The fifth of what will hopefully be many memories from a life of both rock and roll, not to mention radio, television, drinking, and debauchery. Shall we begin?
Archive for Otis Redding
TIME MACHINE TUESDAY NUMBER 5 – Earth or Urth?
Posted in Fiction, life, music, Opinion with tags Beatles, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elvis, music, Otis Redding, Radio Zombie, segarini, Tuesday Time Machine, Urth on March 31, 2020 by segariniPat Blythe: St. Paul & The Broken Bones AND The Julian Taylor Band AND The Toronto Urban Roots Festival!
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Al Gamble, Alan Branstetter, Andrew Lee, Ben Griner, Billboard 200, Bob Boilen, Bob Segarini, Browan Lollar, CBS This Morning Saturday, Darryl Weeks, David Engle, David Letterman, DBAWIS, Derek Giberson, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fort York, Garrison Common, Half The City, James Brown, Jarrod Ross, Jeremy Elliott, Jesse Phillips, John Pagnotta, Josh Piche, Julian Taylor, Julian Taylor Band, Lee's Palace, Little Richard, Norman Ryan, NPR Morning Edition, Ol 'Elegante Studios, Otis Redding, Pat Blythe, Paul Janeway, Rolling Stones, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, StageFright Publicity, Staggered Crossings, StagX, Tech Noir, The Horseshoe Tavern, The Picture Taker, The Secret Dangers, Thirty Tigers, Toronto Urban Roots Festival, Traci Thomas, TURF, Warner Music Canada, Wilco on September 23, 2015 by segarini
I “discovered” these guys buried in one of the DBAWIS columns a few months ago. I have since hunted down as many videos as I can find to listen to them. Their performance on The Letterman show is still one of my favourites.
Roxanne Tellier: The Forgotten Man
Posted in Opinion with tags Ahmet Ertegun, Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Records, Bang Records, Barbara Lewis, Ben E. King, Bert Berns, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Big Mama Thornton, Bob Segarini, Bow Wow Wow, Brill Building, Carole King, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donal Carvin, Edwin Starr, Ellen Willis, Ellie Greenwich, Erma Franklin, Ilene Berns, Janis Joplin, Jerry Ragovoy, Jerry Wexler, Jian Ghomeshi, Joel Selvin, Leiber and Stoller, Neil Diamond, Otis Redding, Phil Medley, Phil Spector, Roxanne Tellier, Signature Theatre, Solomon Burke, Sonny Franceze, The Animals, The Beatles, The Drifters, the Isley Brothers, the Jarmels, The Rolling Stones, Them, Tommy Vastola, Twist and Shout, Van Morrison, Warner Brothers, Web IV publishing on September 7, 2014 by segarini
Imagine, if you will … writing not one, not two … but literally dozens of top ten hits, for groups as diverse as The Beatles, Solomon Burke, Edwin Starr, the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin and Barbara Lewis. Yeah, that’s lightning, baby …
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 