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“Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul” Album

Posted by on Apr 5, 2012 in Featured, Music | Comments Off on “Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul” Album

I think the honor of America’s greatest R&B singer probably belongs to Marvin Gaye. But who’s the runner-up? Maybe Sam...

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Americana: Fender Guitars

Posted by on Mar 12, 2011 in Americana | 1 comment

  Picture Leo Fender in his California electronics workshop in the late 1930s. Fixing phonographs, radios, and public address systems....

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Song: "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay"

Posted by on Jul 17, 2010 in Songs | Comments Off on Song: "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay"

Otis Redding died in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin just three days after overdubs of “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the...

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