with Fraser to no avail. A witness on the lake said that the plane’s left side was lower than the right before it landed into the lake and slowly sank.
Rescue teams descended on the scene within minutes, but upon their arrival, the plane was already submerged. It was a difficult rescue mission due to the freezing water, but they spotted one person in the water. He was identified as trumpet player Ben Cauley, who was still strapped in his seat but was floating. Close to him were two others — the pilot and Redding’s assistant — but they were already gone. The others were also presumed dead, but the retrieval of their bodies was postponed to the next day as daylight had gone. Redding and the other passengers were discovered later, all deceased.
The aftermath
Cauley recalled the events leading up to the crash. He had been asleep during the flight when he awoke to the sounds of the engine and the pilot saying that he was having difficulties and then experienced a “funny spinning sensation” before the plane went into the water. He was seated behind Redding and said the singer remained calm and didn’t say or do anything before the crash.
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2022-12-06T14:14:51+00:00
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Jim Stewart, co-founder of Stax Records, died on Dec. 5, 2022.
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Jim Stewart, a co-founder of Stax Records, died on Monday at age 92.
The news was confirmed by the Stax Museum of American Soul Music. "Mr. Stewart died peacefully surrounded by his family," a statement on its website reads, "and will be missed by millions of music fans around the world as one of the great pioneers of soul music and an architect of the Memphis Sound."
Born and raised in Middleton, Tenn., Stewart moved to Memphis shortly after graduating high school in 1948, with plans to attend Memphis State University. He was eventually drafted into the Army, where he served two years before returning to Memphis in 1953.
When he wasn't working his day job at a bank, Stewart was playing the fiddle in a local group called the Canyon Cowboys. Inspired by Sam Phillips' Sun Records - which had recorded Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis - Stewart founded his first label, Satellite Records, in 1957. With help from his sister, Estelle Axton, who mortgaged her home to help purchase recording equipment, Stewart focused primarily on country and rockabilly records. At the time, Satellite operated out of a former movie theater that charged $150 a month in rent.
In 1960, Stewart worked with Memphis DJ Rufus Thomas, who came in to record a song called "Cause I Love You" with his 16-year-old daughter Carla. The song became a regional hit, and Stewart swiftly turned his attention toward R&B music, which he wasn't all that familiar with. As he would later describe it, "It was like a blind man who could suddenly see."
Listen to Carla and Rufus Thomas' 'Cause I Love You'
Using the first two letters of their respective surnames, Stewart and Axton changed the label's name to Stax and went on to help launch the careers of dozens of successful R&B artists, including Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Booker T. and the M.G.'s, the Staple Singers, Albert King and Isaac Hayes.
Stax went bankrupt in 1976 (though it would eventually recover), and Stewart kept a mostly low profile over the following decades. When he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, his granddaughter accepted the award on his behalf. He also made a handful of public appearances at the Stax Museum, which opened in 2003 on the original site of Satellite Records.
"What he and his sister meant to American and Soul music that would be recorded is undeniable," David Porter, a songwriter for Stax whose credits include Sam & Dave's "Soul Man," told WREG Memphis following the news of Stewart's death. "Jim Stewart was a conduit for the music and culture that affected music all over the world."
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2023-04-19T00:00:00
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Otis Redding III and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
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MACON, Ga. (AP) — Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday.
Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening,” said his sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation, the family’s charity in Macon.
Though singles “Remote Control” and “Call The Law” by The Reddings made appearances on the Billboard music charts, the Redding brothers never matched their father’s success. Redding continued playing and performing after the band recorded its final album in 1988.
He was once hired for a European tour as guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, under whose guidance the younger Redding became comfortable performing “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” and other songs of his famous father.
“He said, `You can play guitar with me, but you’re going to have to sing a few of your dad’s songs,’” Redding recalled in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine. “I was like, `Huh? I don’t sing,’ you know. And he was like, `Well, you’re going to sing “Dock of the Bay” with me tonight.’”
Redding worked with his family’s foundation to organize summer camps that teach children to play music, and served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
He continued to perform his father’s songs for audiences large and small, according to his website, from appearing onstage at Carnegie Hall for a 2018 Otis Redding tribute concert to singing at weddings and private parties. Redding said he was grateful for the enduring legacy even if it overshadowed efforts to make music of his own.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... ‘sing one of your daddy’s songs,’” he told the Maine TV station. “So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals.”
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Despite being overshadowed by his father's legacy, Redding III was a talented musician in his own right, and his music was a testament to his father.
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Otis Redding III, son of the legendary soul singer Otis Redding, died at 59 after a battle with cancer, his sister announced Wednesday on social media.
Born on Dec. 17, 1964, in Macon, Georgia, Otis was just three years old when his father died in a plane crash, but that didn't stop him from inheriting his father's love for music.
By the age of nine, Redding played guitar in the band Father's Pride and started working at a local record store two years later.
In 1975, the youngest Redding and his older brother, Dexter, created a new funk band called The Reddings and went on to release six records throughout the 1980s. Their biggest hit, "Remote Control," landed them on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at #6 on the Soul chart, but their music never matched the success of their father's.
Redding continued to perform and later was hired as a guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, who encouraged him to start singing his father's songs.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... sing one of your daddy’s songs,” Redding said in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV. "So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals."
Despite being overshadowed by his father's legacy, Redding III was a talented musician in his own right, and his music was a testament to his father and the impact he had on the world of music.
He was also actively involved in his family's philanthropic organization, The Otis Redding Foundation, and participated in an annual camp dedicated to mentoring children with musical aspirations.
The Redding family has requested the public respect their privacy during this difficult time. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
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In terms of "essential" I'd say:
The singles:
These Arms of Mine
Pain in My Heart
Mr. Pitiful/That's How Strong My Love Is
I've Been Loving You Too Long
Respect/Ole Man Troube
I Can't Turn You Loose
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
Try a Little Tenderness
Tramp
Dock of the Bay
Happy Song
Hard to Handle
Dreams to Remember/Nobody's Fault but Mine
And the live albums:
Live in Europe (with the titanic rendition of "Try a Little Tenderness")
In Person at the Whisky a Go Go
There aren't too many Otis Redding recordings though, so you could just ago all in with the six studio albums he released in his life (including the duet album with Carla Thomas) and the first three posthumous albums -- Dock of the Bay, The Immortal and Love Man. None of the albums is great start to finish in my opinion (the best of 'em to me is the posthumous collection of material from the December 1967 dates, The Immortal Otis Redding, by far my favorite Redding album), but that's the way it was in the '60s with soul music, it wasn't really an albums genre.
Or buy the live albums and the Rhino 4-CD collection Otis! The Definitive Collection, which also will give you pre-Stax stuff, all the essential singles, and lots of great album and live tracks.
I'm not the world's biggest Otis Redding fan. There are quite a few soul acts of the '60s, and soul and gospel singers of the '60s I prefer. I think he kind of had one dimension as a singer -- hard, whether singing uptempo or a ballad. And a set of stock ticks ("gotta, gotta, gotta" and "woo, woo, woo") that he over relied on. But he had a country quality that he didn't shy away from in an era when an urban and urbane, second-generation-northerner mentality was more the thing in soul music, which was great and I think makes him appeal to lots of contemporary audiences ("Mr. Pitiful," in another arrangement could have been a hit for George Jones). And I think the material he and Steve Cropper were working on at the end of Redding's life was really pushing toward the kind of album-oriented and crossover soul era that he didn't live to see. Also, he had a way of just driving a band and getting them to respond to him and just building energy that was second to none, which is why those live recordings may be the best way to hear him.
RE:
It's weird how that worked out. I tend to favor that LP too. It wasn't like it was planned out in advance, and yet it somehow turned into a killer album from start to finish, and possibly ending up as his best studio LP.
Yeah, it is weird. It almost feels like a modern album in the way that the contemporaneous albums, or a later patchwork posthumous one like Love Man, don't. I suspect that as R&B pushed toward it's album-oriented era at the end of the decade/beginning of the '70s (with Funkadelic, and What's Going On and Stevie Wonder's records), Redding would have been right there with them. And I know I criticized Redding above for always and only going hard, but with this later material -- stuff on this record like "Think About It" and "Champagne and Wine" -- and of course "Dock of the Bay" -- there's the addition of something contemplative and lyrical to the Redding arsenal.
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Jim Stewart, founder of the influential southern soul label Stax Records, died aged 92. As the founder of Stax, Stewart was responsible for signing and nurturing the careers of many of soul and R&B’s most influential figures, including Otis Redding, Carla Thomas, Albert King and the Bar-Kays.
Trumpeter Wayne Jackson, who formed the Memphis Horns duo with saxophonist Andrew Love, died of congestive heart failure at the age of 74. Jackson and Love played together on 52 No.1 songs, supporting the likes of Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Otis Redding, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Peter Gabriel and the Doobie Brothers.
Trumpeter Ben Cauley, a member of the Stax Records group The Bar-Kays and the only survivor of the 1967 plane crash that killed Otis Redding died at the age of 67. The Bar-Kays appeared as the backing band on numerous recordings for Stax artists such as Carla Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, The Staple Singers and Sam and Dave.
Saxophone player Andrew Love died aged 70. He was best known for being a member of The Memphis Horns with trumpet player Wayne Jackson where the two created the signature horn sound at Stax Records on hit records by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave and others such as Neil Diamond, Elvis Presley and Dusty Springfield.
American singer, songwriter, and record producer Gene McFadden, best known as half of the Philly soul team McFadden & Whitehead, died of cancer at the age of 56. The duo who were discovered by Otis Redding, who acted as their manager had the 1979 hit 'Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now', which sold more than 8 million copies and was nominated for a Grammy Award.
Estelle Axton, who helped create the legendary US soul music label Stax, died in hospital in Memphis, aged 85. Stax was home to Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes and Booker T and the MG's and the Stax studio, 'Soulsville USA', was second only to Motown in its production of soul hits during its 1960s heyday.
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Otis Reddings' widow and his former manager filed a lawsuit against the author of a biography written in 2001 about the R&B legend, claiming the book was filled with lies. The lawsuit, filed in Atlanta's Fulton County, sought $15 million in damages and claimed that the book detailed rumors about the singer's drug use, extramarital affairs and divorce, causing "harm to the plaintiffs." It also cites rumors that Otis' manager plotted with the Mafia to kill Otis by causing the plane to crash in order to claim $1 million in life insurance.
American record producer Tom Dowd died of emphysema. He recorded albums by many artists including: Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Derek and the Dominos, Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Cream, Lulu, Chicago, The Allman Brothers Band, The J. Geils Band, Meat Loaf, Sonny & Cher, The Rascals, Willie Nelson, Diana Ross, Kenny Loggins, Dusty Springfield, The Drifters and Otis Redding.
The US Postal Service issued a set of commemorative stamps to celebrate pop music legends. The stamps included Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding Ritchie Valens, Clyde McPhatter and Dinah Washington.
At just 38 years old, Stevie Wonder became the youngest living person to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At a ceremony held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, other inductees include The Rolling Stones, The Temptations, Otis Redding and Dion DiMucci.
39 year old Al Jackson, drummer for Booker T. And The MGs, was shot and killed by a burglar at his home. His wife was questioned about the killing because she was arrested in July for shooting her husband in the chest during a domestic dispute. He wasn't badly hurt and the charges were dismissed when his wife claimed self-defense. Jackson had returned home to what police described as a botched robbery attempt. According to Jackson's wife, an intruder made her answer the door and then threw her husband to the floor demanding money. Jackson was forced to lie face down and then was shot in the back five times. The identity of the culprit remains a mystery. Booker T had backed such artists as Otis Redding, Al Green and Sam and Dave.
Janis Joplin started recording sessions recording a version of the Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster song 'Me and Bobby McGee'. Joplin, (who was a lover and a friend of Kristofferson's from the beginning of her career to her death), topped the US singles chart with the song in 1971 after her death, making the song the second posthumous No.1 single in US chart history after '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' by Otis Redding.
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The Otis Redding album Dock Of The Bay went to No.1 in the UK. The posthumously released album, and his sixth studio album contained a number of singles and B-sides dating back to 1965 and one of his best known songs, the posthumous hit (Sittin' On The Dock) Of The Bay.
The posthumously released Otis Redding single '(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay' started a five week run at No.1 on the US chart, (a No.3 hit the UK). Otis was killed in a plane crash on 10th December 1967 three days after recording the song. 'Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay', became the first posthumous No.1 single in US chart history and sold over four million copies worldwide.
The Otis Redding single '(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay' went gold in the US three months after the singer was killed in a plane crash. Recorded just days before his death, it became the first posthumous single to top the charts in the US.
Otis Redding had his first entry on the UK singles chart when '(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay' entered the chart, it went on to be a No.3 hit. The song became the first posthumous single to top the charts in the US.
American soul singer, songwriter Otis Redding was killed in a plane crash, aged 26. Redding and his band had made an appearance in Cleveland, Ohio on the local ‘Upbeat’ television show the previous day. The plane carrying Otis Redding and his band crashed at 3.28.pm into icy waters of Lake Monoma near Madison. Redding was killed in the crash along with members from the The Bar-Kays, Jimmy King, Ron Caldwell, Phalin Jones and Carl Cunningham. Trumpet player Ben Cauley was the only person to survive the crash.
Otis Redding went into the studio to record '(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay'. The song went on to be his biggest hit. Redding didn't see its release; he was killed three days later in a plane crash. Redding wrote the first verse of the song, under the abbreviated title 'Dock of the Bay', on a houseboat at Waldo Point in Sausalito, California a short time after his appearance at The Monterey pop festival. Redding's familiar whistling, heard before the song's fade was the singer fooling around, he had intended to return to the studio at a later date to add words in place of the whistling.
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The three day Monterey Pop Festival in California began. All the proceeds went to charity when all the artists agreed to perform for free, the 'Summer of Love' was born. The festival saw the first major US appearances by The Who, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. Also on the bill: The Byrds, Grateful Dead, Otis Redding, Simon And Garfunkel, The Steve Miller Band, Canned Heat, The Mamas & the Papas, Jefferson Airplane, Buffalo Springfield and The Electric Flag. John Phillips, of The Mamas & the Papas wrote, 'San Francisco, (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)' to promote the festival, which later became a hit for Scott McKenzie.
Aretha Franklin went to No.1 on the US singles chart with her version of the Otis Redding hit 'Respect'. A No.10 hit on the UK chart. Aretha scored her first UK No.1 20 years later with a duet with George Michael 'I Knew You Were Waiting'.
Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd, Arthur Conley and Booker T And The MG's all appeared at London's Hammersmith Odeon, England.
Otis Redding released his third studio album Otis Blue. The album mainly consists of cover songs by popular R&B and soul artists, and, bar one track, was recorded in a 24-hour period over July 9/10 1965 at the Stax Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee and includes the classic tracks 'Ole Man Trouble", 'Respect', and 'Down in the Valley'.
Otis Redding started recording sessions at Stax Studios in Memphis, Tennessee for what would become his third studio album Otis Blue. The album mainly consists of cover versions of other R&B and soul artists hits, and, bar one track, was recorded in a 24-hour period. According to the drummer, Al Jackson, Redding wrote 'Respect', after a conversation they had during a break in the recording session, in which he told Redding: "You're on the road all the time. All you can look for is a little respect when you come home."
The Temptations released 'Its Growing', the follow-up to 'My Girl'. The track was the first to feature David Ruffin as the Temptations new lead singer. Interestingly both 'My Girl' and 'Its Growing' were the only Motown tunes ever covered by Otis Redding.
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Otis Redding recorded 'Respect' at Atlantic Studio, New York City. At first a ballad, 'Respect' was written by Redding for Speedo Sims, who intended to record it with his band, the Singing Demons. Redding rewrote the lyrics and sped up the rhythm. The song became a 1967 hit and signature song for soul singer Aretha Franklin.
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I was only 14 years old when Otis Redding died 50 years ago today and never met him, but I played in a band that his widow, Zelma, managed back in the '70s.
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Fifty years ago today, a small plane carrying the great soul singer Otis Redding crashed in a lake near Madison, Wisconsin, the town where I was born, killing him and all but one of his band members.
I was only 14 years old at the time (and living in Clemson) and I never met Otis, but I played in an an R&B band in Macon, Georgia, called the Underground Railroad that his widow, Zelma, managed back in 1975 and 76.
The band consisted of me – a skinny, curly-headed white boy from South Carolina – a trumpet player from Macon who had a red Afro; a bass player from Sarasota, Florida, who looked like Jesus; and four African American guys who had defected from the bands of James Brown and Bobby Womack to seek their own fame and fortune.
Zelma had us set up to record an album, and we figured we were on our way to glory.
But egos got in the way. Half of the guys wanted to do disco – which was the hot new thing at the time. The other half, of which I was a part, wanted to do jazz-funk fusion.
The arguments got out of hand and Zelma eventually got frustrated and gave up on the idea. So we found ourselves playing backup for her other artists, such as Clarence Carter and Percy Sledge.
