September 9: Otis Redding was born in 1941 Otis Redding was soul, but Otis Redding was country, too. That was a point on which he always insisted, and that was the way others saw him. His strength was his simplicity, even if the simplicity was hard-won. The basis for his music was sincerity, not spectacular … Continue reading September 9: Otis Redding was born in 1941
September 9: Otis Redding was born in 1941
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September 23: Isaac Hayes released Hot Buttered Soul in 1969
September 23: Isaac Hayes released Hot Buttered Soul in 1969 This is one of my favorite soul albums ( I should do a post with a top 20 list…). It defines a new kind of soul at the end of the 60s into the 70s. It showed the way soul music would be heading in … Continue reading September 23: Isaac Hayes released Hot Buttered Soul in 1969
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October 1: The late Donny Hathaway was born in 1945
Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American jazz, blues, soul, and gospel vocalist and musician. Hathaway contracted with Atlantic Records in 1969 and with his first single for the Atco label, “The Ghetto, Part I” in early 1970, Rolling Stone magazine “marked him as a major new force in … Continue reading October 1: The late Donny Hathaway was born in 1945
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Etta James sings Bob Dylan
Etta James sings Bob Dylan The great late Etta James would have been 77 years old today we celebrate her here at Alldylan by presenting her Bob Dylan interpretations. As far as I know there are only two. Gotta serve somebody is good but Blowing in the wind has a strangely artificial drum sound. Listen … Continue reading Etta James sings Bob Dylan
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April 27: Bob Dylan – The 15th Infidels recording session in 1983
April 27: Bob Dylan – The 15th Infidels recording session in 1983 …..I did the album, and I call it that, but what it means is for other people to interpret, you know, if it means something to them. Infidels is a word that’s in the dictionary and whoever it applies to… to everybody on … Continue reading April 27: Bob Dylan – The 15th Infidels recording session in 1983
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August 21: Etta James released Tell Mama in 1968
August 21: Etta James released Tell Mama in 1968 Something told me it was over When I saw you and her talking. Something deep down in my soul said cry girl, When I saw you and that girl walking. I would rather, I would rather go blind, boy, Than to see you walk away from … Continue reading August 21: Etta James released Tell Mama in 1968
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