Otis Redding ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu fasaha da suka fito daga ƙungiyar kiɗan Kudancin Soul a cikin 1960s. Mai yin wasan yana da muguwar murya amma bayyananniyar murya mai iya nuna farin ciki, amincewa, ko ɓacin rai. Ya kawo sha'awa da mahimmanci ga muryoyinsa waɗanda kaɗan daga cikin takwarorinsa za su iya daidaitawa.
Ya kuma kasance hazikin marubucin waƙa tare da fahimtar yuwuwar ƙirƙira na tsarin rikodi. Redding ya zama sananne a cikin mutuwa fiye da na rayuwa, kuma ana sake fitar da rikodin nasa akai-akai.
Shekarun Farko da Farkon Otis Redding
An haifi Otis Ray Redding ranar 9 ga Satumba, 1941 a Dawson, Georgia. Mahaifinsa mai rabo ne kuma mai wa'azi na ɗan lokaci. Lokacin da mawaƙa na gaba ya kasance shekaru 3, danginsa sun koma Macon, suna zaune a cikin rukunin gidaje.
Ya sami ƙwarewar muryar sa ta farko a Cocin Baptist Baptist na Macon's Vineville, yana shiga cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa. Sa’ad da yake matashi, ya koyi buga gita, ganguna da piano. Yayin da yake makarantar sakandare, Otis ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar makarantar sakandare. Ya yi aiki akai-akai a matsayin wani ɓangare na watsa labarai na bisharar Lahadi a kan WIBB-AM Macon.
Lokacin da mutumin ya kasance ɗan shekara 17, ya yi rajista don nuna gwanintar matasa na mako-mako a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Douglas. Sakamakon haka, kafin a fitar da shi daga gasar, ya lashe babbar kyautar dala 15 sau 5 a jere. Kusan lokaci guda, mai wasan kwaikwayo ya bar makaranta kuma ya shiga The Upsetters. Wannan ita ce ƙungiyar da ta yi wasa tare da Little Richard kafin mai wasan pian ya bar dutsen ya mirgina don rera bishara.
Da fatan "ci gaba" ko ta yaya, Redding ya koma Los Angeles a 1960. A nan ya inganta fasahar rubuta waƙa kuma ya shiga cikin Shooters. Ba da daɗewa ba ƙungiyar ta fitar da waƙar She's Alright, wadda ta zama ta farko. Koyaya, nan da nan ya koma Macon. Kuma a can ya haɗu tare da mawaƙa Johnny Jenkins da ƙungiyarsa Pinetoppers.
Otis Redding Sana'a
Fortune ya fara murmushi ga mai zane a 1965. A cikin Janairu na wannan shekarar, ya fito da Wannan shine Yadda Ƙaunata ke Ƙarfafa, wanda ya zama bugun R&B. Kuma Mr. Pitiful ya rasa Pop Top 40 a lamba 41. Amma Na Dade Ina Son Ka (Don Dakatar Da Yanzu) (1965) ya kai lamba 2 a R&B, inda ya zama waƙar mawakin na farko da ya kai 40 na pop, inda ya kai lamba 21.
A ƙarshen 1965, Otis ya zama mai buri a matsayin mai zane. Ya mai da hankali kan basirar rubuta waƙa, koyan kunna gita kuma ya ƙara shiga cikin tsari da samarwa.
Mai zanen ya kasance mai yin raye-raye mara gajiyawa, sau da yawa yana yawon shakatawa. Ya kuma kasance hazikin dan kasuwa wanda ya gudanar da dakin waka kuma ya samu nasarar saka hannun jari a kasuwanni da kasuwanni. 1966 ya ga sakin Babban Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads kuma, tare da ɗan gajeren hutu, Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul.
Shahararriyar mawaki
A cikin 1966, Otis ya fito da sigar murfin murfi mai gamsarwa na Rolling Stones. Ya zama wani bugun R&B kuma ya jagoranci wasu suyi hasashen cewa mai yiwuwa mawakin ya kasance marubucin gaskiya na waƙar. A wannan shekarar, an ba shi lambar yabo ta NAACP kuma an yi shi a Whiskey A Go Go a Hollywood.
Redding shine babban ɗan wasan rai na farko da ya yi a wannan matakin. Kuma buguwar kide-kide ta kara masa suna a tsakanin masu sha'awar farar rock'nroll. A wannan shekarar ne aka gayyace shi zuwa kasashen Turai da Ingila, inda ya samu karbuwa sosai.
Buga kiɗan Burtaniya Melody Maker mai suna Otis Redding mafi kyawun mawaƙin 1966. Wannan wata girmamawa ce da Elvis Presley ya samu tsawon shekaru 10 a jere.
A cikin wannan shekarar, mai zanen ya fito da kundi guda biyu masu ƙarfi da haɓakawa: Kundin Soul da Cikakku da Kafirci: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul, wanda a ciki ya bincika waƙoƙin pop na zamani da tsoffin ƙa'idodi a cikin salon sa hannu mai ruhi. Kazalika wani yanki daga ƙamus na Soul (fassara mai ɗorewa na Gwada ɗan Tausayi), wanda ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da ya faru har yau.
Lokaci na ƙarshe na rayuwa da mutuwar Otis Redding
A farkon 1967, Otis ya shiga cikin ɗakin studio tare da tauraron rai Carla Thomas don yin rikodin kundi a matsayin Duo King & Sarauniya, wanda ya haifar da Tramp da Knock akan Wood hits. Sai Otis Redding ya gabatar da abokinsa, mawaki Arthur Conley. Kuma waƙar da ya samar don Conley, Sweet Soul Music, ya zama mafi kyawun siyarwa.
Bayan fitowar Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles) zuwa saman sigogi, kundin ya kasance kira mai ƙarfi don motsi na hippie. An yi wahayi zuwa Redding don rubuta ƙarin jigo da kayan buri. Ya tabbatar da sunansa da rawar gani a bikin Monterey Pop Festival, inda ya burge jama'a.
Sa'an nan mai zane ya koma Turai don ƙarin yawon shakatawa. Bayan dawowarsa, ya fara aiki akan sabbin abubuwa, gami da waƙar da ya ɗauka a matsayin ci gaba mai ƙirƙira, (Sittin'On) The Dock of the Bay. Otis Redding ya rubuta wannan waƙa a Stax Studio a cikin Disamba 1967. Bayan 'yan kwanaki, shi da tawagarsa sun tafi don yin jerin kide-kide a cikin Midwest.
A ranar 10 ga Disamba, 1967, Otis Redding da ƙungiyarsa sun shiga jirginsa don tafiya zuwa Madison, Wisconsin don wani wasan ƙwallon ƙafa. Jirgin ya fado a tafkin Monona da ke gundumar Dane a jihar Wisconsin saboda rashin kyawun yanayi. Hadarin dai ya yi sanadin mutuwar duk mutanen da ke cikin jirgin, in banda Ben Cauley na Bar-Kays. Otis Redding yana da shekaru 26 kacal.
Ikirarin Otis Redding bayan mutuwa
(Sittin'On) An buga Dock of the Bay a farkon 1968. Nan da nan ya zama babban abin bugu na mawaƙin, inda ya zarce jerin waƙoƙin kiɗan da kuma lashe lambobin yabo na Grammy guda biyu.
A watan Fabrairun 1968, an saki The Dock of the Bay, tarin wakoki da abubuwan da ba a saki ba. A cikin 1989, an shigar da shi a cikin Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. A cikin 1994, an shigar da mawaƙin a cikin BMI Songwriters Hall of Fame. A cikin 1999, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