Zelma ran a record shop and owned a club downtown. She had a couple of sons – one named Dexter, about 17 at the time, who played bass, and the other, a boy of about 12 who everybody just called "Junior."
Junior aspired to be a guitar player, and he was getting pretty good at it. Every time I visited the record shop, he was playing his guitar. He used to like to watch me play, too, when we practiced at his mom's club. He would ask me questions about the chords I played. He was a really smart and an incredibly sincere and humble kid.
I think Junior still missed his daddy a lot, even though he had been very young when he died. I know his mother did.
Zelma was a strong-willed woman who wore huge earrings, spoke in the gravely voice of a well-seasoned blues singer and smoked an endless chain of cigarettes. But she would get teary-eyed whenever the subject of her late husband came up. There was a big hole in her life, and in Junior's. Dexter's too, I imagine, although I never got to know him very well.
The Underground Railroad eventually broke up, as bands do, without fulfilling its dream of fame and fortune. Dexter and Junior went on to put together their own band, and they recorded some albums, too, but I lost track of them.
Through the wonder of the Internet, I have found videos of them, and they're both still playing music – some of which is their daddy's music, too. He would be proud. Actually, he was a "Junior" himself, which makes the "Junior" I knew Otis Redding III.
Big O. continues to have a huge influence on music and on the lives of those who knew him. And I'll never forget my time around Ms. Zelma and the Little O.
Celebrate Otis Redding's life this weekend by cranking up some of his music … and watching the tide roll away.
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Alaska
Fairbanks Children's Museum
(Fairbanks, Alaska)
University of Alaska Museum of the North
(Fairbanks, Alaska)
District of Columbia
International Spy Museum
(Washington, District of Columbia)
Museum of the Bible
(Washington, District of Columbia)
National Building Museum
(Washington, District of Columbia)
National Children's Museum
(Washington, District of Columbia)
Kansas
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
(Atchison, Kansas)
Botanica, The Wichita Gardens
(Wichita, Kansas)
Cosmosphere
(Hutchinson, Kansas)
Exploration Place
(Wichita, Kansas)
Hillsboro Museums
(Hillsboro, Kansas)
Johnson County Museum
(Overland Park, Kansas)
Kansas Aviation Museum
(Wichita, Kansas)
Kansas Children's Discovery Center
(Topeka, Kansas)
Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum
(Lindsborg, Kansas)
Mid-America All-Indian Museum
(Wichita, Kansas)
Museum at Prairiefire
(Overland Park, Kansas)
Old Cowtown Museum
(Wichita, Kansas)
Shawnee Town 1929
(Shawnee, Kansas)
Topeka Zoo & Conservation Center
(Topeka, Kansas)
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum
(Wichita, Kansas)
Wonder Workshop Children's Museum
(Manhattan, Kansas)
Kentucky
Aviation Museum of Kentucky
(Lexington, Kentucky)
Behringer-Crawford Museum
(Covington, Kentucky)
Kentucky Science Center
(Louisville, Kentucky)
KMAC Museum
(Louisville, Kentucky)
Lexington Children's Museum
(Lexington, Kentucky)
Lexington History Museum
(Lexington, Kentucky)
Liberty Hall Historic Site
(Frankfort, Kentucky)
Mary Todd Lincoln House
(Lexington, Kentucky)
Speed Art Museum
(Louisville, Kentucky)
The Filson Historical Society
(Louisville, Kentucky)
Louisiana
Children's Museum of Acadiana
(Lafayette, Louisiana)
Children's Museum of St. Tammany
(Mandeville, Louisiana)
Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
Knock Knock Children's Museum
(Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
Longue Vue House and Gardens
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
Louisiana Children's Museum
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
LSU Museum of Art
(Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
Maritime Museum Louisiana
(Madisonville, Louisiana)
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
Sci-Port Discovery Center
(Shreveport, Louisiana)
T.R.E.E. House Children's Museum
(Alexandria, Louisiana)
The Children's Museum
(Monroe, Louisiana)
THE ICONS MUSEUM
(Covington, Louisiana)
Mississippi
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center
(Gulfport, Mississippi)
Missouri
Camden County Museum
(Linn Creek, Missouri)
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
(St. Louis, Missouri)
Discovery Playhouse
(Cape Girardeau, Missouri)
Field House Museum
(St. Louis, Missouri)
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
(Independence, Missouri)
Missouri Quilt Museum
(Hamilton, Missouri)
Museum of Art and Archaeology
(Columbia, Missouri)
National Blues Museum
(St. Louis, Missouri)
Pulitzer Arts Foundation
(St. Louis, Missouri)
The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures
(Kansas City, Missouri)
The Rabbit hOle
(North Kansas City, Missouri)
The Regnier Family Wonderscope Children's Museum of Kansas City
(Kansas City, Missouri)
The Stars and Stripes National Museum and Library
(Bloomfield, Missouri)
Montana
ExplorationWorks
(Helena, Montana)
Families First Children's Museum
(Missoula, Montana)
Hockaday Museum of Art
(Kalispell, Montana)
Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium
(Missoula, Montana)
Montana Natural History Center
(Missoula, Montana)
Montana Science Center
(Bozeman, Montana)
Moss Mansion Museum
(Billings, Montana)
spectrUM Discovery Area
(Missoula, Montana)
Western Heritage Center
(Billings, Montana)
Wise Wonders Science & Discovery Museum
(Billings, Montana)
Yellowstone Art Museum
(Billings, Montana)
Nebraska
Chimney Rock Museum - History Nebraska
(Bayard, Nebraska)
Columbus Area Children's Museum
(Columbus, Nebraska)
Elkhorn Valley Museum
(Norfolk, Nebraska)
Fort Robinson History Center - History Nebraska
(Crawford, Nebraska)
Hastings Museum
(Hastings, Nebraska)
International Quilt Museum
(Lincoln, Nebraska)
Kregel Windmill Factory Museum
(Nebraska City, Nebraska)
Lauritzen Gardens
(Omaha, Nebraska)
Lincoln Children's Museum
(Lincoln, Nebraska)
Nebraska History Museum - History Nebraska
(Lincoln, Nebraska)
Omaha Children’s Museum
(Omaha, Nebraska)
Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer
(Grand Island, Nebraska)
University of Nebraska State Museum
(Lincoln, Nebraska)
Nevada
Beatty Museum and Historical Society
(Beatty, Nevada)
Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum
(Boulder City, Nevada)
Burlesque Hall of Fame
(Las Vegas, Nevada)
Churchill County Museum
(Fallon, Nevada)
DISCOVERY Children's Museum
(Las Vegas, Nevada)
National Atomic Testing Museum
(Las Vegas, Nevada)
Nevada State Museum|Las Vegas
(Las Vegas, Nevada)
Northeastern Nevada Museum
(Elko, Nevada)
Springs Preserve
(Las Vegas, Nevada)
The Neon Museum
(Las Vegas, Nevada)
New Hampshire
Children's Museum of New Hampshire
(Dover, New Hampshire)
Historic New England - Barrett House
(New Ipswich, New Hampshire)
Historic New England - Gilman Garrison House
(Exeter, New Hampshire)
Historic New England - Governor John Langdon House
(Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
Historic New England - Jackson House
(Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
Historic New England - Rundlet-May House
(Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
John Paul Jones Historic House Museum - Portsmouth Historical Society
(Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
Manchester Historic Association's Millyard Museum
(Manchester, New Hampshire)
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center
(Concord, New Hampshire)
New Hampshire Boat Museum
(Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire)
New Hampshire Telephone Museum
(Warner, New Hampshire)
Portsmouth Historical Society
(Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
Seacoast Science Center
(Rye, New Hampshire)
SEE Science Center
(Manchester, New Hampshire)
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
(Holderness, New Hampshire)
Strawbery Banke Museum
(Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
Warner House
(Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
Woodman Museum
(Dover, New Hampshire)
New Jersey
Alice Paul Institute
(Mount Laurel, New Jersey)
Battleship New Jersey
(Camden, New Jersey)
Cornelius Low House
(Piscataway, New Jersey)
Duke Farms
(Hillsborough, New Jersey)
East Jersey Old Town Village
(Piscataway, New Jersey)
Hoboken Historical Museum
(Hoboken, New Jersey)
Macculloch Hall Historical Museum
(Morristown, New Jersey)
Montclair Art Museum
(Montclair, New Jersey)
Museum of Early Trades & Crafts
(Madison, New Jersey)
Roebling Museum
(Roebling, New Jersey)
Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge
(Medford, New Jersey)
New Mexico
Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum
(Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Explora Science Center & Children's Museum of Albuquerque
(Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
(Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Millicent Rogers Museum
(El Prado, New Mexico)
Roswell Museum and Art Center
(Roswell, New Mexico)
Santa Fe Botanical Garden
(Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Santa Fe Children's Museum
(Santa Fe, New Mexico)
North Carolina
Airlie Gardens
(Wilmington, North Carolina)
Blowing Rock Art & History Museum
(Blowing Rock, North Carolina)
Cameron Art Museum
(Wilmington, North Carolina)
Cape Fear Botanical Garden
(Fayetteville, North Carolina)
Cape Fear Museum of History and Science
(Wilmington, North Carolina)
Charlotte Museum of History
(Charlotte, North Carolina)
Cognition
(Mocksville, North Carolina)
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
(Belmont, North Carolina)
Discovery Place
(Charlotte, North Carolina)
Discovery Place KIDS - Huntersville
(Huntersville, North Carolina)
Discovery Place KIDS - Rockingham
(Rockingham, North Carolina)
Discovery Place Nature
(Charlotte, North Carolina)
Fit For Fun Center
(Wilmington, North Carolina)
Imagination Station Science & History Museum
(Wilson, North Carolina)
Ingram Planetarium
(Sunset Beach, North Carolina)
Kaleideum - Downtown
(Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
Kaleideum - North
(Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
Kidzu Children's Museum
(Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
Morehead Planetarium & Science Center
(Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
Museum of Coastal Carolina
(Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina)
Nido & Mariana Qubein Children's Museum
(High Point, North Carolina)
North Carolina Botanical Garden
(Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
North Carolina Museum of Dolls, Toys & Miniatures
(Spencer, North Carolina)
Old Salem Museums & Gardens
(Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
Reynolda House Museum of American Art
(Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
Robeson Planetarium and Science Center
(Lumberton, North Carolina)
The Children's Museum of Wilmington
(Wilmington, North Carolina)
The Children's Playhouse
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Though singles 'Remote Control' and "Call The Law" by The Reddings made appearances on the Billboard music charts, the Redding brothers never matched their father's success. Redding continued playing and performing after the band recorded its final album in 1988.
Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday.
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Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
"It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening," said his sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation, the family's charity in Macon.
Though singles 'Remote Control' and "Call The Law" by The Reddings made appearances on the Billboard music charts, the Redding brothers never matched their father's success. Redding continued playing and performing after the band recorded its final album in 1988.
He was once hired for a European tour as guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, under whose guidance the younger Redding became comfortable performing "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay" and other songs of his famous father.
"He said, 'You can play guitar with me, but you're going to have to sing a few of your dad's songs,'" Redding recalled in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine. "I was like, 'Huh? I don't sing,' you know. And he was like, 'Well, you're going to sing "Dock of the Bay" with me tonight.'"
Redding worked with his family's foundation to organize summer camps that teach children to play music, and served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
He continued to perform his father's songs for audiences large and small, according to his website, from appearing onstage at Carnegie Hall for a 2018 Otis Redding tribute concert to singing at weddings and private parties. Redding said he was grateful for the enduring legacy even if it overshadowed efforts to make music of his own.
"No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it's like ... 'sing one of your daddy's songs,'" he told the Maine TV station. "So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I'm not under any pressure and I don't put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals."
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Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday.
Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening,” said his sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation, the family’s charity in Macon.
The Reddings had a top 10 hit on Billboard‘s Hot Soul Singles chart in 1980 with “Remote Control.” A subsequent single, “Call the Law,” made the top 20 on that chart in 1988 (when it was called Hot Black Singles). “Remote Control” crossed over to hit the Billboard Hot 100, as did a 1982 rendition of their father’s immortal “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay.” Redding continued playing and performing after the band recorded its final album in 1988.
He was once hired for a European tour as guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, under whose guidance the younger Redding became comfortable performing “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” and other songs of his famous father.
“He said, `You can play guitar with me, but you’re going to have to sing a few of your dad’s songs,‘” Redding recalled in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine. “I was like, `Huh? I don’t sing,’ you know. And he was like, `Well, you’re going to sing “Dock of the Bay” with me tonight.’”
Redding worked with his family’s foundation to organize summer camps that teach children to play music, and served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
He continued to perform his father’s songs for audiences large and small, according to his website, from appearing onstage at Carnegie Hall for a 2018 Otis Redding tribute concert to singing at weddings and private parties. Redding said he was grateful for the enduring legacy even if it overshadowed efforts to make music of his own.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like … ‘sing one of your daddy’s songs,’” he told the Maine TV station. “So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals.”
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MACON, Ga. (AP) — Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday.
Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening,” said his sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation, the family’s charity in Macon.
Though singles “Remote Control” and “Call The Law” by The Reddings made appearances on the Billboard music charts, the Redding brothers never matched their father’s success. Redding continued playing and performing after the band recorded its final album in 1988.
He was once hired for a European tour as guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, under whose guidance the younger Redding became comfortable performing “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” and other songs of his famous father.
“He said, `You can play guitar with me, but you’re going to have to sing a few of your dad’s songs,’” Redding recalled in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine. “I was like, `Huh? I don’t sing,’ you know. And he was like, `Well, you’re going to sing “Dock of the Bay” with me tonight.’”
Redding worked with his family’s foundation to organize summer camps that teach children to play music, and served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
He continued to perform his father’s songs for audiences large and small, according to his website, from appearing onstage at Carnegie Hall for a 2018 Otis Redding tribute concert to singing at weddings and private parties. Redding said he was grateful for the enduring legacy even if it overshadowed efforts to make music of his own.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... ‘sing one of your daddy’s songs,’” he told the Maine TV station. “So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals.”
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Discover Otis Redding Memorial Plaque in Madison, Wisconsin: A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.
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The story of soul music legend Otis Redding is a tragic one. A mythically gifted vocalist, Redding would not achieve the pinnacle of his fame until after his death in a plane crash over Wisconsin’s Lake Monona. Today a plaque set into a scenic overlook remember the site where he met his fate.
The skies were heavy with rain and fog on December 10th, 1967, but Redding and his bandmates need to get to a scheduled show in Madison, Wisconsin, and Redding, ever the devoted showman would not let the weather stop them. Literally flying in the face of warnings against it, Redding and crew boarded their private Beech Model 18 and took off into the sky, never to land alive. The plane was just four miles out from its destination in Madison, when the craft crashed into Lake Monona, killing all but one of the passengers, including Redding.
No one is sure exactly what went wrong during the flight, but whatever it was, it robbed the world of a talented star on the rise. Just days after his death, Otis Redding would receive his first and only number one Billboard single, (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay, but it was too late.
Today a plaque has been installed in a rooftop garden by the Otis Redding Memorial Fund. The view looks out over the lake where Redding died, and there are a trio of benches for visitors to sit and ponder the man’s legacy. As the plaque states, the Madison show he was trying to get to was the only one he ever missed.
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Otis Redding III was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967.
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MACON, Ga. — Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday.
Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening,” said his sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation, the family’s charity in Macon.
Though singles “Remote Control” and “Call The Law” by The Reddings made appearances on the Billboard music charts, the Redding brothers never matched their father’s success. Redding continued playing and performing after the band recorded its final album in 1988.
He was once hired for a European tour as guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, under whose guidance the younger Redding became comfortable performing “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” and other songs of his famous father.
“He said, `You can play guitar with me, but you’re going to have to sing a few of your dad’s songs,'” Redding recalled in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine. “I was like, `Huh? I don’t sing,’ you know. And he was like, `Well, you’re going to sing “Dock of the Bay” with me tonight.’ ”
Redding worked with his family’s foundation to organize summer camps that teach children to play music, and served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
He continued to perform his father’s songs for audiences large and small, according to his website, from appearing onstage at Carnegie Hall for a 2018 Otis Redding tribute concert to singing at weddings and private parties. Redding said he was grateful for the enduring legacy even if it overshadowed efforts to make music of his own.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like … ‘sing one of your daddy’s songs,’ ” he told the Maine TV station. “So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals.”
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MACON, Ga. (AP) — Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday.
Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
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Though singles “Remote Control” and “Call The Law” by The Reddings made appearances on the Billboard music charts, the Redding brothers never matched their father’s success. Redding continued playing and performing after the band recorded its final album in 1988.
He was once hired for a European tour as guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, under whose guidance the younger Redding became comfortable performing “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” and other songs of his famous father.
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Redding worked with his family’s foundation to organize summer camps that teach children to play music, and served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
He continued to perform his father’s songs for audiences large and small, according to his website, from appearing onstage at Carnegie Hall for a 2018 Otis Redding tribute concert to singing at weddings and private parties. Redding said he was grateful for the enduring legacy even if it overshadowed efforts to make music of his own.
