OTIS REDDING - CIGARETTES AND COFFEE

CIGARETTES AND COFFEE

OTIS REDDING

SONGWRITERS: EDDIE THOMAS; JAY WALKER; JERRY BUTLER & OTIS REDDING

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE SOUL ALBUM

LABEL: VOLT RECORDS

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 1966

 

          Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. Redding's style of singing gained inspiration from the gospel music that preceded the genre. His singing style influenced many other soul artists of the 1960s.

            Redding was born in Dawson, Georgia, and at the age of 2, moved to Macon, Georgia. Redding quit school at age 15 to support his family, working with Little Richard's backing band, the Upsetters, and by performing in talent shows at the historic Douglass Theatre in Macon. In 1958, he joined Johnny Jenkins's band, the Pinetoppers, with whom he toured the Southern states as a singer and driver. An unscheduled appearance on a Stax recording session led to a contract and his first single, "These Arms of Mine", in 1962.

             Stax released Redding's debut album, Pain in My Heart, two years later. Initially popular mainly with African-Americans, Redding later reached a wider American pop music audience. Along with his group, he first played small shows in the American South. He later performed at the popular Los Angeles night club Whisky a Go Go and toured Europe, performing in London, Paris and other major cities. He also performed at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.

        Shortly before his death in a plane crash, Redding wrote and recorded his iconic "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" with Steve Cropper. The song became the first posthumous number-one record on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts. The álbum The Dock of the Bay was the first posthumous album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart. Redding's premature death devastated Stax. Already on the verge of bankruptcy, the label soon discovered that the Atco division of Atlantic Records owned the rights to his entire song catalog.

          Redding received many posthumous accolades, including two Grammy Awards, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame. and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In addition to "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," "Respect" and "Try a Little Tenderness" are among his best-known songs.

          The Soul Album is the fourth studio album by American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding, released in 1966.

It's early in the morning

About a quarter till three

I'm sittin' here talkin' with my baby

Over cigarettes and coffee, now

And to tell you that

Darling i've been so satisfied

Honey since i met you

Baby since i met you, ooh

 

All the places that i've been around

And all the good looking girls i've met

They just don't seem to fit in

Knowing this particularly sad, yeah

 

But it seemed so natural, darling

That you and i are here

Just talking over cigarettes and drinking coffee, ooh now

 

And whole my heart cries out

Love at last i've found you, ooh now

And honey won't you let me

Just be my whole life around you

And while i complete, i complete my whole life would be, yeah

If you would take things under consideration

And walk down this hour with me

And i would love it, yeah

 

People i say it's so early in the morning

Ou, it's a quarter till three

We're sittin' here talkin'

Over cigarettes and drinking coffee, now, lord

And i'll like to show you, well

I've known nothing but good old joy

Since i met you, darling

Honey since i've met you, baby yeah

 

I would love to have another drink of coffee, now

And please, darling, help me smoke this one more cigarette, now

I don't want no cream and sugar

'Cause i've got you, now darling

But just let me enjoy

Help me to enjoy

this good time that we'll have, baby

It's so early, so early in the morning

So early, so early in the morning

And i've got you

And you've got me

And we'll have each other

And we don't, we don't want nothing but joy, y'all

Nothing but joy...