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In Memoriam: John Hammond Jr., 1942–2026
John P. Hammond (aka John Hammond Jr.), a blues guitarist and singer who was one of the first white American…
An expanded and remastered two-disc collector’s edition of Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (Rhino) will be released April 22.
The first disc features a remastered version of the original album in mono expanded with previously unreleased alternate mixes of “Respect,” “Ole Man Trouble” and “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” as well as remastered tracks from Redding’s live album Live At The Whisky A Go Go.
The second disc contains a remastered version of the original album in stereo expanded with a version of “Respect” recorded in 1967, plus five songs recorded live in Europe the same year featuring Redding backed onstage by Booker T. and The MG’s and horn players Wayne Jackson, Joe Arnold and Andrew Love.
The 11-song album features a version of Solomon Burke’s “Down In The Valley,” B.B. King’s “Rock Me Baby,” William Bell’s southern soul ballad “You Don’t Miss Your Water” and covers of The Temptations’ “My Girl” and The Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction.”
More info: rhino.com
Hammond came to the blues through the folk boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s, which he experienced firsthand in New York’s Greenwich Village.
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John P. Hammond (aka John Hammond Jr.), a blues guitarist and singer who was one of the first white American…
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