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Otis Redding, a soul musician whose work influenced such rock acts as the Rolling Stones, achieved his single number-one recording with the release of "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay." The song was released three months after Redding's death in an airplane crash on December 10, 1967.
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Malinda Gayle McCready (November 30, 1975 – February 17, 2013) was an American country music singer. Active from 1995 until her death in 2013, she recorded a total of five studio albums. Her debut album, 1996's Ten Thousand Angels, was released on BNA Records and was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA, while 1997's If I Don't Stay the Night was certified Gold. 1999's I'm Not So Tough, her final album for BNA, was less successful, and she left the label. A self-titled fourth album followed in 2002 on Capitol Records. McCready's fifth and final studio album, I'm Still Here, was released in March 2010 on Iconic Records. McCready's first four studio albums yielded twelve singles on the Billboard country singles charts. This figure includes the No. 1 hit "Guys Do It All the Time," as well as the Top 10 hits "Ten Thousand Angels" and "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)." Although she had not charted a single since 2002, McCready received significant media coverage regarding her troubled personal life and suicide attempts and her eventual death by suicide.
Jeff Buckley, born Jeffrey Scott Buckley on November 17, 1966, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his ethereal singing voice and eclectic musical style. A native of Anaheim, California, Buckley was the son of Tim Buckley, a similarly influential musician. Despite his father's fame, Buckley Jr. only met him once, a fact that shaped his life and music. His musical journey began in earnest after moving to New York City in the early 1990s, where he performed at the East Village coffee shop Sin-é. These performances, intimate and raw, quickly gained him a devoted following, and laid the groundwork for his debut album. Grace, released in 1994, was met with critical acclaim, showcasing Buckley's soaring tenor voice and talent for genre-blending, from rock and jazz to blues and folk. Despite its initial commercial underperformance, Grace has since been recognized as a seminal album of the '90s, with Rolling Stone magazine ranking it among the 500 greatest albums of all time. Buckley's promising career was tragically cut short when he drowned during a spontaneous swim in the Mississippi River in 1997. His second album, Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk, was posthumously released in 1998, featuring tracks Buckley had been working on before his death. Despite his brief career, Buckley's influence has been enduring. His version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah remains one of his most beloved performances, a testament to a talent taken too soon. Buckley's legacy continues to inspire artists across genres, a testament to his unique voice and timeless music.
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THE son of legendary singer Otis Redding has died at 59 after a battle with cancer.
Otis Redding III, who followed his dad into music, died in a hospital in Macon, Georgia at 59.
On Wednesday, his sister Karla Redding-Andrews posted on Facebook: “It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening.”
Redding was just three years old when his dad was killed in a plane crash in Wisconsin in December 1967.
He and his sibling Dexter formed the band The Reddings, which produced six No. 1 albums in the 1980s.
The band recorded its final album in 1988, but Redding's career in music continued.
The renowned R&B and soul singer Eddie Floyd hired Redding as a guitarist when he was on a European tour.
In a 2018 interview with Maine-based NBC affiliate WCSH, Redding recalled the moment when Floyd told him they would perform his father's 1967 iconic track (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay.
Redding also performed gigs and tribute concerts that honored his dad.
He told WCSH: "No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know it's like 'sing one of your daddy's songs.'"
Redding's death comes just years after he had surgery for prostate cancer in 2018.
He told local ABC affiliate WSB that year: "Any time you hear the word you have a life-threatening disease like cancer, it gets to you mentally."
Redding's father Otis Redding was nicknamed the "King of Soul" and is a soul music and R&B legend.
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Regarded as one of the greatest singers in American history, Otis Redding met a horrific end when his plane crashed ferrying him from one performance to another.
The Dock of the Bay hitmaker was travelling from Cleveland, Ohio, to Madison in Wisconsin after stopping for a TV appearance in the city back in 1967, playing two nights at Leo’s Casino nearby.
His ill-fated final television appearance was on the Upbeat show, before Otis and his band took his private Beechcraft H18 airplane to their next gig at the Factory nightclub in Wisconsin.
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Before take-off, the star – who was only 26 years old when he lost his life – called his wife and children to update them on his location and plans.
Redding was just 18 when he met his future wife Zelma Atwood. The pair tied the knot in 1961 and welcomed four children together – Dexter, Demetria, Karla and Otis III.
But Zelma would soon be left a widow as Otis died in a truly horrific way.
On that fateful night, Otis’ plane took off despite heavy rain and fog plaguing the area. Four miles from its destination at Truax Field in Madison, everything was running smoothly, and the pilot radioed ahead for permission to land.
But it was not meant to be. The plane nosedived into Lake Monona, killing everyone on-board except Ben Cauley, member of the band Bar-Kays.
Ben, who was sleeping just before the crash, woke to see one of his co-stars shouting: “Oh no!” while looking out of the window. Cauley unbuckled his seat belt and was plunged into the freezing lake, clutching hold of a seat cushion to stay afloat in the frigid waters.
But Ben couldn’t swim, and therefore couldn’t rescue anyone else. Instead, he watched them slowly drowning and freezing to death, screaming for help.
Along with Otis, guitarist Jimmy King, saxophonist Phalon Jones, organ player Ronnie Caldwell and drummer Carl Cunningham also lost their lives, along with the band’s valet, Matthew Kelly.
Pilot Richard Fraser also died in the accident.
Unsurprisingly, the accident traumatised Ben, who had nightmares about the incident for 50 years afterwards. He admitted to Memphis Commercial Appeal that he still “feels the rush of the lake’s icy water, the chill of fear, and the helplessness and hurt that followed”.
He told the publication: “I didn’t know it, but my head was swollen and bleeding, and I remember I had only one shoe.”
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Explaining: “I saw Carl come out of the water, I saw Matt come up on the other side.” While Ronnie cried out for help, the stars eventually succumbed to the icy depths.
The rescue crew made it to the site of the accident in 17 minutes – quick enough to save Ben but not the others.
The cause of the crash was never determined.
Otis Redding’s family has sadly continued to be besieged by tragedy, with his son Otis Redding III passing away in April 2023 aged just 59.
His family confirmed the star lost his cancer battle, branding it a “huge loss” for the family and the world.
Otis had formed funk band The Reddings with his brother Dexter and cousin Mark Lockett, recording six legendary albums over the years after following in Otis Jr’s footsteps.
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Despite being overshadowed by his father's legacy, Redding III was a talented musician in his own right, and his music was a testament to his father.
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Otis Redding III, son of the legendary soul singer Otis Redding, died at 59 after a battle with cancer, his sister announced Wednesday on social media.
Born on Dec. 17, 1964, in Macon, Georgia, Otis was just three years old when his father died in a plane crash, but that didn't stop him from inheriting his father's love for music.
By the age of nine, Redding played guitar in the band Father's Pride and started working at a local record store two years later.
In 1975, the youngest Redding and his older brother, Dexter, created a new funk band called The Reddings and went on to release six records throughout the 1980s. Their biggest hit, "Remote Control," landed them on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at #6 on the Soul chart, but their music never matched the success of their father's.
Redding continued to perform and later was hired as a guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, who encouraged him to start singing his father's songs.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... sing one of your daddy’s songs,” Redding said in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV. "So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals."
Despite being overshadowed by his father's legacy, Redding III was a talented musician in his own right, and his music was a testament to his father and the impact he had on the world of music.
He was also actively involved in his family's philanthropic organization, The Otis Redding Foundation, and participated in an annual camp dedicated to mentoring children with musical aspirations.
The Redding family has requested the public respect their privacy during this difficult time. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
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On December 10, 1967, just three days after he recorded "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay,” singer Otis Redding died when his plane crashed into Lake Monona in Wisconsin.
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Just days after recording "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," 26-year-old Otis Redding and four members of his band died when their plane crashed in Wisconsin.
In 1967, Otis Redding was in the midst of his rapid rise to fame. He’d just completed a tour of Europe with Stax Records and made waves at California’s Monterey Pop Festival. He was growing popular with the mainstream market in addition to the fans of the soul music he was known for.
On Dec. 7, 1967, he wrapped up recording what would become his greatest hit: “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.” Three days later, Otis Redding died in a plane crash. He was just 26 years old.
“Dock of the Bay” was released the following month, and it quickly topped the charts. It became the first posthumous number one single in U.S. history.
Though Otis Redding’s death brought a premature end to his promising career, it didn’t stop his music from gaining international renown. Today, the late musical artist still reigns as the “Crown Prince of Soul” in the hearts of millions of fans worldwide.
Otis Redding’s Early Life And Rise To Fame
Born in Dawson, Georgia, on Sept. 9, 1941, Otis Ray Redding Jr. was one of six children born to a poor sharecropper. When Redding was a toddler, his family moved to a housing project in Macon, where the future singer soon learned how to play the guitar, piano, and drums.
As a teenager, he began competing in a weekly talent show hosted by local DJ Hamp Swain. His soulful vocals won him the top prize for 15 weeks straight — and eventually caught the attention of a band called Pat T. Cake and the Mighty Panthers. After performing with them for a short time, he began singing with Little Richard’s former band, the Upsetters.
By 1960, however, Redding was ready to pursue bigger and better opportunities. He moved to Los Angeles, recorded his first singles, and eventually signed a contract with Stax Records. Soon, he was releasing hits like “These Arms of Mine” and “Try a Little Tenderness.”
During this time, Redding also wrote and recorded one of the most well-known songs in the world, “Respect,” which was later made famous by Aretha Franklin. Outside of his musical career, he stayed busy raising a family with his wife, Zelma Atwood. The couple married in 1961 and welcomed three children.
Redding’s daughter, Karla, told Madison, Wisconsin station WMTV in 2015: “I think what made him a success was the fact that he was so talented… but also he was a very humble person. He didn’t really think he could sing that well. According to my mother, he’d say, ‘Well, you know I don’t dance well, I don’t really sing that great. But I just do what I can do.'”
The rest of the world didn’t seem to agree with the singer’s modest opinion of himself. As Otis Redding’s star continued to rise, he embarked on a European tour in the spring of 1967. And that June, he performed at California’s Monterey Pop Festival, where he stunned the mostly-white crowd. He’d previously performed for mainly Black audiences, and it seemed that the concert would be the turning point of his career, allowing him to achieve mainstream fame.
Tragically, he would die just six months later.
The Events Leading Up To Otis Redding’s Death
On Nov. 22, 1967, Otis Redding recorded “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” which he’d written three months earlier on the deck of a houseboat in a harbor in Sausalito, California.
Two weeks later, on Dec. 7, he recorded the final overdubs, and his hit song was complete. Sadly, he wouldn’t be around to see the sensation it would become.
Redding was set to perform in Madison, Wisconsin on the night of Dec. 10, 1967. That afternoon, at around 12:30 p.m., the singer, his assistant, and five members of his band, the Bar-Kays, boarded the twin-engine Beechcraft H18 Redding had recently purchased. One other band member, James Alexander, had taken a commercial flight because there wasn’t enough room on the plane.
The weather was rainy and foggy, but pilot Richard Fraser assured Redding he could get him and his band to Madison safely. So, they took off from Cleveland, Ohio and headed west to Madison.
According to Salon, musician James Brown later recalled, “On the last morning we talked, I said, ‘That plane is not big enough to be doing what you’re doing. It can’t carry all those people and all that equipment. You shouldn’t be messing around with it like that.'”
“That plane was an old plane, with a bad battery and a lot of service problems,” Brown continued, “and it had no business flying in that kind of weather.”
Unfortunately, Brown’s concerns turned out to be founded. Just four miles from the Madison airport, Otis Redding’s airplane crashed into Lake Monona.
How Otis Redding Died In A Tragic Plane Crash
Per the Eugene Register-Guard, the only survivor of the crash, trumpet player Ben Cauley, later said that he woke up as the plane was going down with a “tremendous feeling that we were in a spin.”
The aircraft hit the water, and Cauley grabbed onto a seat cushion to keep himself afloat. He heard another bandmate screaming for help.
“I started swimming over to him, but before I got there, he went down,” Cauley recalled.
Fans were already in line at the concert venue when news of the plane crash broke. They went home that evening hoping that Redding had somehow survived. Divers searched the wreckage until dark and then resumed their rescue mission the following morning.
James Alexander, the bassist who had taken a commercial flight instead, told Tidal in 2021 that the search took three days. “On the second day is when I identified Otis,” Alexander said. “He was still strapped into his seat.”
Otis Redding was dead at just 26 years old. The accident has since joined the ranks of other tragic air disasters in music history, including those of Lynyrd Skynyrd, John Denver, and Aaliyah.
The Lasting Legacy Of The ‘Crown Prince Of Soul’
On Jan. 8, 1968 — less than a month after Otis Redding’s death — “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” was released. It quickly reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles charts, becoming the first-ever posthumously-released single to reach the coveted top spot.
The song sold four million copies worldwide and went on to win two Grammy awards, one for Best Rhythm & Blues Song and another for Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance. They were Redding’s first Grammy wins.
Today, “Dock of the Bay” is ranked number 38 on the Rolling Stone‘s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. (“Respect,” written by Redding, comes in at number one.) Even more than half a century after its release, it continues to crop up on summertime playlists and thrill listeners around the world.
In 2007, Redding’s widow Zelma started the Otis Redding Foundation, a nonprofit that provides music and arts education to youths in Macon.
Sadly, we’ll never know how far Otis Redding’s musical career would have taken him had he not lost his life in the icy waters of Lake Monona. As Jeff Kollath, the executive director of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, told the Wisconsin State Journal, “It wasn’t just that the plane went down in Madison… It was a career at a meteoric rise cut short.”
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Otis Redding III, son of the legendary soul singer Otis Redding, died at 59 after a battle with cancer, his sister announced Wednesday on social media.
Born on Dec. 17, 1964, in Macon, Georgia, Otis was just three years old when his father died in a plane crash, but that didn't stop him from inheriting his father's love for music.
By the age of nine, Redding played guitar in the band Father's Pride and started working at a local record store two years later.
In 1975, the youngest Redding and his older brother, Dexter, created a new funk band called The Reddings and went on to release six records throughout the 1980s. Their biggest hit, "Remote Control," landed them on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at #6 on the Soul chart, but their music never matched the success of their father's.
Redding continued to perform and later was hired as a guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, who encouraged him to start singing his father's songs.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... sing one of your daddy’s songs,” Redding said in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV. "So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals."
Despite being overshadowed by his father's legacy, Redding III was a talented musician in his own right, and his music was a testament to his father and the impact he had on the world of music.
He was also actively involved in his family's philanthropic organization, The Otis Redding Foundation, and participated in an annual camp dedicated to mentoring children with musical aspirations.
The Redding family has requested the public respect their privacy during this difficult time. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
Redding's father also has a connection to Cleveland and News 5. Fifty-five years ago Otis Redding gave his last television performance ever at the News 5 studios before his tragic and untimely death.
RELATED: Otis Redding sang in Cleveland the last time before his tragic death 55 years ago today
Otis Redding's last performance, 55 years ago today
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MACON, Ga. (AP) — Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday.
Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening,” said his sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation, the family’s charity in Macon.
Though singles “Remote Control” and “Call The Law” by The Reddings made appearances on the Billboard music charts, the Redding brothers never matched their father’s success. Redding continued playing and performing after the band recorded its final album in 1988.
He was once hired for a European tour as guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, under whose guidance the younger Redding became comfortable performing “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” and other songs of his famous father.
“He said, `You can play guitar with me, but you’re going to have to sing a few of your dad’s songs,’” Redding recalled in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine. “I was like, `Huh? I don’t sing,’ you know. And he was like, `Well, you’re going to sing “Dock of the Bay” with me tonight.’”
Redding worked with his family’s foundation to organize summer camps that teach children to play music, and served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
He continued to perform his father’s songs for audiences large and small, according to his website, from appearing onstage at Carnegie Hall for a 2018 Otis Redding tribute concert to singing at weddings and private parties. Redding said he was grateful for the enduring legacy even if it overshadowed efforts to make music of his own.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... ‘sing one of your daddy’s songs,’” he told the Maine TV station. “So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals.”
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On December 10, 1967 — fifty years ago today — the American soul singer Otis Redding died in a plane crash. He was just 26 years old.
He had vaulted into stardom only 6 months before, at the Monterey Pop Festival.
Redding was unknown to most of the audience when he came onstage after midnight. His finale, "Try a Little Tenderness," became a sensation.
Here's how Redding's biographer Jonathan Gould describes the performance:
"Marching in place, waving his arms, jerking his torso like a man possessed, Otis punctuated his appeal to 'hold her, squeeze her, never leave her' with strings of percussive scat syllables, extolling the need for 'tenderness' with a ferocious insistence that defied the meaning of the word. When at last he had taken this exhortation as far as it could go, he had done to 'Try a Little Tenderness' what black artists like Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, and Ray Charles had been doing for half a century to the genteel conventions and coy platitudes with which Tin Pan Alley composers had sought to sing the praises of love. He had cured the song of its cant and sentimentality, transforming it with a startling infusion of urgency and energy into something inextricably real."
