by
Otis Redding
- Record Label: Concord
- Release Date: Oct 28, 2016
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Nov 30, 2016He may be nearly half a century gone, but the music of Otis Redding remains in 2016 as thrillingly vital and perfect as the moment in which the words first left his lips. Live at the Whiskey a Go Go is a testament to his brilliance and status as the King of Soul and is thus, in a word, essential.
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Nov 4, 2016Like any live recording, this can never replicate the electricity in the intimate venue with Otis and his band firing on all cylinders but, all things considered, it’s as close as we’re likely to ever get.
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Nov 4, 2016Otis and his touring band rip it up and the excitable singer thrills, with what now reads like a greatest hits.
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Nov 4, 2016It remains exceptional because it captured a moment when a premiere showman worked his hardest to win over new fans. Decades later, these 1966 concerts at the Whisky A Go Go still possess the power to convert skeptics so seems that Otis Redding did indeed get his wish: He made one of the greatest albums that ever came out.
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Nov 14, 2016The sheer length and repetitions make end-to-end listening of these six sides something for the dedicated, but as a tribute to a still-missed talent, it testifies.
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MojoNov 4, 2016Onstage his confidence was sky-high, his command total, much as it was in the studio. [Dec 2016, p.105]