Otis Redding yog ib qho ntawm cov neeg ua yeeb yam muaj txiaj ntsig tshaj plaws los tawm ntawm Southern Soul music zej zog hauv xyoo 1960. Tus neeg ua yeeb yam muaj lub suab ntxhib tab sis qhia tau hais tias muaj kev xyiv fab, kev ntseeg siab, lossis kev mob siab. Nws coj kev mob siab rau thiab mob siab rau nws lub suab uas qee tus ntawm nws cov phooj ywg tuaj yeem sib phim.
Nws kuj yog ib tus kws sau nkauj zoo nkauj nrog kev nkag siab txog kev muaj tswv yim muaj peev xwm ntawm cov txheej txheem kaw. Redding tau lees paub ntau dua hauv kev tuag ntau dua li hauv lub neej, thiab nws cov ntaub ntawv kaw tseg tsis tu ncua.
Xyoo Thaum Ntxov thiab Pib ntawm Otis Redding
Otis Ray Redding yug lub Cuaj Hlis 9, 1941 hauv Dawson, Georgia. Nws txiv yog ib tug sharecropper thiab qhia ib nrab sij hawm. Thaum yav tom ntej tus neeg hu nkauj yog 3 xyoos, nws tsev neeg tau tsiv mus rau Macon, nyob hauv ib qho chaw nyob.
Nws tau txais nws thawj lub suab lus ntawm Macon's Vineville Baptist Church, koom nrog pawg hu nkauj. Thaum nws tseem hluas, nws kawm ntaus guitar, nruas thiab piano. Thaum nyob hauv tsev kawm ntawv theem siab, Otis yog ib tug tswv cuab ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv theem siab. Nws ua tsis tu ncua raws li ib feem ntawm txoj moo zoo Hnub Sunday sawv ntxov tshaj tawm ntawm WIBB-AM Macon.
Thaum tus txiv leej tub muaj 17 xyoo, nws tau kos npe rau ib lub lim tiam ntawm cov tub ntxhais hluas txuj ci yeeb yam ntawm Douglas Theatre. Yog li ntawd, ua ntej nws raug tshem tawm ntawm kev sib tw, nws yeej qhov khoom plig tseem ceeb ntawm $ 15 5 zaug ua ke. Nyob ib ncig ntawm tib lub sijhawm, tus neeg ua yeeb yam tawm hauv tsev kawm ntawv thiab koom nrog The Upsetters. Qhov no yog pab pawg uas ntaus nrog Little Richard ua ntej tus pianist tawm pob zeb thiab dov los hu nkauj txoj moo zoo.
Cia siab tias yuav "tau ua ntej" qee yam, Redding tsiv mus rau Los Angeles xyoo 1960. Nyob ntawd nws honed nws cov txuj ci sau nkauj thiab koom nrog Shooters. Tsis ntev tom qab lub band tso tawm zaj nkauj She's Alright, uas tau los ua lawv thawj zaug. Txawm li cas los xij, tsis ntev nws rov qab mus rau Macon. Thiab nyob ntawd nws tau koom nrog guitarist Johnny Jenkins thiab nws pawg Pinetoppers.
Otis Redding Kev Ua Haujlwm
Hmoov zoo pib luag nyav ntawm tus kws kos duab hauv xyoo 1965. Thaum Lub Ib Hlis Ntuj ntawm tib lub xyoo, nws tau tso tawm Qhov ntawd Yog Qhov Kuv Txoj Kev Hlub Zoo Li Cas, uas tau dhau los ua R & B ntaus. Thiab Mr. Txaus siab nco Pop Top 40 ntawm tus lej 41. Tab sis Kuv Tau Hlub Koj Ntev Ntev (Tsi Nres Tam Sim No) (1965) mus txog No. 2 hauv R&B, dhau los ua tus neeg hu nkauj thawj zaug ntaus tus pop saum 40, peaking ntawm No. 21.
Thaum xyoo 1965, Otis tau dhau los ua ib tus kws kos duab. Nws tsom ntsoov rau nws cov txuj ci sau nkauj, kawm ntaus guitar thiab koom nrog ntau dua hauv kev npaj thiab tsim khoom.
Tus kws ua yeeb yam yog ib tus neeg ua yeeb yam tsis muaj zog, feem ntau ncig xyuas. Nws kuj yog ib tug neeg txawj ntse ua lag luam uas khiav lub suab paj nruag studio thiab ua tiav kev nqis peev hauv vaj tse thiab kev ua lag luam. 1966 pom qhov kev tso tawm ntawm The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads thiab, nrog kev so me, Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul.