Otis Redding was born in Dawson, Georgia. His great-grandparents were ex-slaves, and his father was a sharecropper.
Redding was five years old when his family moved to Macon, home to another great soul singer, Little Richard.
He sang in the church choir, and from age 10, he took drum and singing lessons. He left school at age 15, to help support his family.
At a local talent contest, Redding meet a guitarist named Johnny Jenkins, and when Jenkins landed a contract with Atlantic Records, he went along. While they were at the studio, Otis Redding recorded his own ballad, "These Arms of Mine".
It became his first big hit, selling more than 800,000 copies.
Redding couldn't read music, and he wasn't a virtuoso on any instrument. But his voice sounded like no one else's.
Geoffrey O'Brien, writing in the New York Review of Books, describes it like this:
"The timbre alone seemed to resonate among echoing interior corridors, never mind his capacity to modulate it through shades of roughness and sweetness, keening and crowing, sliding and deflecting and sharpening. The eccentric swerves of the phrasing, the quicksilver embellishments of tone or timing offered continual astonishment."
Throughout his too-short career, Otis Redding built a reputation as a hard worker, a valued collaborator, and a decent person.
His success was all the more remarkable given the circumstances. He grew up in the deep South, at the time when the civil rights movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King Junior, was fighting its culture of segregation and violence against African-Americans.
One of Redding's songs became a huge hit when it was recorded by someone else. He told the crowd at the Monterey Pop Festival: "This is a song that a girl took away from me."
That song was "Respect," performed by Aretha Franklin and composed by Otis Redding.
But it was "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" that gave Otis Redding his first million seller — and its huge success came after his death.
Here is music writer Marc Myers describing what happened on CBC Radio's Q:
In 1989, Otis Redding was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by the other famous R&B singer from his home-town, Little Richard.
You can learn more about Otis Redding by reading Jonathan Gould's Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life, or by watching Gould's interview on ABC, below.
Click 'listen' above to hear our full tribute.
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Madison in the Sixties – December 10 1967
Otis Redding was one of the breakout stars at the Monterey Pop Festival in June, blowing minds with powerful performances of songs like Shake, Try A Little Tenderness, and the song he wrote which Aretha Franklin made a huge hit, Respect.
Afterwards, he had to take some time off to recover from throat surgery. But he’s back on the road in fall, and now he’s coming to Madison for his first Wisconsin appearance – two shows on Sunday, December 10 at The Factory, Ken Adamany’s new nightspot at 315 W. Gorham Street.
The dynamic “King of the Soul Singers” has appearances coming up on the Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson shows, there’s a duet album with Aretha Franklin in the works, and he’s about to take a Christmas trip to Vietnam to entertain the troops. But tonight, two shows in the 1,500-person capacity Factory, Presented by Kaleidoscope Inc, with a light show by the Electrocution Co. The contract is for $3,000 and another 1750 if both shows sell out. The early show doesn’t, but it looks like the 9 o’clock show will. Tickets three bucks at Discount Records, three-fifty at the door. Opening act is a band Adamany manages from Rockford called the Grim Reapers, featuring guitarist Rick Nielsen and Tom Peterson on bass.
Redding plays Cleveland Saturday night and is flying up Sunday in the well-used green-and-white Beechcraft 18 airplane he had just bought for $78,000. Normal capacity is five to six, Redding’s party is eight, with seven fellow Georgians – his five-man backing band, the Bar-Kays; pilot Richard Fraser, and a teenage assistant. The Godfather of Soul himself, James Brown, had personally told him the twin 450 engines weren’t big enough, but it’s Redding’s pride and joy.
It’s raining so heavily in Cleveland on December 10 that some flights from Hopkins field are grounded, but Otis doesn’t want to disappoint his fans, so it’s wheel’s up.
The weather’s a bit better in south central Wisconsin, but still a damp drizzle and heavy fog, ceiling only about a hundred feet, visibility just a little over a mile. Fraser knows he’ll need to make an instrument landing , so the Georgian sets the plane to autopilot—and doesn’t realize that ice is building up on the frame. Redding is in the copilot’s seat, probably asleep.
Bernard Reese, president of the Gardner Baking Company, is outside at his lakeside house on Monona’s Tonyawatha Trail. He hears the plane, and thinks the motors sound like they’re laboring.
At 3:25 p.m., the plane is four miles south of the airport, about twelve hundred feet above the lake; Fraser gets clearance and lowers the landing gear. Suddenly, with no call of distress, the plane sputters and stalls, and falls into the wintry water, about a half mile out from the 4600 block of Tonyawatha Trail.
Reese watches in horror, and races inside to call police. Then he and neighbor Chris Dickert go out in his boat to help. It’s Dickert who sees something grey and shiny bobbing in the water – Otis’s attache case.
Madison and Monona police divers get there in a hurry, but are only able to make one rescue — trumpeter Ben Cauley, of the backing band Bar-Kays, this week celebrating his 20th birthday, pulled from the 34-degree water just in time. The others are all dead. It’s difficult and dangerous work recovering the bodies – Otis isn’t found until Monday. One of the most dynamic performers of his day died still strapped into his seat. Some magazines actually publish a macabre photo attesting to that tragic irony.
About 4:30, police call Adamany at the Factory and ask him to send someone down to identify the bodies.
Police later report that the attaché case contained about $4,000, part of the payments for the show in Cleveland and a fraternity dance at Vanderbilt, But neither case nor cash are returned to Redding’s widow Zelma or his father when they come to Madison to bring Otis home. Record company executive Phil Walden and road manager Twiggs Lydon are able, however, to get Coroner Clyde Chamberlain to overlook the small bag of marijuana found in Redding’s pocket.
It’s getting close to the 6:30 showtime, and the chilled crowd is waiting impatiently outside. It falls to Gary Karp, keyboard player with the White Trash Blues Band, to go to the club’s second-floor window to announce the show’s been cancelled. At first, many are suspicious, and start to boo; in the era of “music should be free,” they quickly conclude Otis had never really been booked. Karp repeats the awful news, and the terrible reality sets in. A stunned silence falls over the crowd.
It’s not quite two months since the campus riot between police and protesters over recruiting by the Dow chemical company, and the cops worry what might happen; they ask Adamany to open the club, so people can focus on music, rather than grief and anger. Adamany gets a Milwaukee R&B band, Lee Brown and the Cheaters, and lets the crowd in for free.
While Otis was in the Bay area for Monterey, he stayed on a houseboat in Sausalito, and started a song about watching the ships come and go. He brought it back to Memphis, where guitarist and producer Steve Cropper finished the lyrics. It’s a softer, contemplative song, and. Stax Records vice president Al Bell worries about its marketability, but Otis trusts his own artistic instinct: “This is my first million seller, right here,” he says as he finishes recording the vocal on December 7.
Zelma doesn’t really like it, Stax Records president Jim Stewart won’t release it – until Steve Cropper mixes in some waves and sea gulls.
Otis underestimated its potential. Released January 8, 1968, (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay tops both the R&B and pop charts, wins two Grammy Awards, and sells about four million copies.
Grim Reaper musicians Nielsen and Peterson later form the band Cheap Trick, which is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 – 27 years after Otis.
The National Transportation Safety Board lists the cause of the crash as “miscellaneous – undetermined.”
And that’s this week’s Madison in the Sixties. For your award-winning, soul music-loving listener supported WORT news team, I’m Stu Levitan.
L. Roger Turner photo, courtesy Capital Newspapers
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Around a bend in the San Francisco Bay is a tranquil community of bobbing houseboats and wailing seagulls.
There, more than a half-century ago, an American classic was born.
The soul singer Otis Redding had come to San Francisco in August of 1967 for a six-night gig at Basin Street West. According to Jonathan Gould, a Redding biographer, the rock promoter Bill Graham offered Redding the use of his houseboat in Sausalito, on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge.
A country boy at heart, the Georgia-born singer accepted.
While relaxing on the boat, Redding is said to have strummed a guitar and come up with these words:
Sittin’ in the mornin’ sun
I’ll be sittin’ when the evenin’ come
Watching the ships roll in
And then I watch ’em roll away again, yeah
A few months later, with writing help from guitarist Steve Cropper, “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay” was recorded during a session in Memphis.
It turned out to be Redding’s final work. He died a couple weeks later in a plane crash in Madison, Wis., on Dec. 10, 1967. He was 26.
It was this week in 1968 that “Dock of the Bay” was posthumously released.
The single was a huge hit and over time became one of the most frequently performed songs of the 20th century. Redding never heard the finished version.
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On December 10, 1967, a private plane carrying Otis Redding plunged into the Wisconsin lake killing all but one person on board. He was just 26.
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On December 10, 1967, a private plane carrying Otis Redding and seven others including members of his touring band plunged into the Wisconsin lake killing all but one person on board. The plane was headed for the municipal airport in Madison, Wisconsin but ended up in Lake Monona.
Redding’s death at 26 stunned the music world especially as the American singer, producer, record arranger, songwriter and talent scout was on the ascendency with his various skills.
His impact on American popular music was so much that four days prior to his death, he had recorded “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay”. Upon his demise, the song became the first posthumous number-one record on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts selling two million copies. The album “The Dock of the Bay” was the first posthumous album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart.
“(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” is credited with influencing the soul movement by combining traditional rhythm and blues with folk.
Among black and white listeners in the United States and Europe Redding was loved, even labeled the male counterpart to Aretha Franklin. Just a year before his sudden death, Redding had toured Britain, France, and Scandinavia successfully putting in appearances at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco and the Monterey Pop Festival.
Redding was born in Georgia in 1941, the same year as Emmett Till and was influenced by musicians Sam Cooke and Little Richard. In the late 1950s, Redding joined Richard’s band, the ‘Upsetters’, after Richard had gone solo and by imitating him landed his first minor hit in “Shout Bamalama”.
He then joined Johnny Jenkins’ ‘Pinetoppers’, a local Georgia band, and also served as the group’s driver. His fortune changed when after the group had their session at Memphis, Tennessee, he sang two songs of his own. One of the two, “These Arms of Mine” (1962), launched his career.
Redding’s strong and supple voice and emotional singing endeared him to many as did his magnetic stage presence. His works include “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now)” (1965), “Respect” (1965), “Satisfaction” (1966), “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)” (1966).
As a composer, he arranged his songs as he wrote them. He made his début on the Memphis-based label Stax, in 1962 and when he died “Stax and Atlantic culled enough material from the unmixed and unfinished tracks he recorded in the fall of 1967 to release a series of singles and albums in the years ahead. Some of these records, such as the singles “Hard to Handle,” “I’ve Got Dreams to Remember” (co-written with his wife, Zelma), and “Love Man,” stood with his very best work,” writes The New Yorker.
During 1968, three other Redding songs – “The Happy Song (Dum Dum),” “Amen,” and “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” – hit the charts.
Redding was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994. He also was a recipient of a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement (1999).
In five short years, Redding became the most beloved soul singer of his generation with an “incomparable voice.” Sad then that it all evaporated just when it was shining brightest.
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This year I got to work with and/or write about some of the artists, writers, musicians, and activists who are particularly meaningful to me. Here is a roundabout round-up of published and performed work in 2018
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In January 2018 I rode around Washington, D.C. in a cab driven by Hailu Mergia, the legendary Ethiopian jazz musician, who wrote most of the songs for his latest album in his car on a portable keyboard in between fares. In February I paid tribute to Frank Perkins, who died two days shy of his 88th birthday, and to his bar Frank’s Lounge, which lives on, the heart of Fort Greene, Brooklyn. I taught Michael Parker’s workshop as a guest writer of the UNC Greensboro MFA Writing Program. I returned to Standing Rock for a four-day prayer walk in honor of the Water Protectors Legal Collective and the resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline, for a story in collaboration with Mitch Epstein. Back in New York, I met up with Janelle Monáe who played me songs from an album so new it didn’t have a name then, talked about her mentor Prince, and about being a “free motherfucker.”
As the artist Nigel Poor headed to San Quentin to create another episode of Ear Hustle, I spoke to her about the trove of prison photography that helped lead her to creating the podcast (which has since won a Peabody Award and best of all, seen its co-host, Earlonne Woods, get released; this was for a story in Aperture’s Prison Nation issue). I wrote this essay about Justine Kurland’s Girl pictures and this, for Bookforum, about Geoff Dyer’s book on Garry Winogrand, and this, also for Bookforum, about Rose Marie Cromwell’s El Libro Supremo de la Suerte.
Alec Soth and I went looking for Prince, in all his places, knocking on doors of the houses where he used to live, walking in his woods, reading the letters people left him. Dear Prince, I learned to eat light because of you. Dear Prince, I see all the signs that you saw me.
Back in New York City, I knocked on other strangers’ doors for a five-part series portraying a block in every borough: on City Island in the Bronx, a block party outside Louis Armstrong’s house in Corona, Queens; dancer and writer Barbara Browning and other residents of Washington Square Village and I.M. Pei’s Silver Towers. This was in collaboration with Chris Mottalini.
In June I profiled the folklorist Bill Ferris for the Guardian. I was a guest of the Last Poets Sunday Open House workshop which has been held weekly for decades at Abiodun Oyewole's Harlem apartment, for a story published in the Guardian. (My host could not have been more gracious than when he told the room, "Rebecca has shown herself to be a real human being and someone who gives a fuck.") In July I flew to Atlanta to hang out with the artist and musician Lonnie Holley as he worked on a short film, and I came home and gave a fiction reading at one of my favorite spaces, Sunview Luncheonette, shortly after the passing of its original matriarch Bea. I wrote about Alex Prager for Aperture’s Los Angeles issue, and Jocelyn Lee for the New Yorker. For this Lapham’s Quarterly story, I found myself calling up the town office of Gettysburg, South Dakota and asking: "Was there a whole town that used to exist near here, that is now underwater?" The answer: yes.
I went back to my hometown to start uncovering all the things I’d never or barely known of it—that it was home, a thousand years ago, to the native village of Joara, that Jules Verne set a 1904 novel here, casting Table Rock Mountain as the “Great Eyrie.” Mainly I went to find out more about the late great guitarist Etta Baker for the North Carolina Music issue of the Oxford American. In Brooklyn I profiled Jordan Nassar, whose embroidered works transform a centuries-old Palestinian art into imaginative depictions of some of the most deeply contested land in the world, for WSJ Magazine. I’d lost my voice the day I interviewed Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz about Gordon Parks, Deana Lawson, for the cover of Cultured magazine (which was photographed by Jamel Shabazz). On James Baldwin’s birthday I went to the Harlem studios of Ming Smith to see her brilliant photograph of him, and stacks of others (Smith was photographed for the story by Katsu Naito, whose Harlem photographs I’d written about in 2017 for the New Yorker).
I wrote a few words for a book that deserves far more: Dawoud Bey’s Seeing Deeply. I wrote about Susan Seidelman’s debut Smithereens for the new Criterion edition of the film, made in 1982, when New York City was still very much a world where it seemed possible to escape where you were from and figure out who you really were. I showed works of short fiction in a collaborative exhibit with Dave Bryant at Testsite in Austin. I went to an incredible Feelies tribute to the Velvet Underground and a baffling and dispiriting exhibition about the band, which I wrote about for Pitchfork.
I tried to get inside a lighthouse on Staten Island and ended up in a Tibetan garden instead. I watched the New York City marathon from the steps of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Clinton Hill and spent the first hours of Election Night at their choir practice (later at Union Pool, I saw James Brown’s bass player Fred Thomas sing Otis Redding songs and I thought, for a minute, that the world just might turn out all right the next morning).
My story on Lonnie Holley and the life that led to the making of his new album MITH was the cover of The Guardian’s Film & Music issue.
Dream come true: I met up with our greatest living songwriter, Willie Nelson, on his tour bus. We talked about freedom and Texas and Beto and writing and mystery and he sang to me.
When I moved to Austin in the early 2000s, as central to my understanding of Texas as Willie Nelson was David Byrne’s True Stories, an extraordinary celebration of strangeness. I loved writing “Everybody Has Tones,” an essay for the terrific Criterion Collection edition.
For Aperture’s Family issue, I profiled the artist Diana Markosian and her photograph project and film, “Santa Barbara,” about her family’s move from Russia to California in the 1990s.
“That Chord!”, my story on Etta Baker and the ancient music she channeled, appeared in the Oxford American North Carolina Music issue.
When I first read Lucia Berlin’s short stories they were a revelation. For the Paris Review I wrote about her life and work, her slipstreaming sentences, the way she allowed herself to be receptive to the possibility of the story itself, and to the dark and essential humor within. As the character Lucha says in her story “Silence,” “I don’t mind saying awful things, as long as I can make them funny.”
Moving on,
R.B.
