Dreams to Remember by Mark Ribowsky

Dreams to Remember by Mark Ribowsky

When he died suddenly at the age of twenty-six, Otis Redding (1941–1967) was the conscience of a new kind of soul music. Berry Gordy built the first black-owned music empire at Motown but Redding was doing something as historic: mainstreaming black music within the whitest bastions of the post-Confederate south. As a result, the Redding story—still largely untold—is one of great conquest but grand tragedy. Now, in this transformative work, Mark Ribowsky contextualises Redding’s life within the larger cultural movements of his era. What emerges in Dreams to Remember is not only a triumph of music history but also a reclamation of a visionary who would come to define an entire era.

"A lot of familiar ground is inevitably covered, but Ribowsky is largely equal to the task of making it seem fresh again..He's especially good at the way the music business at the time was run…" -- Uncut
"Ribowsky tackles his subject matter with conviction and aplomb, reaffirming Redding's seismic role in Southern soul music..." -- Record Collector
"His [Ribowsky's] understanding of the music is exemplary..." -- Mojo
"...lively and judicious account of the life of Otis Redding..." -- The Daily Telegraph

Mark Ribowsky is a New York Times acclaimed, best-selling author of fifteen books, including biographies of Tom Landry, Al Davis, Hank Williams, and most recently, In the Name of the Father: Family, Football, and the Manning Dynasty. He lives in Florida.lorida.

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ISBN 13	9780871408730
ISBN 10	0871408732
Title	Dreams to Remember
Author	Mark Ribowsky
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	WW Norton & Co
Year published	2015-07-14
Number of pages	400
Prizes	Short-listed for Marfield Prize for Arts Writing 2015
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