Record Bin: How Otis Redding Remade Soul On "Otis Blue"

What is soul music? What are the defining characteristics of the genre? Are there any? Those are good questions and ones which don't necessarily have an easy answer. But if I had to choose any one person to ask these questions—and one who I'd swear by to answer honestly and accurately—it'd be Otis Redding. Without veering too far into hyperbole, Otis Redding personified the genre in a way that few other artists ever managed. His presence and vocal resonance hardly found an equal and the depth of feeling that he laid into every song made him one of the preeminent soul singers of his time. Born in Dawson, Ga., in 1941 and raised in Macon...

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