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How to Write & Publish Books of Blues. Hopefully.

How to Write & Publish Books of Blues. Hopefully.

Nat Finn's first series of novels / new books

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Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul

September 6, 2017 By Finn Leave a Comment

Quite true, but the last album he records before his death is a duet album, “King & Queen,” with Carla Thomas. The rest are songs cobbled together after his death. Trust me, I wish there was more to write, review, and most importantly, hear. Otis’ life gives testament to the idea that you should do […]

Filed Under: Soul, The latest blues Tagged With: reviews

“The Soul Album,” Otis Redding’s 4th studio album.

September 4, 2017 By Finn Leave a Comment

I played “The Soul Album” for two months before soft reviewing it. I took it up and down California and Oregon, morning and night. I took it with me out drinking in Silicon Valley and walking abandoned train tracks along the Oregon Coast. I took it with me to the gym. I took it writing […]

Filed Under: Otis Redding - Facts, Discography, Bio, Streaming Music / Video, Notes..., Soul

Martin Rosenberg 2017-2018 World Traveling Adventure.

August 15, 2017 By Finn Leave a Comment

marty is traveling the world

Katie offered to help him take his spare bags to the car when I stopped her. “He’s gonna have to learn how to do it.” They were headed to OAK airport and late. In two hours Marty was flying out of Oakland, down to LAX for a connecting flight to New Zealand tonight. From there, […]

Filed Under: Inspirations, People Along the Way

Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul

July 19, 2017 By Finn Leave a Comment

Otis Blue does have as many originals as it does Sam Cooke covers (3), a fact that intrigues me. This album was cut 9 months after Sam Cooke passed away, but this was the second album Otis cut since Sam’s passing, the aforementioned “Soul Ballads”, and on it he had only recorded one Sam cover: […]

Filed Under: Otis Redding - Facts, Discography, Bio, Streaming Music / Video, Notes..., Sam Cooke, Soul Tagged With: reviews

The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads

July 14, 2017 By Finn Leave a Comment

Album Specs Released: March 1, 1965 Where Recorded: Stax Records. Memphis, TN Record Labels: Volt (Stax) / Alco (Atlantic) / Rhino (current. By Time / Warner – manufactured and marketed ) Produced by: Steve Cropper, Jim Stewart, Booker T & the MG’s Album Peak Chart: 147 on Billboard Pop Charts. Not sure about R&B charts. […]

Filed Under: Otis Redding - Facts, Discography, Bio, Streaming Music / Video, Notes..., Soul

Wolfgang’s music app is streaming free

July 13, 2017 By Finn Leave a Comment

wolfgang's music app logo - by wolfgang's vault

What is Wolfgang’s Music App? Wolfgang’s vault is named after Bill Graham’s collection. A huge warehouse holding Bill Graham’s tapes and memorabilia was sold off to Minnesota businessman William E. Sagan, who went into the business of digitizing the tape collection and selling the digital audio copies of the show, along with memorabilia, on his […]

Filed Under: Bay Area, Live, Music Apps

Where Otis Redding was born?

July 11, 2017 By Finn Leave a Comment

So, I did some digging. Here’s what I found: The answer: Otis Redding was presumed to have been born in his parents’home on the Laing plantation lands near Rt. 55 & County Rt. 3 around Clark’s Mill, Georgia, 7 miles south of Dawson, Georgia (9.3 miles from the center of Dawson). How did I find […]

Filed Under: Otis Redding - Facts, Discography, Bio, Streaming Music / Video, Notes..., Research

Is Otis Redding Alive? If not, how did Otis Redding die.

June 29, 2017 By Finn Leave a Comment

Cauley recalled the events of that tragedy in a 2014 interview with The Badger Herald: “I reached down and unbuckled my seat, I don’t know why, I just reached down and unbuckled it.” He added hearing the calls for help from Ronnie Caldwell & Carl Cunningham , but because Cauley himself couldn’t swim and was […]

Filed Under: Otis Redding - Facts, Discography, Bio, Streaming Music / Video, Notes...

Why Otis Redding is worth listening to, why I first started listening to him, and why I’ll never stop.

June 26, 2017 By Finn Leave a Comment

with friends at marina golden-gate rec area. Seriously, Sausalito is pretty much there.

Once in awhile, with family friends or fellow patrons at the pub, I get asked, “What got you into music?” My first deep dive into music started after I quit basketball in High School. It accompanied my deep dive into faith. The band I started with was the one who kept being played every thirty […]

Filed Under: Inspirations, Otis Redding - Facts, Discography, Bio, Streaming Music / Video, Notes..., Soul

First step / trick / advice to writing a book / novel

June 20, 2017 By Finn Leave a Comment

I have 2 books scattered unevenly throughout 5 books. I’m fresh off a near-6 year tech Odyssey and back on the shores of Ithaca. I still see the writing rust speckled about the floor when I get up from the table after another session. With all that little authority, the first piece of advice I […]

Filed Under: Fifth "First" Book, How to write a book

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