holy shit
Tell the Truth [Atco, 1970]Atlantic is obviously scraping bottom on Otis--there's nothing here I'd play to prove he was the greatest soul singer who ever lived, and several of the performances sound exploratory. But almost every track offers some special moment--the curly little horn part on "Give Away None of My Love," Otis's offer to bet "five dollars and a quarter or even more" on "Snatch a Little Piece," his tributes to fellow Maconites James Brown and Richard Penniman. And even when he's got-ta got-ta got-ta do his shtick he's one of a kind. B+
>>127851591Is this a good place to start with Otis Redding?
>>127851718Sure I guess. But he was a remarkably solid album artist for a soul singer of his time. All his albums are worth hearing, even the posthumous ones.
>>127851775Cool I’ll give it a listen then, thanks
Holy shit
>>127851718Otis Blue is 'the' Otis Redding album. After that I'd recommend Complete & Unbelievable, The Dock of the Bay, and The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads.
>>127851837What’s Otis at his most raw?
>>127851718I don't know. The third album I ever bought as a kid was picrel. The first was a John Michael Montgomery singles cassette, the second was an Elvis greatest hits CD album, the 4th was Rob Zombie's Hillbilly Deluxe, 5th Metallica's Load.
>>127851943>What’s Otis at his most raw?Possibly this for something more wild, intense, and unfiltered >>127851795https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8orLq4e75whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qidlSYZdAQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcSY5CrphpgFor something on the tender side there's this great performance from the OP concerthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJHD9SiI5YU
>>127851591For me, it's Solomon Burke
>>127851718In Person at the Whisky for me
>>127851943When he's getting penetrated in prison (and liking it)