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Madison in the Sixties – December 10 1967
Otis Redding was one of the breakout stars at the Monterey Pop Festival in June, blowing minds with powerful performances of songs like Shake, Try A Little Tenderness, and the song he wrote which Aretha Franklin made a huge hit, Respect.
Afterwards, he had to take some time off to recover from throat surgery. But he’s back on the road in fall, and now he’s coming to Madison for his first Wisconsin appearance – two shows on Sunday, December 10 at The Factory, Ken Adamany’s new nightspot at 315 W. Gorham Street.
The dynamic “King of the Soul Singers” has appearances coming up on the Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson shows, there’s a duet album with Aretha Franklin in the works, and he’s about to take a Christmas trip to Vietnam to entertain the troops. But tonight, two shows in the 1,500-person capacity Factory, Presented by Kaleidoscope Inc, with a light show by the Electrocution Co. The contract is for $3,000 and another 1750 if both shows sell out. The early show doesn’t, but it looks like the 9 o’clock show will. Tickets three bucks at Discount Records, three-fifty at the door. Opening act is a band Adamany manages from Rockford called the Grim Reapers, featuring guitarist Rick Nielsen and Tom Peterson on bass.
Redding plays Cleveland Saturday night and is flying up Sunday in the well-used green-and-white Beechcraft 18 airplane he had just bought for $78,000. Normal capacity is five to six, Redding’s party is eight, with seven fellow Georgians – his five-man backing band, the Bar-Kays; pilot Richard Fraser, and a teenage assistant. The Godfather of Soul himself, James Brown, had personally told him the twin 450 engines weren’t big enough, but it’s Redding’s pride and joy.
It’s raining so heavily in Cleveland on December 10 that some flights from Hopkins field are grounded, but Otis doesn’t want to disappoint his fans, so it’s wheel’s up.
The weather’s a bit better in south central Wisconsin, but still a damp drizzle and heavy fog, ceiling only about a hundred feet, visibility just a little over a mile. Fraser knows he’ll need to make an instrument landing , so the Georgian sets the plane to autopilot—and doesn’t realize that ice is building up on the frame. Redding is in the copilot’s seat, probably asleep.
Bernard Reese, president of the Gardner Baking Company, is outside at his lakeside house on Monona’s Tonyawatha Trail. He hears the plane, and thinks the motors sound like they’re laboring.
At 3:25 p.m., the plane is four miles south of the airport, about twelve hundred feet above the lake; Fraser gets clearance and lowers the landing gear. Suddenly, with no call of distress, the plane sputters and stalls, and falls into the wintry water, about a half mile out from the 4600 block of Tonyawatha Trail.
Reese watches in horror, and races inside to call police. Then he and neighbor Chris Dickert go out in his boat to help. It’s Dickert who sees something grey and shiny bobbing in the water – Otis’s attache case.
Madison and Monona police divers get there in a hurry, but are only able to make one rescue — trumpeter Ben Cauley, of the backing band Bar-Kays, this week celebrating his 20th birthday, pulled from the 34-degree water just in time. The others are all dead. It’s difficult and dangerous work recovering the bodies – Otis isn’t found until Monday. One of the most dynamic performers of his day died still strapped into his seat. Some magazines actually publish a macabre photo attesting to that tragic irony.
About 4:30, police call Adamany at the Factory and ask him to send someone down to identify the bodies.
Police later report that the attaché case contained about $4,000, part of the payments for the show in Cleveland and a fraternity dance at Vanderbilt, But neither case nor cash are returned to Redding’s widow Zelma or his father when they come to Madison to bring Otis home. Record company executive Phil Walden and road manager Twiggs Lydon are able, however, to get Coroner Clyde Chamberlain to overlook the small bag of marijuana found in Redding’s pocket.
It’s getting close to the 6:30 showtime, and the chilled crowd is waiting impatiently outside. It falls to Gary Karp, keyboard player with the White Trash Blues Band, to go to the club’s second-floor window to announce the show’s been cancelled. At first, many are suspicious, and start to boo; in the era of “music should be free,” they quickly conclude Otis had never really been booked. Karp repeats the awful news, and the terrible reality sets in. A stunned silence falls over the crowd.
It’s not quite two months since the campus riot between police and protesters over recruiting by the Dow chemical company, and the cops worry what might happen; they ask Adamany to open the club, so people can focus on music, rather than grief and anger. Adamany gets a Milwaukee R&B band, Lee Brown and the Cheaters, and lets the crowd in for free.
While Otis was in the Bay area for Monterey, he stayed on a houseboat in Sausalito, and started a song about watching the ships come and go. He brought it back to Memphis, where guitarist and producer Steve Cropper finished the lyrics. It’s a softer, contemplative song, and. Stax Records vice president Al Bell worries about its marketability, but Otis trusts his own artistic instinct: “This is my first million seller, right here,” he says as he finishes recording the vocal on December 7.
Zelma doesn’t really like it, Stax Records president Jim Stewart won’t release it – until Steve Cropper mixes in some waves and sea gulls.
Otis underestimated its potential. Released January 8, 1968, (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay tops both the R&B and pop charts, wins two Grammy Awards, and sells about four million copies.
Grim Reaper musicians Nielsen and Peterson later form the band Cheap Trick, which is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 – 27 years after Otis.
The National Transportation Safety Board lists the cause of the crash as “miscellaneous – undetermined.”
And that’s this week’s Madison in the Sixties. For your award-winning, soul music-loving listener supported WORT news team, I’m Stu Levitan.
L. Roger Turner photo, courtesy Capital Newspapers
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Otis Redding III, son of the legendary soul singer Otis Redding, died at 59 after a battle with cancer, his sister announced Wednesday on social media.
Born on Dec. 17, 1964, in Macon, Georgia, Otis was just three years old when his father died in a plane crash, but that didn't stop him from inheriting his father's love for music.
By the age of nine, Redding played guitar in the band Father's Pride and started working at a local record store two years later.
In 1975, the youngest Redding and his older brother, Dexter, created a new funk band called The Reddings and went on to release six records throughout the 1980s. Their biggest hit, "Remote Control," landed them on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at #6 on the Soul chart, but their music never matched the success of their father's.
Redding continued to perform and later was hired as a guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, who encouraged him to start singing his father's songs.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... sing one of your daddy’s songs,” Redding said in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV. "So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals."
Despite being overshadowed by his father's legacy, Redding III was a talented musician in his own right, and his music was a testament to his father and the impact he had on the world of music.
He was also actively involved in his family's philanthropic organization, The Otis Redding Foundation, and participated in an annual camp dedicated to mentoring children with musical aspirations.
The Redding family has requested the public respect their privacy during this difficult time. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com
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The small aircraft crash had its devastating impact of the early years of rock ‘n’ roll. The February 3, 1959 deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson robbed the music of early talents whose possible later contributions (especially Holly and Valens) augured to be groundbreaking.
Imagine what the recently sober Stevie Ray Vaughan might have accomplished if his helicopter might not have collided with a hillside in fog on 1990. Think about the even further centrality that Ronnie Van Zant might have played in Southern rock had the band’s plane not crashed at the start of their tour in 1977.
At the time of the death of Otis Redding in a plane crash on December 10, 1967 at age 26, he’d already recorded close to 10 albums’ worth of original studio tracks plus a number of dynamic live performances. The Crown Prince of Soul boasted a beginning others would have been happy to call the bulk of a career, and in the process had written (or co-written) such indelible songs as “Mr. Pitiful,” “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” and “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa/Sad Song,” and a few made famous by others like “Respect” by Aretha Franklin and Arthur Conley’s #1 hit “Sweet Soul Music,” which Otis wrote and produced. Redding was a proven master of soul music from soon after he stepped into Fame Studio in Memphis in 1962.
On November 22, 1967, Redding had recorded a track that he and Steve Cropper had written, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” that was a near-perfect meld of rock with soul. Many at Fame and Redding’s label Stax expressed doubts about it. Before Otis could track his final version, he and his backing band The Bar-Kays climbed into Redding’s twin-engine Beechcraft H18 to hit Cleveland to appear on the Upbeat television show and play two nights at a club called Leo’s Casino. He was then slated to play the Factory nightclub in Madison, WI.
The plane radioed for permission to land at Truax Field in Madison on this day but instead crashed into Lake Monona, a few miles from the airport. Seven of the eight men aboard died.
Related: Our tribute to Redding on the 75th anniversary of his birth
In early 1968, (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” became pop music’s first posthumous #1 hit. It sold over eight million copies. Rhino reissued the song as a 7″ single on January 9, 2018, on gold vinyl one day after the 50th anniversary of the song’s original release date.
This single includes the rare, original version of the song, which is shorter and with Redding’s vocals noticeably lower in the mix. This original version was quickly pulled after a brief release and replaced with the version that the world has known ever since. The anniversary 7-inch marked the first time the original version has appeared on vinyl since the initial release in 1968.
Related: Top U.S. radio hits of 1968
Redding has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Georgia Music Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. He has been honored with a U.S. postage stamp and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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The singer, whose father died along with several band members in a 1967 plane crash, died of cancer, his family said.
MACON, GA — Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday.
Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening," said his sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation, the family's charity in Macon.
Though singles “Remote Control” and “Call The Law” by The Reddings made appearances on the Billboard music charts, the Redding brothers never matched their father's success. Redding continued playing and performing after the band recorded its final album in 1988.
He was once hired for a European tour as guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, under whose guidance the younger Redding became comfortable performing “(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay” and other songs of his famous father.
“He said, `You can play guitar with me, but you’re going to have to sing a few of your dad’s songs,'" Redding recalled in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine. “I was like, `Huh? I don’t sing,' you know. And he was like, `Well, you’re going to sing "Dock of the Bay" with me tonight.'”
Redding worked with his family's foundation to organize summer camps that teach children to play music, and served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
He continued to perform his father's songs for audiences large and small, according to his website, from appearing onstage at Carnegie Hall for a 2018 Otis Redding tribute concert to singing at weddings and private parties. Redding said he was grateful for the enduring legacy even if it overshadowed efforts to make music of his own.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... ‘sing one of your daddy’s songs,’” he told the Maine TV station. "So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals.”
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TThe Crown Prince of Soul is dead.
Otis Redding, 26 years old, a former well-driller from Macon, Georgia, died in a plane crash in an icy Wisconsin lake on December 10. With him were the five teen-age members of the Bar-Kays, a group which made the popular instrumental, “Soul Finger,” and who backed Otis on his recent tours and appearances.
Otis was headed from Cleveland, Ohio, to a Sunday evening concert in Madison, Wisconsin. It was his first tour in the private plane he had just purchased. His plane hit the surface of the fog-shrouded lake with tremendous force, widely scattering the debris. He was only four miles from the Madison Municipal Airport. On Tuesday, teams of divers were still dredging the bottom of the lake in a search for the bodies.
The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time: Otis Redding
Redding’s singing career began when he won fifteen straight Sunday night talent shows in Macon. One day he drove with a friend of his to Memphis for a recording session, cut two sides himself and was immediately a major talent. Among the many songs he was responsible for were “Pain in My Heart,” done in a later version by some of his greatest admirers, the Rolling Stones; “Mr. Pitiful,” a song so popular on the rhythm and blues charts that for a long time he was known as Mr. Pitiful; “That’s How Strong My Love Is,” another song which was picked up by the Rolling Stones.
Among the others, Otis’ great recordings included “Shake,” a Sam Cooke song with which he broke up the Monterey Pop Festival; “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” and “Try A Little Tenderness,” soul ballads which he made so effective by singing the tenderest lines against driving uptempo beats. Another great Otis ballad was “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa,” also known as “Sad Song.” The song he did which sold the biggest was his version of the Stones’ “Satisfaction,” which broke on many white charts as well as R&B surveys.
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In terms of conventional success, Otis never made it into the top twenty of the national pop charts; others had much greater success with his material. Aretha Franklin pulled off a million seller with one of Otis’ favoirte original compositions, “Respect.” Arthur Conley also made number one, with “Sweet Soul Music,” a song Otis wrote and produced.
In 1967 he replaced Elvis Presley as the world’s top male vocalist in the Melody Maker poll, a position Presley had held for eight years.
The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time: Otis Redding
In 1967 he proved himself to be a master of production (he had a studio at his 300-acre ranch outside of Macon) and a writer whose material was not only suited to himself but to the entire medium. His voice was rough, but it carried with it a style and a grace and an originality that was rare in the field of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, rock and soul or whatever it’s called. Otis was a man of music.
1967 was the year that the Stax-Volt operation at Memphis replaced the Motown group in Detroit as the major influence on contemporary blues. Stax-Volt is a tightly knit group of writers, performers and musicians. (Otis wrote “Mr. Pitiful” and “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa” with Steve Cropper, who also collaborated on “Midnight Hour,” and Cropper is the guitarist with Booker T. and the M.G.’s, the Stax-Volt house band, the band which backed Otis at the Monterey.)
The Memphis sound was going to take over soul in 1968. Everyone knew it, and Otis was the front man at Stax. In 1968, he was going to become “the King of them all, y’all.”
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Otis was the Crown Prince of Soul, and now the Crown Prince is dead.
This story is from the January 20, 1968 issue of Rolling Stone.
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The seniors were almost right. Otis Redding was on a chartered plane that crashed into Lake Monona on Dec. 10, 1967, killing Redding and four members of his backup band, the Bar-Kays while they were flying to a scheduled performance. A native of Georgia, Redding’s gritty vocals became the measure of 1960s great soul artists. His only number one single, “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay,” shot to the top of the charts in 1968 after his death at age 26.
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The New York Times gave only four inches at the bottom of a column on page 19 to the death exactly one month ago of Otis Redding. The Times reported the plane crash and listed the musicians who were killed. In view of the awed tone of accounts of other deaths, and pages on funerals which the President attends, one must be at least bemused by the ways in which the world distributes honor.
There are incredible and complete geniuses around all the time. In comparison, our professional and recognized artists seem effete and limited. Like Chaplin, Redding worked in a popular and unpretentious field. Also like Chaplin his genius was in evoking shared humanity.
Otis Redding's age was deceptive. He was 26 when he was killed but he seemed much older. This is largely because he had perfect taste and a disregard for fashion. For one thing, he never confused expressiveness with frenzy, the way Wilson Pickett often seems to do. Redding was absolutely uncompromised. He never felt obliged to cater to night-club audiences in the way Ray Charles does and Sam Cooke--who died three years to the day before Redding--did (though Cooke was coerced by the orientation of the company he recorded for). Redding was infinitely far from the frame of mind which characterizes the Motown corporation with its grossly defective cultural antennae. Motown will naively release its first album with a psychedelic cover five years from now.
Hardly any of even Redding's greatest fans realized he was only 26. The average guess, I suspect, would have been 35. The shock of his death was compounded by the shock of the discovery of his youth which makes his talent seem so much the more extraordinary. He wrote most of his greatest songs including "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "Mr. Pitiful," "Come to Me," and "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa." He reportedly wrote "Satisfaction" for the Stones, although he never publicly acknowledged it.
He did all of his own arrangements, many of which are almost as extraordinary as his voice. Often, his arrangement of another's song amounted to a re-writing. This is true of "Try a Little Tenderness," "You Send Me," and "Tell It Like It Is." His version of "Knock on Wood," though it retains almost nothing of the great Eddie Floyd original, is undoubtedly the definitive version of that song. His arrangements are infinitely varied. Before one understands the arrangement of "Tell It Like It Is," recorded on his joint album with Carla Thomas, it sounds as though it is being played at the wrong speed. The greatness of the effect may take some time to become clear.
There is no question that a taste for Otis Redding must be an acquired one. However, once one has adjusted one's sensitivity to his greatness, he loses nothing even after years and years. The point is finally reached where even the briefest snatch of any of his songs is seen to contain more than the entire work of any other singer.
Redding was born in 1941 in Dawson, Georgia, and lived for most of his youth in Macon. During this period another Macon resident, Little Richard, went through his period of greatest recognition, and Redding was inspired by his example. Though far from obvious, Little Richard's influence is perceptible in Redding's style. Redding recorded a Version of Little Richard's 1956 hit, "Lucille." His first professional job was as lead singer for Johnny Jenkins and the Pinetoppers, though he never had a hit in association with them. His first success was with "These Arms of Mine." The first time that northern radio stations played him was when he recorded "Mr. Pitiful" in 1963. He is still much more a standard figure on southern juke-boxes than on northern ones. In between "These Arms of Mine," in November of 1962, and "Mr. Pitiful," he had a large success with "Pain In My Heart." Perhaps his greatest hit was "I've Been Loving You Too Long," released in the summer of 1965. Of all his songs, there have been really only two which were promoted in such a way that they were played on white rock and roll stations. They were his own version of his "Satisfaction," and his last hit, "Try a Little Tenderness." Those who did not know he had written it some-times thought "Satisfaction" was the only song he recorded which suggests a capitulation to mass popularity. But his version was really so good that they were mollified.
