They told me in the record store that they had just put this out the same day that I found it. Good thing that I came along when I did. It might not have been there later that day.
I may have told this story here previously. I first heard Otis Redding on 1960's, AM-radio and his song: "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay." The radio DJ would say by the "Late Great Otis Redding." Being only ten or eleven years old at the time, I certainly understood that he just might be "great" but initially had no idea what the word "late" used in that way meant.
The song that was my introduction to his talent, while not on this record, is still a favorite to this day and can still often be heard being played on the radio. His voice is among the greatest ever!!
From starting out listening to my parents records to staying up late at night listening to the radio to being introduced to album collecting as a teenager to making mix-tapes and into the present, it seems that I've always been searching for and listening to music of widely varied genres. Here's an idea of what I've been hearing along the way ....
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Leo Kottke
Leo Kottke - 12 String Blues: Live at the Scholar Coffeehouse. On the Oblivion Recording Company label. From 1969. Found today at my old rec...
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'Floating' by Warren Bernhardt. From 1979, on vinyl. I read yesterday, that Warren Bernhardt had passed away a few days ago at 82 ye...
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Peter Gabriel - i/o. It's on order but won't arrive for a few more days. I'm considering taking the day off from work. I used to...
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