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

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

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Summary
  • "A soul icon and the southern music he helped popularize come to life in this moving requiem,"--Amazon.com
  • A soul icon and the southern music he helped popularize come to life in this moving requiem. When he died in one of rock's string of tragic plane crashes, Otis Redding was only twenty-six, yet already the avatar of a new kind of soul music. The beating heart of Memphis-based Stax Records, he had risen to fame belting out gospel-flecked blues in stage performances that seemed to ignite not only a room but an entire generation. If Berry Gordy's black-owned kingdom in Motown showed the way in soul music, Redding made his own way, going where not even his two role models who had preceded him out of Macon, Georgia--Little Richard and James Brown--had gone. Now, in this transformative work, author Mark Ribowsky contextualizes his subject's short career within the larger cultural and social movements of the era, tracing the crooner's rise from preacher's son to a preacher of three-minute soul sermons. This requiem is one of great conquest but also grand tragedy: a soul king of truth, a mortal man with an immortal voice and a pain in his heart. Now he, and the forces that shaped his incomparable sound, are reclaimed, giving us a panoramic of an American original who would come to define an entire era, yet only wanted what all men deserve--a modicum of respect and a place to watch the ships roll in and away again.--From publisher description
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxix, 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Introduction : The Big O
  • Prologue : "It was music"
  • Son of a preacher man
  • Heebie jeebies
  • Rockin' Redding
  • "It's something called soul"
  • "A lousy singer"
  • "Wait, we got time for another kid"
  • Chops like a wolf
  • Turning the knife
  • The King of Soul
  • Just one more day
  • Crossing over
  • The whole damn body
  • Making the white feel black
  • "The only son-of-a-gun this side of the sun"
  • London calling
  • Peace, love, and Otis Redding
  • Hard to handle
  • "So I guess I'll remain the same"
  • Amen
  • Epilogue : "Wouldn't that have been somethin'?"
Isbn
9780871408730
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Dreams to remember : Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the transformation of Southern soul
Title
Dreams to remember
Title remainder
Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the transformation of Southern soul
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Mark Ribowsky
Title variation
Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the transformation of Southern soul
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Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "A soul icon and the southern music he helped popularize come to life in this moving requiem,"--Amazon.com
  • A soul icon and the southern music he helped popularize come to life in this moving requiem. When he died in one of rock's string of tragic plane crashes, Otis Redding was only twenty-six, yet already the avatar of a new kind of soul music. The beating heart of Memphis-based Stax Records, he had risen to fame belting out gospel-flecked blues in stage performances that seemed to ignite not only a room but an entire generation. If Berry Gordy's black-owned kingdom in Motown showed the way in soul music, Redding made his own way, going where not even his two role models who had preceded him out of Macon, Georgia--Little Richard and James Brown--had gone. Now, in this transformative work, author Mark Ribowsky contextualizes his subject's short career within the larger cultural and social movements of the era, tracing the crooner's rise from preacher's son to a preacher of three-minute soul sermons. This requiem is one of great conquest but also grand tragedy: a soul king of truth, a mortal man with an immortal voice and a pain in his heart. Now he, and the forces that shaped his incomparable sound, are reclaimed, giving us a panoramic of an American original who would come to define an entire era, yet only wanted what all men deserve--a modicum of respect and a place to watch the ships roll in and away again.--From publisher description
Summary
The author of The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams discusses soul icon Otis Redding and the southern music he helped popularize
Writing style
Biography type
individual biography
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10426973
Cataloging source
DLC
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Ribowsky, Mark
Dewey number
  • 782.421644092
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
ML420.R295
LC item number
R53 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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True
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  • Redding, Otis
  • Soul musicians
  • Soul music
Target audience
adult
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Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the transformation of Southern soul
Label
Dreams to remember : Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the transformation of Southern soul, Mark Ribowsky
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-337) and index
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volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : The Big O -- Prologue : "It was music" -- Son of a preacher man -- Heebie jeebies -- Rockin' Redding -- "It's something called soul" -- "A lousy singer" -- "Wait, we got time for another kid" -- Chops like a wolf -- Turning the knife -- The King of Soul -- Just one more day -- Crossing over -- The whole damn body -- Making the white feel black -- "The only son-of-a-gun this side of the sun" -- London calling -- Peace, love, and Otis Redding -- Hard to handle -- "So I guess I'll remain the same" -- Amen -- Epilogue : "Wouldn't that have been somethin'?"
Control code
20400184
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxix, 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780871408730
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Lccn
2015009097
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn891611120
  • (OCoLC)891611120
Label
Dreams to remember : Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the transformation of Southern soul, Mark Ribowsky
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-337) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : The Big O -- Prologue : "It was music" -- Son of a preacher man -- Heebie jeebies -- Rockin' Redding -- "It's something called soul" -- "A lousy singer" -- "Wait, we got time for another kid" -- Chops like a wolf -- Turning the knife -- The King of Soul -- Just one more day -- Crossing over -- The whole damn body -- Making the white feel black -- "The only son-of-a-gun this side of the sun" -- London calling -- Peace, love, and Otis Redding -- Hard to handle -- "So I guess I'll remain the same" -- Amen -- Epilogue : "Wouldn't that have been somethin'?"
Control code
20400184
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxix, 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780871408730
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Lccn
2015009097
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn891611120
  • (OCoLC)891611120

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