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Interview by Steve Roeser, Rock's Backpages audio, 24 February 1990
'50s R&B King Otis talks about the songs: 'Willie and the Hand Jive', 'Hound Dog'; the artists: Little Esther, Etta James; his son Shuggie and music education; and he rails against the ravaged black ghettos, and the lie of "integration".
File format: mp3; file size: 31.4mb, interview length: 34' 17" sound quality: ****
Johnny Otis, Etta James: Johnny Otis on the early days of R&B
Retrospective and Interview by Jeff Calvin, Blues Revue, April 2000
IN ADDITION to the various musical hats he's worn over the past half-century, Johnny Otis is a painter, a sculptor, a conservationist, a businessman, a ...
Live Review by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 1986
"THE BARRELHOUSE used to be right down there on the northeast corner of Wilmington," Johnny Otis said Saturday afternoon, referring to the nightclub a ...
Obituary by Kirk Silsbee, LA Weekly, 19 January 2012
BANDLEADER, drummer/pianist, talent scout, club owner, broadcaster, recording executive, writer, and recording artist Johnny Otis passed away Jan. 17 at the age of 90 in ...
Johnny Otis: The Godfather of R&B
Retrospective by Bill Millar, Record Mirror, 29 July 1972
I THOUGHT Johnny Otis was suffering from over-exposure Dave Wolf who has drained his life savings to bring over Johnny's entire package thinks not. So ...
Profile and Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 4 August 1985
SOLOMON BURKE looked more like Don Corleone surveying his domain in The Godfather than a preacher preparing to conduct a recent late-afternoon service. ...
Profile and Interview by Don Snowden, New York Rocker, February 1982
IT'S BECOMING readily apparent that one salient characteristic of the first batch of Los Angeles bands (let's leave those lovable beach punks out of this) ...
Johnny Otis (1990) [transcript]
Audio transcript of interview by Steve Roeser, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 24 February 1990
This is a transcript of Steve's audio interview with Johnny. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...
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