It is a very difficult thing to give an idea in words of Redding's genius. The values with which he dealt were not so much musical as human and emotional. It's a little misleading to think of him as merely a singer. What he attempted to do was to transcend the artifice of the song. Most singers are more or less content with the pleasantness of the artifice, and exploit it. An actor must never seem to be just a guy saying some lines he has memorized. When that happens, the result is ludicrous and the profession seems puerile.
Redding's talent had a great deal in common with the talent of an actor. Each song is an example of voice control for the purpose of expressiveness. The notes are really nothing. Much less was his ability related to the creation of pleasant or harmonious sounds. He would never hold a clear note the way Sam Cooke would do. That kind of thing had nothing to do with his genius. The things he could do with his voice were amazing, but none of the effects he could achieve were gratuitous. Viewed in this light, every one of his songs is a masterpiece. The effects are remarkable because they are so perfectly communicative. The excitement Redding provided comes from seeing the ingredients of humanity communicated so lucidly. It's possible to understand him completely and implicitly. It is impressive that the human mind is capable of such subtle communication, and this is the satisfaction he provides.
Redding was also a great comic, and this would have been much more obvious had he chosen to use that ability more often. In the song "Tramp" on the album with Carla Thomas, Redding plays the part of a southern provincial. His lines are really hilarious, as when Carla accuses him of being from the Georgia woods and he replies in the most accurate vacuous Georgia woods fashion, "That's good!"
Redding would often sing in subtle opposition to the beat. In "It's Too Late," on the album "Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads," the opening comes so close to being in disregard of the music, and yet is not quite, that somehow the sound expresses complete desolation.
Otis Redding was often introduced to black audiences as "our president." For a man of 25 this was a singular honor, but one which he no doubt deserved. His appearances had a quality somewhat different from those of other singers. The anticipation in the audience was like the anticipation of a crowd awaiting the appearance of the President. He was very good in person, if less athletic than many. He would fall on his knees. But he had a dignity about him, because of his recordings, that related to his mind and not to his physical presence. He disappointed audiences in Paris, which much preferred Sam and Dave. But he never disappointed his real audience, no more than the reception accorded a saint depends on the advance billing of a miracle. He inspired reverence more than frenzy and he inspired pride and determination.
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Each December marks the anniversary of the date that soul singer Otis Redding’s plane crashed into Madison’s Lake Monona (visible from the upper floors of Park Hotel’s Main Street side). It was December 10, 1967 when Redding and six others perished during a flight from Cleveland for a show in downtown Madison at the Factory, a nightclub that also once hosted Jimi Hendrix.
Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay, a song Redding had recorded three days before his death, was released in January 1968 and became an American classic.
A short walk from the hotel is the memorial site for Otis Redding. The plaque and benches placed in Redding’s honor can be visited on the upper deck of the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. The building that housed the former Factory nightclub where Redding was to play that night is still in use. Now a bookstore, the building can be found at 315 W. Gorham Street just off of State Street.
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UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) presents Soweto Gospel Choir Wednesday, Nov. 2 at Campbell Hall. Brimming with energy and transcendent harmonies, the three-time Grammy-winning Soweto Gospel Choir is known for its ensemble flair and indomitable spirit.
Commemorating South Africa’s Freedom Movement and the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S., the choir will perform South African gospel and spirituals in a variety of languages, and heartfelt renditions of songs made famous by Billie Holiday, James Brown, Otis Redding, Curtis Mayfield and Aretha Franklin.
Hailing from Soweto (South West Township), a town outside of Johannesburg and home of Nelson Mandela and South Africa’s democratic movement, Soweto Gospel Choir continues to inspire audiences worldwide with their blend of African gospel, freedom songs and international classics.
Comprising a line-up of some of South Africa’s best vocalists, these uplifting performers have shared the stage and collaborated with the biggest names in contemporary music including Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Beyonce, U2, Diana Ross, Peter Gabriel, Chris Martin, John Legend, Pharrell Williams, Jimmy Cliff, Ben Harper, Angelique Kidjo, Robert Plant, Celine Dion, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hugh Masekela and Josh Groban.
Soweto Gospel Choir was formed in 2003 at the end of the apartheid era and during South Africa’s inspiring return to democracy. Taking part in some of the major historical events in the new democratic South Africa, Soweto Gospel Choir has performed on numerous occasions for the Father of their Nation, former President Nelson Mandela, and at his state funeral in South Africa, and at the subsequent commemorative service at Westminster Abbey in London.
The choir also was invited to perform at the funeral service for the late president’s first wife, Winnie Mandela. The choir’s patron is human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and they act as ambassadors for the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Soweto Gospel Choir are three-time Grammy Award-winners including 2019 Best World Music Album for “Freedom.” They have performed with music greats including U2, Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Josh Groban.
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Otis Redding III, son of the legendary soul singer Otis Redding, died at 59 after a battle with cancer, his sister announced Wednesday on social media.
Born on Dec. 17, 1964, in Macon, Georgia, Otis was just three years old when his father died in a plane crash, but that didn't stop him from inheriting his father's love for music.
By the age of nine, Redding played guitar in the band Father's Pride and started working at a local record store two years later.
In 1975, the youngest Redding and his older brother, Dexter, created a new funk band called The Reddings and went on to release six records throughout the 1980s. Their biggest hit, "Remote Control," landed them on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at #6 on the Soul chart, but their music never matched the success of their father's.
Redding continued to perform and later was hired as a guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, who encouraged him to start singing his father's songs.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... sing one of your daddy’s songs,” Redding said in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV. "So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals."
Despite being overshadowed by his father's legacy, Redding III was a talented musician in his own right, and his music was a testament to his father and the impact he had on the world of music.
He was also actively involved in his family's philanthropic organization, The Otis Redding Foundation, and participated in an annual camp dedicated to mentoring children with musical aspirations.
The Redding family has requested the public respect their privacy during this difficult time. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
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The New York Times gave only four inches at the bottom of a column on page 19 to the death exactly one month ago of Otis Redding. The Times reported the plane crash and listed the musicians who were killed. In view of the awed tone of accounts of other deaths, and pages on funerals which the President attends, one must be at least bemused by the ways in which the world distributes honor.
There are incredible and complete geniuses around all the time. In comparison, our professional and recognized artists seem effete and limited. Like Chaplin, Redding worked in a popular and unpretentious field. Also like Chaplin his genius was in evoking shared humanity.
Otis Redding's age was deceptive. He was 26 when he was killed but he seemed much older. This is largely because he had perfect taste and a disregard for fashion. For one thing, he never confused expressiveness with frenzy, the way Wilson Pickett often seems to do. Redding was absolutely uncompromised. He never felt obliged to cater to night-club audiences in the way Ray Charles does and Sam Cooke--who died three years to the day before Redding--did (though Cooke was coerced by the orientation of the company he recorded for). Redding was infinitely far from the frame of mind which characterizes the Motown corporation with its grossly defective cultural antennae. Motown will naively release its first album with a psychedelic cover five years from now.
Hardly any of even Redding's greatest fans realized he was only 26. The average guess, I suspect, would have been 35. The shock of his death was compounded by the shock of the discovery of his youth which makes his talent seem so much the more extraordinary. He wrote most of his greatest songs including "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "Mr. Pitiful," "Come to Me," and "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa." He reportedly wrote "Satisfaction" for the Stones, although he never publicly acknowledged it.
He did all of his own arrangements, many of which are almost as extraordinary as his voice. Often, his arrangement of another's song amounted to a re-writing. This is true of "Try a Little Tenderness," "You Send Me," and "Tell It Like It Is." His version of "Knock on Wood," though it retains almost nothing of the great Eddie Floyd original, is undoubtedly the definitive version of that song. His arrangements are infinitely varied. Before one understands the arrangement of "Tell It Like It Is," recorded on his joint album with Carla Thomas, it sounds as though it is being played at the wrong speed. The greatness of the effect may take some time to become clear.
There is no question that a taste for Otis Redding must be an acquired one. However, once one has adjusted one's sensitivity to his greatness, he loses nothing even after years and years. The point is finally reached where even the briefest snatch of any of his songs is seen to contain more than the entire work of any other singer.
Redding was born in 1941 in Dawson, Georgia, and lived for most of his youth in Macon. During this period another Macon resident, Little Richard, went through his period of greatest recognition, and Redding was inspired by his example. Though far from obvious, Little Richard's influence is perceptible in Redding's style. Redding recorded a Version of Little Richard's 1956 hit, "Lucille." His first professional job was as lead singer for Johnny Jenkins and the Pinetoppers, though he never had a hit in association with them. His first success was with "These Arms of Mine." The first time that northern radio stations played him was when he recorded "Mr. Pitiful" in 1963. He is still much more a standard figure on southern juke-boxes than on northern ones. In between "These Arms of Mine," in November of 1962, and "Mr. Pitiful," he had a large success with "Pain In My Heart." Perhaps his greatest hit was "I've Been Loving You Too Long," released in the summer of 1965. Of all his songs, there have been really only two which were promoted in such a way that they were played on white rock and roll stations. They were his own version of his "Satisfaction," and his last hit, "Try a Little Tenderness." Those who did not know he had written it some-times thought "Satisfaction" was the only song he recorded which suggests a capitulation to mass popularity. But his version was really so good that they were mollified.
It is a very difficult thing to give an idea in words of Redding's genius. The values with which he dealt were not so much musical as human and emotional. It's a little misleading to think of him as merely a singer. What he attempted to do was to transcend the artifice of the song. Most singers are more or less content with the pleasantness of the artifice, and exploit it. An actor must never seem to be just a guy saying some lines he has memorized. When that happens, the result is ludicrous and the profession seems puerile.
Redding's talent had a great deal in common with the talent of an actor. Each song is an example of voice control for the purpose of expressiveness. The notes are really nothing. Much less was his ability related to the creation of pleasant or harmonious sounds. He would never hold a clear note the way Sam Cooke would do. That kind of thing had nothing to do with his genius. The things he could do with his voice were amazing, but none of the effects he could achieve were gratuitous. Viewed in this light, every one of his songs is a masterpiece. The effects are remarkable because they are so perfectly communicative. The excitement Redding provided comes from seeing the ingredients of humanity communicated so lucidly. It's possible to understand him completely and implicitly. It is impressive that the human mind is capable of such subtle communication, and this is the satisfaction he provides.
Redding was also a great comic, and this would have been much more obvious had he chosen to use that ability more often. In the song "Tramp" on the album with Carla Thomas, Redding plays the part of a southern provincial. His lines are really hilarious, as when Carla accuses him of being from the Georgia woods and he replies in the most accurate vacuous Georgia woods fashion, "That's good!"
Redding would often sing in subtle opposition to the beat. In "It's Too Late," on the album "Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads," the opening comes so close to being in disregard of the music, and yet is not quite, that somehow the sound expresses complete desolation.
Otis Redding was often introduced to black audiences as "our president." For a man of 25 this was a singular honor, but one which he no doubt deserved. His appearances had a quality somewhat different from those of other singers. The anticipation in the audience was like the anticipation of a crowd awaiting the appearance of the President. He was very good in person, if less athletic than many. He would fall on his knees. But he had a dignity about him, because of his recordings, that related to his mind and not to his physical presence. He disappointed audiences in Paris, which much preferred Sam and Dave. But he never disappointed his real audience, no more than the reception accorded a saint depends on the advance billing of a miracle. He inspired reverence more than frenzy and he inspired pride and determination.
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Otis Redding, who grew up in Macon, left an indelible mark on American music. Learn more about his extraordinary career and his musical legacy that lives on.
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The Dock of the Bay hitmaker Otis Redding Jr. was just 26 years old when he suffered a terribly tragic fate flying from Cleveland, Ohio, to Madison in Wisconsin
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Regarded as one of the greatest singers in American history, Otis Redding met a horrific end when his plane crashed ferrying him from one performance to another.
The Dock of the Bay hitmaker was travelling from Cleveland, Ohio, to Madison in Wisconsin after stopping for a TV appearance in the city back in 1967, playing two nights at Leo’s Casino nearby.
His ill-fated final television appearance was on the Upbeat show, before Otis and his band took his private Beechcraft H18 airplane to their next gig at the Factory nightclub in Wisconsin.
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Before take-off, the star – who was only 26 years old when he lost his life – called his wife and children to update them on his location and plans.
Redding was just 18 when he met his future wife Zelma Atwood. The pair tied the knot in 1961 and welcomed four children together – Dexter, Demetria, Karla and Otis III.
But Zelma would soon be left a widow as Otis died in a truly horrific way.
On that fateful night, Otis’ plane took off despite heavy rain and fog plaguing the area. Four miles from its destination at Truax Field in Madison, everything was running smoothly, and the pilot radioed ahead for permission to land.
But it was not meant to be. The plane nosedived into Lake Monona, killing everyone on-board except Ben Cauley, member of the band Bar-Kays.
Ben, who was sleeping just before the crash, woke to see one of his co-stars shouting: “Oh no!” while looking out of the window. Cauley unbuckled his seat belt and was plunged into the freezing lake, clutching hold of a seat cushion to stay afloat in the frigid waters.
But Ben couldn’t swim, and therefore couldn’t rescue anyone else. Instead, he watched them slowly drowning and freezing to death, screaming for help.
Along with Otis, guitarist Jimmy King, saxophonist Phalon Jones, organ player Ronnie Caldwell and drummer Carl Cunningham also lost their lives, along with the band’s valet, Matthew Kelly.
Pilot Richard Fraser also died in the accident.
Unsurprisingly, the accident traumatised Ben, who had nightmares about the incident for 50 years afterwards. He admitted to Memphis Commercial Appeal that he still “feels the rush of the lake’s icy water, the chill of fear, and the helplessness and hurt that followed”.
He told the publication: “I didn’t know it, but my head was swollen and bleeding, and I remember I had only one shoe.”
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Explaining: “I saw Carl come out of the water, I saw Matt come up on the other side.” While Ronnie cried out for help, the stars eventually succumbed to the icy depths.
The rescue crew made it to the site of the accident in 17 minutes – quick enough to save Ben but not the others.
The cause of the crash was never determined.
Otis Redding’s family has sadly continued to be besieged by tragedy, with his son Otis Redding III passing away in April 2023 aged just 59.
His family confirmed the star lost his cancer battle, branding it a “huge loss” for the family and the world.
Otis had formed funk band The Reddings with his brother Dexter and cousin Mark Lockett, recording six legendary albums over the years after following in Otis Jr’s footsteps.
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Otis Redding III and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
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MACON, Ga. (AP) — Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday.
Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening,” said his sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation, the family’s charity in Macon.
Though singles “Remote Control” and “Call The Law” by The Reddings made appearances on the Billboard music charts, the Redding brothers never matched their father’s success. Redding continued playing and performing after the band recorded its final album in 1988.
He was once hired for a European tour as guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, under whose guidance the younger Redding became comfortable performing “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” and other songs of his famous father.
“He said, `You can play guitar with me, but you’re going to have to sing a few of your dad’s songs,’” Redding recalled in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine. “I was like, `Huh? I don’t sing,’ you know. And he was like, `Well, you’re going to sing “Dock of the Bay” with me tonight.’”
Redding worked with his family’s foundation to organize summer camps that teach children to play music, and served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
He continued to perform his father’s songs for audiences large and small, according to his website, from appearing onstage at Carnegie Hall for a 2018 Otis Redding tribute concert to singing at weddings and private parties. Redding said he was grateful for the enduring legacy even if it overshadowed efforts to make music of his own.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... ‘sing one of your daddy’s songs,’” he told the Maine TV station. “So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals.”
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Otis Redding, born September 9, 1941, would have turned 80 last week. The legendary soul singer died in a plane crash at the end of 1967, a few months after turning 26.
A water-well driller turned aspiring musician, Otis caught his break after driving his friend Johnny Jenkins to a recording session in Memphis. As Redding explains in a 1967 American Bandstand interview, when the session wrapped, Redding sang his original tune, “These Arms of Mine,” to great praise and a record deal with Stax Records. (I had a chance to visit the Stax Museum of American Soul in Memphis. There was something special, deeply American, and, of course, soulful about the experience.)
With this single’s release in the fall of 1962, Otis Redding’s active career only amounted to five years by the time of his death in December 1967. His impact, though, was immense. We remember him for a number of timeless songs: “Respect “(which Aretha Franklin’s cover also took to great heights), “I’ve Got Dreams to Remember,” and more, as well as renditions of songs by Sam Cooke, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones.
I recall first learning that Otis Redding was 26 when he died. I couldn’t believe it. His voice and appearance came across as older. The depth of his words and soulful resonance of his songs felt like he had lived a full life of experience. An Otis Redding song will always have impact when I hear it—the sheer power of his presence is unmatched. Beyond pure talent, there is a special wisdom, empathy, and passion in his work.
