"Poor Otis dead and gone . . . . . . . "*

Born on this day: September 9, 1941 - R&B vocal icon Otis Redding (born Otis Ray Redding, Jr. in Dawson, GA). Happy Birthday to “The Big "O”“ on what would have been his 76th Birthday.

Perhaps my favourite Otis Redding song . . . . . . ironically first heard by 'Willie and The Poorboys', Bill Wyman's first outing with people other than the Stones and sung really well by Paul Rogers I would place it along side the original but by preference take Otis any time. The first single I bought by him was 'Too Hard Too Handle"

thanks to the most excellent Jeff Harris' blog 'Behind The Grooves  On this day in Music History

*'Running Blue - The Doors          link

seems rude on his birthday but you make your own mind up . . .