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Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul
Mark Ribowsky
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Description for Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul
Hardcover. A soul icon and the southern music he helped popularize come to life in this moving requiem. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: AVGQ; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 38. Weight in Grams: 642.
When he died suddenly at the age of twenty-six, Otis Redding (1941–1967) was the conscience of a new kind of soul music. Berry Gordy built the first black-owned music empire at Motown but Redding was doing something as historic: mainstreaming black music within the whitest bastions of the post-Confederate south. As a result, the Redding story—still largely untold—is one of great conquest but grand tragedy. Now, in this transformative work, Mark Ribowsky contextualises Redding’s life within the larger cultural movements of his era. What emerges in Dreams to Remember is not only a triumph of music history but also a ... Read more
When he died suddenly at the age of twenty-six, Otis Redding (1941–1967) was the conscience of a new kind of soul music. Berry Gordy built the first black-owned music empire at Motown but Redding was doing something as historic: mainstreaming black music within the whitest bastions of the post-Confederate south. As a result, the Redding story—still largely untold—is one of great conquest but grand tragedy. Now, in this transformative work, Mark Ribowsky contextualises Redding’s life within the larger cultural movements of his era. What emerges in Dreams to Remember is not only a triumph of music history but also a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liveright
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
637g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780871408730
SKU
V9780871408730
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About Mark Ribowsky
Mark Ribowsky is a New York Times acclaimed, best-selling author of fifteen books, including biographies of Tom Landry, Al Davis, Hank Williams, and most recently, In the Name of the Father: Family, Football, and the Manning Dynasty. He lives in Florida.lorida.
Reviews for Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul
"A lot of familiar ground is inevitably covered, but Ribowsky is largely equal to the task of making it seem fresh again...He's especially good at the way the music business at the time was run…"
Uncut "Ribowsky tackles his subject matter with conviction and aplomb, reaffirming Redding's seismic role in Southern soul music..."
Record Collector "His [Ribowsky's] understanding ... Read more
Uncut "Ribowsky tackles his subject matter with conviction and aplomb, reaffirming Redding's seismic role in Southern soul music..."
Record Collector "His [Ribowsky's] understanding ... Read more