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Friday, March 14, 2008

Friday Now and Then

Although he died in a plane crash a year before I was born, I've always been drawn to the music of Otis Redding.
About 15 years ago, I really liked a song the Black Crows did called "Hard to Handle" and probably drove JL crazy playing it ALL the time.
I didn't even know it was a Redding song until sometime last week. I don't know how I ever missed it. Redding's version was released posthumously as a single when I was born.
Here are the two versions.
Enjoy:

5 comments:

Dan from Madison said...

Funny you didn't know that was an old Otis Redding song.

Love the Black Crowes, love Otis.

Random factoid: I am writing this about two miles from where his plane went down into the drink here in Madison.

In this photo it looks like you can see the capital building in the background:
http://media.commercialappeal.com/mca/content/img/photos/2007/12/07/j9ben3.jpeg

Dan from Madison said...
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Dan from Madison said...

The comments page is wonky, typical blogger. If you click on the post title, you get the complete link for the photo. If you are on the comments page, it cuts it off. Sigh.

Annie said...

Went straight to the image for me.
Thanks, Dan!

Gerry from Valpo said...

Good...Hard...Rock. So rare these days.