Sitting on the Dock of the Bay: Otis Redding returns to Macon
From: Philip Graitcer
Length: 00:05:34
For those growing up in the 1960s- Otis Redding's music said it all - love, happiness, and heartbreak. Although his career lasted less than a decade, Redding's music is still wildly popular - 40 years after his death. At the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon, Georgia - Redding's home town - they've opened the definitive exhibit on Redding, his life and his music.
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For those growing up in the 1960s- Otis Redding's music said it all - love, happiness, and heartbreak. Although his career lasted less than a decade, Redding's music is still wildly popular - 40 years after his death. At the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon, Georgia - Redding's home town - they've opened the definitive exhibit on Redding, his life and his music.
Broadcast History
WBHM - Sept 12, 2008
Transcript
SLUG: OTIS REDDING EXHIBIT
Philip L. Graitcer 404-872-7337
FOR WBHM
VO:4:11
TRT:5:35
Soul singer Otis Redding?s stardom was short; he died less than five years after his first hit. Today , September 9, Redding would have been 67, and at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon, there?s a special exhibit that celebrates his life.
Philip Graitcer was there.
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For anyone growing up in the 1960s, Otis Redding?s soul music said it all ? love, happiness, and heartbreak.
MUSIC BED: DREAMS TO REMEMBER?
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Redding?s death in 1967, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame had planned a modest exhibit of photographs.
But when Redding?s widow, Zelma, gave a couple of boxes of memorabilia to curator Ellen Fleurov, Fleurov quickly realized that she had the makings of something more than a photo show.
(ef1) there were documents and artif...
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Timing and Cues
Soul singer Otis Redding?s stardom was short; he died less than five years after his first hit. On September 9, Redding would have been 67, and at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon, there?s a special exhibit that celebrates his life and music.
Philip Graitcer was there.
[TAG is important - the exhibit, originally scheduled to close Sept 10, 2008, has been extended until April 19, 2009.]
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- credit: Jan Perrson (otis_redding_c_jan_perrson.jpg)
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