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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
Paperback. "Evokes the fire of Redding.. Ribowsky tells the story with nonstop energy, while always probing for the larger social and musical pictures." -New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
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
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
326g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781631491931
SKU
V9781631491931
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About Mark Ribowsky
Mark Ribowsky is the author of fifteen books, including Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations, the New York Times Notable Book Don't Look Back: Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball, and, most recently, Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul. He lives in Florida.
Reviews for Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul
...lively and judicious account of the life of Otis Redding...
The Telegraph His [Ribowsky's] understanding of the music is exemplary...
Mojo 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 ... Read more
The Telegraph His [Ribowsky's] understanding of the music is exemplary...
Mojo 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 ... Read more