Take “Try a Little Tenderness.” In an interview with NPR, Jonathan Gould, author of Otis Redding: Unfinished Life, explains that this 1932 song was already well-known at the time. (An anecdote from the interview: Otis was would sing the exact horn lines he wanted to the players in studio sessions). Otis opens “Try a Little Tenderness” in a similar fashion to other versions at the outset, succeeding in crafting a memorable classic with a faithful rendition. As the song develops, however, Redding begins to further make the song his own by upping the intensity and adding in rhythmic vocal exclamations. Jay-Z and Kanye West’s aptly-named 2011 track, “Otis,” that samples the song, exemplifies the rare energy of Redding’s art. West’s sample chops, rearranged without additional instrumentation, reverberate as a driving foundation for the pair’s rhymes.
In the summer of 1967, Otis Redding performed in California at the Monterey Pop Festival, a defining concert for 20th-century music. Featuring Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, and many others, the concert was a noted cultural moment.
Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker and a crew captured the performances on textured 16mm film for a documentary, Monterey Pop.
Writing for the Criterion Collection, Andrew Chan calls Redding’s filmed performance at Monterey Pop of “I’ve Been Loving You for Too Long,” an original song written with Jerry Butler, “one of the most overpowering moments in the concert-doc canon.”
Moving in and out of silhouette in a cinematic abstraction, the footage expresses the grand scope of Otis Redding’s talent. His soul, his style, his vocal mastery, and his emotion blend with fluidity and ease. Chan concludes: “that voice we’re hearing—as viscerally, palpably there as any sound in American music—comes from a place and a time and an inner life we can never see clearly.”
To open his book, Jonathan Gould quotes Bob Weir from Grateful Dead who said “I was pretty sure that I’d seen God on stage” after Otis Redding’s performance at Monterey Pop. Otis Redding’s monumental talent produced such great work, yet it is clear that he had so much more still to offer had he lived.
My favorite Otis Redding song—and one of my favorite songs in general—is “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay.” Recorded in the month before Redding died after recovering well from throat surgery, he was still working on the song before his death. Written with producer Steve Cropper, the song captures Otis’s soulful pondering, likely informed by his desire to explore new sounds, his love for his home of Georgia, and his contemplations on the future. Mixed and released in early 1968, the song became a number one hit—his first and the first ever for a posthumous release.
in 2018, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the song, the Otis Redding Foundation, Playing for Change, and Princess Cruises collaborated to release a “Song Around the World” rendition, featuring artists Corinne Bailey Rae, Jack Johnson, Aloe Blacc, a student chorus, Otis Redding’s sons: Otis Redding III and Dexter Redding, and more. It’s a touching, appropriate homage to the power of music and Otis Redding’s soulful legacy. Enjoy below.
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The small aircraft crash had its devastating impact of the early years of rock ‘n’ roll. The February 3, 1959 deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson robbed the music of early talents whose possible later contributions (especially Holly and Valens) augured to be groundbreaking.
Imagine what the recently sober Stevie Ray Vaughan might have accomplished if his helicopter might not have collided with a hillside in fog on 1990. Think about the even further centrality that Ronnie Van Zant might have played in Southern rock had the band’s plane not crashed at the start of their tour in 1977.
At the time of the death of Otis Redding in a plane crash on December 10, 1967 at age 26, he’d already recorded close to 10 albums’ worth of original studio tracks plus a number of dynamic live performances. The Crown Prince of Soul boasted a beginning others would have been happy to call the bulk of a career, and in the process had written (or co-written) such indelible songs as “Mr. Pitiful,” “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” and “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa/Sad Song,” and a few made famous by others like “Respect” by Aretha Franklin and Arthur Conley’s #1 hit “Sweet Soul Music,” which Otis wrote and produced. Redding was a proven master of soul music from soon after he stepped into Fame Studio in Memphis in 1962.
On November 22, 1967, Redding had recorded a track that he and Steve Cropper had written, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” that was a near-perfect meld of rock with soul. Many at Fame and Redding’s label Stax expressed doubts about it. Before Otis could track his final version, he and his backing band The Bar-Kays climbed into Redding’s twin-engine Beechcraft H18 to hit Cleveland to appear on the Upbeat television show and play two nights at a club called Leo’s Casino. He was then slated to play the Factory nightclub in Madison, WI.
The plane radioed for permission to land at Truax Field in Madison on this day but instead crashed into Lake Monona, a few miles from the airport. Seven of the eight men aboard died.
Related: Our tribute to Redding on the 75th anniversary of his birth
In early 1968, (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” became pop music’s first posthumous #1 hit. It sold over eight million copies. Rhino reissued the song as a 7″ single on January 9, 2018, on gold vinyl one day after the 50th anniversary of the song’s original release date.
This single includes the rare, original version of the song, which is shorter and with Redding’s vocals noticeably lower in the mix. This original version was quickly pulled after a brief release and replaced with the version that the world has known ever since. The anniversary 7-inch marked the first time the original version has appeared on vinyl since the initial release in 1968.
Related: Top U.S. radio hits of 1968
Redding has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Georgia Music Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. He has been honored with a U.S. postage stamp and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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MACON, Ga. (AP) — Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday.
Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening,” said his sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation, the family’s charity in Macon.
Though singles “Remote Control” and “Call The Law” by The Reddings made appearances on the Billboard music charts, the Redding brothers never matched their father’s success. Redding continued playing and performing after the band recorded its final album in 1988.
He was once hired for a European tour as guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, under whose guidance the younger Redding became comfortable performing “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” and other songs of his famous father.
“He said, `You can play guitar with me, but you’re going to have to sing a few of your dad’s songs,’” Redding recalled in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine. “I was like, `Huh? I don’t sing,’ you know. And he was like, `Well, you’re going to sing “Dock of the Bay” with me tonight.’”
Redding worked with his family’s foundation to organize summer camps that teach children to play music, and served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
He continued to perform his father’s songs for audiences large and small, according to his website, from appearing onstage at Carnegie Hall for a 2018 Otis Redding tribute concert to singing at weddings and private parties. Redding said he was grateful for the enduring legacy even if it overshadowed efforts to make music of his own.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... ‘sing one of your daddy’s songs,’” he told the Maine TV station. “So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals.”
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MACON, Ga. (AP) — Singer and guitarist Otis Redding III, the son and namesake of the legendary 1960s soul singer, has died from cancer at age 59, his family said Wednesday.
Redding was just 3 years old when his father, Otis Redding, perished along with several band members in a plane crash on Dec. 10, 1967. More than a decade later, the younger Redding and his brother, Dexter, formed the funk band The Reddings, which recorded six albums in the 1980s.
“It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening,” said his sister, Karla Redding-Andrews, in a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Otis Redding Foundation, the family’s charity in Macon.
Though singles “Remote Control” and “Call The Law” by The Reddings made appearances on the Billboard music charts, the Redding brothers never matched their father’s success. Redding continued playing and performing after the band recorded its final album in 1988.
He was once hired for a European tour as guitarist for soul singer Eddie Floyd, under whose guidance the younger Redding became comfortable performing “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” and other songs of his famous father.
“He said, `You can play guitar with me, but you’re going to have to sing a few of your dad’s songs,’” Redding recalled in a 2018 interview with WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine. “I was like, `Huh? I don’t sing,’ you know. And he was like, `Well, you’re going to sing “Dock of the Bay” with me tonight.’”
Redding worked with his family’s foundation to organize summer camps that teach children to play music, and served as board president for the local chapter of Meals on Wheels.
He continued to perform his father’s songs for audiences large and small, according to his website, from appearing onstage at Carnegie Hall for a 2018 Otis Redding tribute concert to singing at weddings and private parties. Redding said he was grateful for the enduring legacy even if it overshadowed efforts to make music of his own.
“No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know, it’s like ... ‘sing one of your daddy’s songs,’” he told the Maine TV station. “So I go ahead and do what people want, and I live with it. But I’m not under any pressure and I don’t put myself mentally under any pressure to go begging for record deals.”
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Who Was Otis Redding?
Singer-songwriter Otis Redding was discovered after recording "These Arms of Mine." Known for his sincere emotional delivery, Redding became the voice of soul music. As his career was taking off, he died in a plane crash on December 10, 1967. The song "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" became his first and only No. 1 hit in 1968.
Early Life
Otis Ray Redding Jr. was born on September 9, 1941, in Dawson, Georgia. When he was 5 years old, Redding's family moved to Macon, Georgia, where he grew up listening to the music of Sam Cooke and Little Richard. In the late 1950s, Redding joined the Upsetters, the band that had formerly backed Little Richard.
Recording Hits
In 1960, Redding moved to Los Angeles, California, where he began releasing singles. He returned to Georgia a year later and recorded "Shout Bamalama." He befriended guitarist Johnny Jenkins and joined his band, the Pinetoppers. During one of Jenkins's recording sessions at Memphis's Stax studios, Redding recorded a ballad he'd written, "These Arms of Mine." The song quickly took off, rising to No. 20 on the R&B charts in 1963.
Redding began a career recording at Stax, playing guitar and arranging his own songs. He was known for his energy in the studio and, in 1965, recorded the album Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul in one day. He released "I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now)" that same year, and "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" a year later.
In 1967, Redding released a successful duet album with Carla Thomas. That same year, he produced Arthur Conley's "Sweet Soul Music," which went to No. 2 on the R&B charts. Other artists of the day were influenced by Redding and Aretha Franklin's rendition of his song, "Respect." Hoping to become more involved behind the scenes, Redding started his own label, Jotis.
Performance Style
In addition to sales, Redding's magnetic stage presence and sincere performances made him star. On June 17, 1967, Redding performed at the Monterey International Pop Festival, where he was enthusiastically received. His emotional style and powerful singing became synonymous with soul music.
Death
On December 6, 1967, Redding recorded "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay." The song hit No. 1 on the pop and R&B charts the following year, but Redding wouldn't live to see his success. Four days after the recording session—on December 10, 1967—Redding and four members of his band, the Bar-Keys, were killed after their chartered plane crashed into a Wisconsin lake.
Legacy
"(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" is credited with influencing the soul movement by combining traditional rhythm and blues with folk. Three albums of Redding's recordings were released posthumously.
In 1989, Redding was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1999, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy Awards.
In 2011, Kanye West and Jay-Z released “Otis,” which samples “Try a Little Tenderness.” The pair won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance for the song in 2012.
QUICK FACTS
Name: Otis Redding
Birth Year: 1941
Birth date: September 9, 1941
Birth State: Georgia
Birth City: Dawson
Birth Country: United States
Gender: Male
Best Known For: Known as the voice of soul music, Otis Redding died in a plane crash at 26 years old. His song "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" hit No. 1 in 1968.
Industries
Music
Astrological Sign: Virgo
Death Year: 1967
Death date: December 10, 1967
Death State: Wisconsin
Death City: Madison
Death Country: United States
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They played three shows over two days in the city, according to reports, and then were heading to Madison, Wisconsin, to play at another gig on December 10.
The plane took off, despite weather warnings, and only four miles from their destination the plane crashed into Lake Monona.
Only one person survived the crash, musician Ben Cauley, while Otis along with seven others died.
Ben explained what happened, saying he was in the water and was unable to save his friends due to his being unable to swim.
As reported in Eugene Register-Guard at the time, Ben said he heard his bandmate Ronnie Caldwell ‘screaming for help,’ but was unable to reach him.
Of these men, all were under-30 and all of the Bar-Kays band members and Matthew Kelly were teenagers.
James Brown, a fellow soul and blues singer, claimed to have tried to convince Otis not to fly that night, due to poor visibility, as explored in Geoff Brown’s book Otis Redding: Try a Little Tenderness.
Otis’ body was recovered the following day, on December 11, after the lake was searched, and a funeral took place on December 18.
More than 4,500 people attended, and Otis was then entombed at his ranch in Round Oak near Macon, Georgia.
Otis was survived by his wife, Zelma, who he had married at the age of 20 when she was only 17.
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Otis Redding was one of the great American soul singers, who, although only enjoying a short career due to his early death in a plane crash at the age of 26, has been described as the embodiment of soul and one of the most important cultural icons of the civil rights movement.
Otis Ray Redding, Jr., son of sharecropper Otis Redding, Sr., and Fannie Mae Redding, was born on September 9, 1941, the fourth child of six, near Dawson, Georgia. The next year the family moved to Macon, Georgia. From an early age Otis’s passion lay in music, drawing inspiration from fellow Macon entertainer Little Richard Penniman. By the time he was ten Redding was singing with a choir at Vineville Baptist Church and playing drums in a gospel group. At age eleven Redding participated in a local talent show, eventually winning 15 monthly contests in a row.
In 1958 at the age of 17 Redding started his professional singing career. He briefly toured with the “Pat Tea Cake” band before forming his own band, “The Pinetoppers” in 1959, with well known Macon guitarist Johnny Jenkins. The Pinetoppers performed Elvis Presley songs and country music songs in the Macon area. They also toured on the “Chitlin’ circuit,” a network of black nightclubs throughout the Southeast and the white frat house circuit across the Deep South.
In September 1959, at the age of 18, Redding met Zelma Attwood, a Macon waitress. The couple married in August, 1961 and had three children, Dexter, Karla, and Otis III.
In 1960, at 19, Redding became one of the first entertainers to sign with the Stax Record label which was founded earlier that year. He played a major role in developing the fabled horn sound that would be associated with Stax recordings. Redding’s songs were well known for their prominent bass lines, ascending and striking horn lines, and Otis’s voice, which one music critic described as “an expressive instrument.” What differentiated Redding from other singers at the time was the fact that he was a “total package,” a writer, producer, and performer. Charges of plagiarism, especially over the authorship of his major hit, “Respect,” however, would cloud his career.
Before his death in 1967, Redding released 40 singles including: “These Arms of Mine” (1962), “Respect” (1965), “Try a Little Tenderness” (1966), and his only number one hit, “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” released posthumously in 1968. In addition he would release 14 albums, among them “Otis Blue” (1965), “The Soul Man” (1966), and “The Dock of the Bay” (1968).
Although his vocal range was seen as limited and he was said to have no real stage presence, Redding was perhaps best known for his emotional live performances. He took pride in his work and missed only two live dates over his career. Redding was also one of few early Rhythm and Blues performers who by the mid-1960s was able to connect with both black and white audiences, as his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 showed. It was in Europe, however, where Otis Redding received the greatest recognition during his lifetime. After tours of England in 1966, and 1967, Redding in October 1967 was crowned the world’s number one vocalist by the renowned English Music Magazine, Melody Maker.
Although Redding earned over $600,000 in the last year of his life and owned a 300 acre ranch in central Georgia and a private plane, he remained connected with his Southern roots, helping to establish local scholarship funds and participating actively in the Stax “Stay in School” project.
On the December 10, 1967, Otis Redding, along with most of his backing band, The Bar Kays, died in a plane crash as they were on the way to a concert in Madison, Wisconsin. Redding was buried on his ranch, Round Oak, just outside Macon, Georgia.
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What words does a convicted criminal choose to be their last before they die? Would they ask for forgiveness or tell their family they’ll miss them? Most probably do.
Others, however, have other things to say. Here are some of the strangest last words before execution:
1. Jimmy Glass, 1987 (Louisiana)
Last Words: “I’d Rather Be Fishing”
On Christmas of 1982, 20-year-old Jimmy Glass and inmate Jimmy Wingo escaped from jail and shot an elderly couple to death while burglarizing their home. Both blamed each other for the crime and both ended up on the electric chair.
2. Jeffrey David Matthews, 2011 (Oklahoma)
Last Words: “I think that governor’s phone is broke. He hadn’t called yet.”
Jeffrey David Matthews had his execution postponed three times, twice by the governor of Oklahoma to further investigate his claims of innocence and once due to the controversy surrounding the drugs they were going to administer to him. Matthews was indicted for the 1994 murder of his great uncle, Otis Earl Short, after he and an accomplice robbed his home. Matthews shot Short in the back of the head and slit his wife’s throat, but she managed to survive.
3. Barbara Graham, 1955 (California)
Last Words: “Good people are always so sure they’re right.”
After a rough childhood and a string of failed marriages, Barbara Graham went into prostitution before being married again to a bartender and drug addict. She soon left him for a business associate of his, Emmett Perkins, who ran an illegal gambling operation. The couple, as well as other accomplices, decided to rob a widow who was rumored to have a large stash of cash in her home. Graham tricked her into letting them into her home by asking to use the phone. To stop the elderly lady’s shrieks, she bludgeoned her with her pistol and as a result killed her. The crew ended up overlooking the money and jewelry, and was caught a couple months later after somebody squealed. “Bloody Babs”, as the media called her, was sentenced to the gas chamber.
4. George Appel, 1928 (New York)
Last Words: “Well, gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Appel.”
While getting strapped to the electric chair, George Appel suddenly found the situation humorous, and delivered those infamous last words. These words quickly spread through the public and became more remembered than his actual crime. He was convicted of first degree murder for killing a police officer, although little is known about that murder.
