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Henderson Thigpen, Deanie Parker, Bobby Manuel, and Eddie Floyd, the songwriters of Stax.

The Secret Sound of Stax

The rediscovery of demos performed by the songwriters of the legendary Memphis recording studio reveals a hidden history of soul.

by Burkhard Bilger via The New Yorker on May 29, 2023

Musicians and producers around a soundboard listening to a recording.

How Stax Records Set an Example for America

Nelson “Little D” Ross talks soul and significance with music historian Robert Gordon.

by Robert Gordon, Nelson Ross via The Bitter Southerner on February 11, 2014

How Isaac Hayes Changed Soul Music

The political rumblings beneath his 1969 album, "Hot Buttered Soul."

by Emily J. Lordi via The New Yorker on October 1, 2019

Otis Redding

Inside Otis Redding's Final Masterpiece '(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay'

Co-writer Steve Cropper and other collaborators take a new look back at the legendary song, recorded just weeks before the singer’s tragic 1967 death.

by Stuart Miller via Rolling Stone on December 10, 2017

Otis Redding

Five Magnificent Years

A recent Otis Redding biography examines what was and what could have been, 50 years after tragedy struck.

by Geoffrey O'Brien via New York Review of Books on September 10, 2017

Dave Prater and two others

You Don't Know What You Mean To Me

Who was Dave Prater?

by Jonathan Bernstein via Oxford American on February 2, 2016

In Memory of Otis Redding and His Revolution

The legacy of the talented singer, songwriter, and producer who died at age twenty-six.

by Jonathan Gould via The New Yorker on December 10, 2017

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