Singer who followed legendary dad into music has died
Otis Redding III, who followed his dad into music, passed away in a hospital in Macon, Georgia at the age of 59.Redding was three years old when his dad Otis Redding was killed in a plane crash: “It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening.”
Redding was just three years old when his dad was killed in a plane crash in Wisconsin in December 1967. He and his sibling Dexter formed the band The Reddings, which produced six number-one albums in the 1980s.The renowned R&B and soul singer Eddie Floyd hired Redding as a guitarist when he was on a European tour., Redding recalled the moment when Floyd told him they would perform his father's 1967 iconic track The Dock of the Bay.He told WCSH: "No matter how hard I try to do my own thing, you know it's like 'sing one of your daddy's songs.
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