Otis Redding
Booker T. Jones Reflects On His Life in Music
Jones' band, Booker T. & the MG's, composed the instrumental classic, "Green Onions," and played background to Otis Redding. His new memoir is Time is Tight. Originally broadcast March 26, 2007.
New Janis Joplin Biography Reveals The Hard Work Behind The Heart
In the 1960s, Janis Joplin was an icon of the counterculture, a female rock star at a time when rock was an all-boys' club.
The Mysterious Case of Arthur Conley, Otis Redding's Protege.
Singer Conley had a number of hits before disappearing in the '70s, a few years after his mentor Redding died in a plane crash. So where did he go? To Europe, where he changed his name.
The Soul Singer Who Never Quite Made It.
There was a time when people in the know in Memphis described James Govan as Otis Redding's natural successor. A new compilation collects some of his unreleased recordings.
The Definition of the Contemporary Soul Man.
Rock historian Ed Ward pays tribute to Otis Redding.