Home / Music / Booker T. & the M.G.'s backed The Immortal Otis Redding tooMusic linernotes album music otis-reddingBooker T. & the M.G.'s backed The Immortal Otis Redding tooAs with Redding’s previous records, he was backed by the Stax house band Booker T. & the M.G.’s. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesHow Otis Redding’s ‘King & Queen’ Pushed the Rolling Stones Toward Choirs and French HornsHow Otis Redding Turned Stones' 'Satisfaction' Into a Soul Anthem in 1965Otis Blue is one of the definitive soul albums of the 1960sOtis Redding recorded Otis Blue in under 24 hoursThree of the eleven songs on Otis Blue are Sam Cooke covers — a tribute to a friend killed months earlier.ExplorePauline Oliveros built Deep Listening around the accordionRashied Ali played drums on Coltrane's MeditationsSamantha Crain is a Choctaw Nation songwriter from OklahomaShuggie Otis produced Inspiration Information himself and played most of itSusanne Sundfør released The Brothel in March 2010Previous Booker T. & the M.G.'s recorded Soul Limbo at Stax Studios in Memphis.Next Booker T. & the M.G.'s backed Sam & Dave on 'Soul Man'