Otis Clay - The Beginning: Got to Find a Way '1979 [2002]
Artist | Otis Clay Related artists |
Album name | The Beginning: Got to Find a Way |
Country | |
Date | 1979 [2002] |
Genre | Funk / Soul |
Play time | 00:51:17 |
Format / Bitrate | Stereo 1420 Kbps
/ 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps |
Media | CD |
Size | 322 mb (+3\%rec.) |
Price | Download $2.95 |
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Otis Clay made most of his best-known records in Memphis during the early 70s, but hes still universally hailed as Chicagos deep soul king. In a city filled to overflowing with legendary blues artists, Clay has become the proud standard-bearer for Chicagos enduring soul tradition. Like so many of his contemporaries, Clays intense vocal style reflects a gospel background. He made the secular jump in 1965, signing with Chicagos One-derful Records and issuing a series of gospel-tinged soul records that were a lot grittier than the customary Windy City soul sound. Clay inaugurated Atlantics Cotillion subsidiary in 1968 with a supercharged cover of the Sir Douglas Quintets Shes About a Mover, produced by Rick Hall in Muscle Shoals shortly before the singer joined forces with Hi Records boss Willie Mitchell. With the relentlessly driving Hi Rhythm Section in tow, Clay waxed his biggest seller in 1972, Trying to Live My Life Without You, later covered very successfully by Bob Seger. Although Clays tenure on Hi may have been his most commercially potent, he steadily recorded and gigged ever since. He is a genuine hero in Japan, where hes recorded two sizzling live albums filled with the churning grooves, punchy horns, and searing vocals that inevitably characterize the best deep soul – no matter where its recorded, a fact proved by another live set recorded in Switzerland in 2003, Respect Yourself, and released in 2005 by Blind Pig Records. In 2007, Clay returned to the studio and recorded the gospel album Walk a Mile in My Shoes on his Chicago-based Echo label. Tracks: 1. Got To Find A Way 2:37 2. Wrapped Up In Her Love 2:18 3. I Dont Know What Id Do 2:54 4. Cry Cry Cry 2:33 5. A Flame In Your Heart 2:57 6. Tired Of Falling In And Out Of Love 2:41 7. I Paid The Price 2:48 8. Im Satisfied 2:50 9. I Testify 2:21 10. Its Easier Said Than Done 2:53 11. I Lost Someone 2:55 12. Funny Life 2:46 13. This Love Of Mine 3:16 14. Nothing To Look Forward To 2:48 15. Come My Dear 2:23 16. Thats How It Is 2:38 17. Must I Keep On Waiting 2:40 18. Dont Pass Me By 2:43 19. Thatll Get You What You Want 2:17
Otis Clay
Album
- 2019 Ill Treat You Right
- 2016 Live In Switzerland, 2006
- 2007 Walk A Mile In My Shoes
- 2005 In The House
- 2005 Respect Yourself
- 1998 This Time Around
- 1995 You Are My Life
- 1993 The Gospel Truth
- 1992 I'll Treat You Right
- 1992 Ill Treat You Right
- 1989 The Only Way Is Up
- 1985 (1989) Soul Man: Live In Japan
- 1984/2018 Soul Man: Live In Japan
- 1979 [2002] The Beginning: Got to Find a Way
- 1972 [2006] Trying To Live My Life Without You
Live album