5. James Lewis Jackson, 2007 (Texas)
Last Words: “Warden, murder me.” He then referred to Harris County (where he was convicted) as Sodom and Gomorrah, the biblical cities destroyed by God for their sins. “I’m ready to roll. Time to get this party started.”
In 1995, James Lewis Jackson married Sharon Jackson and became a father to two stepdaughters. Due to heavy drug use, he had trouble keeping a job. After struggling with the marriage and his wife threatening divorce, he ended up strangling her and her two daughters.
6. Robert Charles Towery, 2012 (Arizona)
Last Words: “I love my family. Potato, potato, potato.”
Robert Charles Towery was executed through lethal injecting, which is ironic considering he was charged for injecting battery acid into his victim before strangling him to death in a 1991 robbery. The victim was a philanthropist who loaned money to Towery on several occasions and used him as his mechanic. During Towery’s last moments he apologized to the victim’s family and cursed his bad mistakes. The potato reference was a secret message to his nephew. It is a sound that a Harley-Davidson motorcycle makes while the engine is idle, and was a way for saying that everything is okay.
7. George Engel, 1887 (Illinois)
Last Words: “Hurrah for anarchy! This is the happiest moment of my life.”
George Engel was a German immigrant who lost faith in the political process and joined the International Working People’s Association. In 1886 a big rally full of anarchists and labor activists turned violent when a bomb was thrown at the police, killing seven. Although nobody knew who threw it and Engel was at home playing cards, he was convicted of murder and went to the gallows.
8. Aileen Wuornos, 2002 (Florida)
Last Words: “Yes, I would just like to say I’m sailing with the Rock, and I’ll be back, like Independence Day with Jesus. June 6, like the movie. Big mother ship and all, I’ll be back, I’ll be back.”
With a father who was a child molester and hung himself in jail and a mother who abandoned her to the care of her grandparents, Aileen Wuornos’ childhood was a troubling one. By the age of 12, she was involved in drugs and sex. Later on she became a prostitute. She started her killing spree in 1989, murdering 7 men. She claimed she killed them out of self-defense, but in the end she was sentenced to death by lethal injection. The movie Monster was inspired by her life.
9. James French, 1966 (Oklahoma)
Last Words: “How about this for a headline for tomorrow’s paper? French fries.”
In 1958, James French murdered a driver who picked him up from hitchhiking. While serving his life sentence, he decided that he didn’t want to live anymore but was too afraid to end his own life. And so, he killed his inmate to compel the state to execute him by electric chair.
10. Johnny Frank Garrett, 1992 (Texas)
Last Words: “I’d like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my ass.”
Indicted for the rape and murder of a nun in 1981, Johnny Frank Garrett’s execution was a controversial one due to the fact that he was mentally handicapped and only seventeen when he was sentenced. He had a horrific childhood, and a mental health expert once described him as having “one of the most virulent histories of abuse and neglect...[he had] encountered in 28 years of practice.” There is a lot of speculation that he was innocent, since the crime was similar to other incidents that led back to a detained Cuban refugee.
11. Robert Alton Harris, 1992 (California)
Last Words: “You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper.”
In 1978, Robert Alton Harris and his brother, Daniel Marcus Harris, went to a fast food restaurant and abducted two teenage boys. They forced the boys to drive them to an isolated area, where Robert shot them. The brothers then used the stolen vehicle to rob a bank. They were discovered shortly afterward in their home and Robert was sentenced to the gas chamber while Daniel served six years in prison.
12. Richard Zeitvogel, 1996 (Missouri)
Last Words: “Keep the faith and rock on.”
Richard Zeitvogel was in jail for armed robbery and rape when he and his lover Frank Guinan fatally stabbed an inmate in 1981. However, it was Guinan who received the death sentence while Zeitvogel got life in prison. In an attempt to room with Guinan, Zeitvogel murdered another inmate with wire in 1984. He was later executed by lethal injection.
13. Patrick Bryan Knight, 2007 (Texas)
Last Words: “Not all of us are innocent, but those are. I said I was going to tell a joke. Death has set me free. That’s the biggest joke. I deserve this. And the other joke is that I am not Patrick Bryan Knight and y’all can’t stop this execution now. Go ahead, I’m finished.”
In 1991, Patrick Bryan Knight and an accomplice abducted a couple next door and locked them in their basement. The following night, Knight blindfolded them, drove them to a secluded area, and shot them. While awaiting his execution, he used websites and mail to ask for the best jokes he could use as his final statement. Although he received 1,300 jokes and was able to narrow it down to five, he ended up naming several inmates he believed were innocent and using his own joke.
14. Thomas J. Grasso, 1995 (Oklahoma)
Last Words: “I did not get my Spaghetti-O’s, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this.”
Thomas Grasso received the death sentence for strangling an elderly woman with Christmas lights during a robbery and 6 months later murdering an elderly man to steal his Social Security check. Although his last meal included four dozen steamed mussels and clams, a Burger King double cheeseburger, a half-dozen barbecued spare ribs and two strawberry milkshakes, he was disappointed that they substituted spaghetti for Spaghetti-O’s.
15. Grover Cleveland Redding, 1921 (Illinois)
Last Words: “I have something to say, but not at this time.”
Grover Cleveland Redding was mentally unstable, believing that he was the prince of Abyssinia and was on a mission to bring his people back to the homeland. He was sentenced to death for starting an anti-goverment riot, in which two of his followers were killed. We’re still all waiting to hear what he has to say.
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A Look Back: Ben Cauley on the plane crash that took the life of Otis Redding and members of the Bar-Kays
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A 2007 story on the lone survivor of the 1967 Otis Redding plane crash.
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the Wisconsin plane crash that took the life of Stax Records great Otis Redding. In 2007, Bob Mehr told the story of Ben Cauley, trumpet player for the Bar-Kays, who was the lone survivor of the crash. Cauley died in 2015. We give Mehr's story encore presentation today.
Sometimes, in his sleep, Ben Cauley still hears their cries -- the ones of his friends and band mates.
In dreams, he feels the rush of the lake's icy water, the chill of fear, and the helplessness and hurt that followed. When those moments come, alone in the darkness, he tries to think instead of the music they made together; he tries to conjure the sweet sounds of soul and Stax, the things that have sustained him all the years since.
To some, Ben Cauley is the answer to a tragic trivia question: the trumpeter was the sole survivor of the plane crash Dec. 10, 1967, outside Madison, Wis., that claimed eight people, including Stax Records star Otis Redding, and Cauley's Bar-Kays bandmates Phalon Jones, Carl Cunningham, Jimmy King and Ronnie Caldwell.
But in a greater sense, Cauley is the ultimate survivor -- someone who's become the living embodiment of both the triumph and tragedy of the Stax legacy.
On the eve of the crash's 40th anniversary, the 60-year-old Cauley sits in his home recording studio in Southeast Memphis with two of his daughters, Chekita Cauley-Campbell and Shuronda Cauley-Oliver, talking emotionally and candidly about his remarkable life. "I thank God," says Cauley of his unlikely survival. "He was there to help me."
For those inclined to believe in the sheltering hand of a Higher Power, Ben Cauley is as close to proof as you may ever find. Logic or luck doesn't fully explain how Cauley escaped the plane crash or the waters that nearly consumed him 40 years ago. Nor do they divine how, in later years, after suffering a massive stroke -- when none of his doctors thought he would live for more than a few days -- Cauley was soon up and playing his horn.
"Ben is a miracle," says his friend and fellow Stax Records alum, songwriter/producer David Porter. "It's really that simple."
Porter marvels not just at Cauley's resilience, but at how he continues to play and perform with the same exuberance and joy he exhibited on the Bar-Kay's delirious debut, the immortal "Soul Finger." "When you consider what he's experienced and yet he can still get up and have the kind of energy that entertains people," says Porter, "it's a true testament to what's inside of this guy."
"Ben is a trouper," adds his Bar-Kays bandmate James Alexander, who missed the ill-fated Redding flight. "He's a guy, almost like a cat: He has nine lives. He's had some terrible, traumatic experiences throughout his life. But he's always been the same Ben, hitting them high notes like he always does."
Like so many Stax stories, Ben Cauley's tale begins in South Memphis. Born in 1947, Cauley's musical grounding came as a child at the New Friendship Baptist Church, where and he and his mother sang in the choir.
Cauley first picked up trumpet in the seventh grade and soon fell in with a group of neighborhood kids and Booker T. Washington high school students, including guitarist Jimmy King, saxophonist Phalon Jones, drummer Carl Cunningham, guitarist Jimmy King, keyboardist Ronnie Caldwell, and bassist James Alexander. They formed a group called the Imperials, later changing their name to the Bar-Kays.
Cauley, who was a couple of years older than his bandmates, began attending LeMoyne College in 1965. At the same time, the mostly underage band became a favorite at late-night clubs like the Hippodrome, adding their flashy step and dance moves into a repertoire of R&B songs.
Released in the spring of '67, the group's debut single for Stax, "Soul Finger", would reach No. 3 on the Billboard R&B charts. Before long, the young Bar-Kays -- most of them, still in high school -- were a hit act, and being groomed to become Stax's second house band alongside Booker T. & the MGs.
It was around this same period that Stax's signature star, Otis Redding, caught the Bar-Kays in concert, and was taken by their sound.
"After our show he ran backstage, and said 'Y'all bad!'" recalls Cauley. "He asked about us doing some gigs. And we said we're still in school, so we can't go on weekdays. He said, 'I'll take care of that, I'll pick you up in my plane on Fridays.'"
That summer of '67, the Bar-Kays started their work backing Redding with a 10-night stand at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, and then proceeded to tour the country. The young, energetic Bar-Kays and the tireless Redding proved a perfect musical fit. "It was a match made in heaven," says Cauley.
That fall, Redding paused from the road to have some polyps removed from his throat, and to write and record what would prove to be his swan song, "(Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay."
In early December, Redding and the Bar-Kays were back out on the road, doing weekenders at colleges. They had three gigs booked between Dec. 8 and 10, 1967, and most of the entourage was traveling on Redding's new twin engine Beechcraft.
"The first job we did that weekend was in Nashville, at Vanderbilt University on Friday,"; says Cauley. "That next night was in Cleveland, Ohio. We filmed (the TV show) 'Upbeat,' and then played a concert. The next morning we got up real early to go to the airport, on the way to Madison."
Bar-Kays bassist James Alexander, who'd volunteered to return the band's rental car in Cleveland and hop a commercial flight to Wisconsin, dropped them off at the hangar.
Cauley remembers the cabin of the plane was especially cold that morning. "Carl (Cunningham) asked an attendant at the airport to crank up (the plane) so the cabin could warm up,"; says Cauley. "But (the attendant) told us he couldn't crank it up because the battery was kind of low. He said he'd rather have the pilot do it."
"We kinda looked at each other, as young fellows do, and said, 'The battery's low?' Like, what's going on? Five minutes after that, it got started -- but we were still thinking about that. But we took off going to Madison with no problems."
Flying on little rest from the previous night, the passengers soon drifted off to sleep. At around 3:30 p.m., just a few minutes outside of Madison, Cauley woke to the plane's violent shaking. What happened next, Cauley says, "is something I can never erase."
He recalls turning toward Phalon Jones. "Phalon looked out the window -- what he saw, I don't know -- but he just said, 'Oh no!' I remember I got up, unbuckled my seatbelt to see what it was. The next thing I remember, I came to and was in all this water."
The plane had gone into Lake Monona, on the banks of Madison, at a sharp 35-degree angle. Cauley was separated from the plane and thrown out of an opening in the fuselage.
But surviving the impact of the crash was only the first hurdle. Cauley, who'd never learned to swim, was now struggling in the waters of the frigid lake.
Somehow, in between blacking out and rising to the surface of the water, he'd gotten hold of a seat cushion, which was keeping him afloat. Amid the waves, he lost hold of the cushion, but then another cushion floated by and he grabbed onto it.
In the chaos, confusion and cold, he glimpsed some of his fellow passengers: Carl Cunningham surfaced for a moment without speaking; Ronnie Caldwell cried out for help. Cauley urged him to hold on, but his attempts to get to his bandmates were defeated by the hard, lapping waters.
"I saw Carl come out of the water, I saw (Redding's valet) Matt (Kelly) come up on the other side. I was conscious at that time," says Cauley."I didn't know it, but my head was swollen and bleeding, and I remember I had only one shoe..."
At this tiny detail, Cauley suddenly stops his narrative and drops his head. After a long silence, tears begin streaming down his face, and his body slumps, the weight of 40 years of pain bearing down on his shoulders.
His daughter Chekita, consoles him, his younger girl Shuronda brings him some tissues, as he struggles to continue.
The speed of the rescue team -- which got to the crash site in 17 minutes -- was probably the thing that saved Cauley. His body was perhaps a couple minutes away from going into hypothermia when he was pulled from the waters. The cause of the crash was never clearly determined. Cauley had escaped with relatively minor cuts on his head and his foot; the others -- including Redding and pilot Richard Fraser -- had not been so fortunate.
Taken to the hospital, Cauley was finally told that he'd been the only one to survive. "I kept asking, 'Are they alright?' And this guy just looked at me and said, 'Well, son, you're the only one alive.' Once he said that, I couldn't talk. I'd never been that way before in my life. I tried. I couldn't talk. I was shaking all over."
Waiting at the airport in Milwaukee, Alexander eventually got word of the accident and arrived in Madison to find Cauley laid up in a hospital bed. "He was in a total state of shock," says Alexander. "He was just laying there with his eyes open. He didn't really know he was there at that point."
In the wake of the accident, the entire Stax family was shaken to its core. The loss of Redding and the promising Bar-Kays was a devastating blow. As label co-founder Jim Stewart later put it, "The company was never the same to me after that."
After months of shock and mourning, Cauley and Alexander decided to try and pick up the pieces of their shattered lives and re-form the band. "A lot of our fellow musicians cared about the Bar-Kays," says Cauley. "A lot of them was crazy about us, and they helped us put the band back together."
Debuting in 1968, the reconstituted Bar-Kays were a successful group, recording and playing sessions at Stax and frequently heading out on tour with groups like the Temptations. But, Cauley, who had a growing family, left the band in 1972. "He didn't feel comfortable being gone on the road all the time," says Alexander, who continues to lead the Bar-Kays to this day.
Despite the lingering scars of his past, Cauley continued to work and perform, his horn in demand for sessions in Memphis, Muscle Shoals, even Nashville.
As the years passed, there was more sadness at Stax -- the company went bankrupt in 1975, and in 1989 they bulldozed the studio. That day, Cauley, stood outside playing a requiem on his trumpet.
And that year, Cauley faced another brush with death when he suffered an aneurysm and massive stroke. "I went to the hospital, they had this metal going through his entire skull holding his head up," says David Porter.
"They had given him three days to live after his stroke," says Cauley's daughter Chekita.
But, as if scripted, on that third day, Cauley recovered dramatically enough to leave the intensive care unit. "Still, he had to do total rehabilitation," she says, learning how to read, write, walk, dress himself, feed himself, all from scratch. They told him he'd never play the trumpet again."
On Cauley's first day home after months of rehab, he saw his trumpet lying on the couch. "Honestly, I didn't even know what it was. But I went over and picked it up and started playing -- ba-de-dum-dum-ba-dum-dum," says Cauley, aping the first notes of "Soul Finger."
In the difficult aftermath of his stroke, Cauley's musical future seemed limited. "He still wanted to perform but was not mobile enough to do a lot of touring," says Porter, who set up Cauley gigging as a kind of one-man band at his Da' Blues restaurant inside the Memphis International Airport. Porter credits the popularity of Cauley's performances there with helping make the airport's later musical makeover possible.
"In my mind Ben's success was a big reason why there was no hesitation in not only incorporating music in the airport, but building the whole airport around the credibility of Memphis music."
These days, Cauley has recovered almost fully from his stroke -- the only reminder is some occasional difficulty with his speech. In recent years he's become an important presence at the Stax Museum of American Soul, both at ceremonial functions and its school for children.
This year has been one of significant anniversaries for Cauley: the 40th anniversary of the plane crash, the 50th of Stax's founding, and his own 60th birthday, which his family -- which includes seven children from a pair of marriages -- celebrated by throwing a surprise party for him in October.
This past Monday, with the anniversary of the crash approaching, Cauley did something he long promised himself he'd do: he returned to Madison, to the site of the crash. There, he performed as part of a ceremony honoring Redding and the fallen Bar-Kays at the Monona Terrace, on the banks of the lake.
Dressed in a black suit, Cauley spoke of how he was "honored" to be there to remember his friends. He then played some trumpet and sang elegiac renditions of Redding's "Try A Little Tenderness" and "(Sittin On) The Dock of the Bay."
Several hundred people came and listened, and bathed him in appreciative applause. In a way, the experience seems to have been a catharsis, providing Cauley some measure of peace.
"Lord knows, it just really touched me to be there. You know, for a long time I used to tell my kids, 'One day I'm going back.' I just had to see the lake," says Cauley softly, his voice trailing off. "I had to see it."
Originally published December 9, 2007.
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