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Nyob rau hauv 1966, Otis tso tawm ib tug bold cover version ntawm lub Rolling Stones txaus siab. Nws tau dhau los ua lwm R & B ntaus thiab ua rau qee tus xav tias tus neeg hu nkauj yuav yog tus kws sau nkauj tiag. Nyob rau hauv tib lub xyoo, nws tau txais qhov khoom plig NAACP thiab ua yeeb yam ntawm Whisky A Go Go hauv Hollywood.
Redding yog thawj tus neeg ua yeeb yam tseem ceeb ua yeeb yam ntawm theem no. Thiab qhov kev hais kwv txhiaj buzz tau txhawb nws lub koob npe nrov ntawm cov pob zeb dawb 'n' yob kiv cua. Nyob rau hauv tib lub xyoo nws raug caw mus ncig teb chaws Europe thiab lub tebchaws United Kingdom, qhov chaw uas nws tau txais kev txaus siab heev.
British suab paj nruag tshaj tawm Melody Maker hu ua Otis Redding tus neeg hu nkauj zoo tshaj plaws ntawm xyoo 1966. Qhov no yog kev qhuas uas Elvis Presley tau txais 10 xyoo ua ke.
Nyob rau hauv tib lub xyoo, tus kws kos duab tso tawm ob lub suab paj nruag muaj zog thiab eclectic: Tus Ntsuj Plig Album thiab Ua tiav thiab Tsis Txaus Ntseeg: Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul, nyob rau hauv uas nws tshawb nrhiav cov suab paj nruag niaj hnub thiab cov qauv qub hauv nws qhov kos npe ntawm tus ntsuj plig. Raws li ib tug excerpt los ntawm phau ntawv txhais lus ntawm Soul (ib tug mob siab rau txhais lus ntawm Sim a Me Tenderness), uas tau dhau los ua ib qho ntawm nws cov hits loj tshaj plaws rau hnub tim.
Lub sijhawm kawg ntawm lub neej thiab kev tuag ntawm Otis Redding
Thaum ntxov xyoo 1967, Otis tau mus rau hauv lub studio nrog lub hnub qub Carla Thomas los sau cov nkauj ua tus duo King & Poj huab tais, uas tau tsim ntau yam Tramp thiab Knock on Wood hits. Tom qab ntawd Otis Redding qhia nws tus protégé, tus hu nkauj Arthur Conley. Thiab cov suab nkauj nws tsim rau Conley, Sweet Soul Music, tau los ua tus muag khoom zoo tshaj plaws.
Tom qab kev tso tawm ntawm Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles) mus rau sab saum toj ntawm cov kab kos, cov nkauj hu ua nrov nrov rau hippie zog. Reddding tau txais kev tshoov siab los sau cov ntaub ntawv thematic thiab xav tau ntau dua. Nws tau txhim kho nws lub koob npe nrov nrog kev ua yeeb yam hnyav ntawm Monterey Pop Festival, qhov chaw uas nws nyiam cov neeg coob coob.
Tom qab ntawd tus kws kos duab rov qab mus rau Tebchaws Europe rau kev ncig xyuas ntxiv. Thaum nws rov qab los, nws tau pib ua haujlwm ntawm cov khoom tshiab, suav nrog ib zaj nkauj uas nws suav tias yog kev muaj tswv yim zoo, (Sittin 'On) Dock of the Bay. Otis Redding tau kaw zaj nkauj no ntawm Stax Studio thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 1967. Ob peb hnub tom qab, nws thiab nws pab neeg tau mus ua yeeb yam hauv Midwest.
Thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 10, 1967, Otis Redding thiab nws pab pawg tau caij nws lub dav hlau mus rau Madison, Wisconsin rau lwm lub club gig. Lub dav hlau poob rau hauv Monona Lake hauv Dane County, Wisconsin vim huab cua phem. Qhov kev sib tsoo tau thov lub neej ntawm txhua tus neeg caij nkoj, tshwj tsis yog Ben Cauley ntawm Bar-Kays. Otis Redding tsuas yog 26 xyoo xwb.
Posthumous lees txim ntawm Otis Redding
(Sittin 'On) Dock of the Bay tau luam tawm thaum xyoo 1968. Nws tau dhau los ua tus kws kos duab loj tshaj plaws, ua rau cov kab kos duab pop thiab yeej ob Grammy Awards.
Thaum Lub Ob Hlis Ntuj xyoo 1968, Cov Dock of the Bay, ib phau ntawm cov nkauj thiab cov nkauj uas tsis tau tso tawm, tau tso tawm. Xyoo 1989, nws tau raug coj mus rau hauv Pob Zeb thiab Roll Hall of Fame. Xyoo 1994, tus neeg hu nkauj tau raug coj mus rau hauv BMI Songwriters Hall of Fame. Xyoo 1999, nws tau txais Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
