The Otis Redding I Knew
uncredited writer, Hit Parader, June 1968
interview with Steve Cropper
MY ORIGINAL feeling for Otis wound up to be my final feeling for Otis. He was a pure man. Anything you say about him has to be good. He was a good person.
Total word count of piece: 1518
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