I still hope a company like Rhino or Hip-O-Select will re-issue albums from this funkoutfit , including Otis III ( on the right ) which played bass-in-ya-face , Dexter Redding ( on the left ) and their nephew/lead-vocalist Mark Lockett .
The album above was already their forlast album from 1985 .
It contains bumpers like the Larry Blackmon-produced In My Pants ,
Parasite , the catchy mid-tempo Third Party and a fine ballad Talk's All Over Town .






And what about the rest of their catalogue







I've seen a note on 1 of their Billboard ads ,
that there were videos made of Class + You're The Only One Did anyone ever see that




CLASS ( Is What You Got )

http://www.soulandfunkmus...1342850033








They did a European "Steamin Hot"-Tour in 1982 .
The Belgium Radioshow Funky Town broadcasted it .
It had a great speaking intro by the Tour-MC .

During a mysterious breeze-sound , the MC spoke : "It's steamin' hot on my right , it's steamin hot on my left .... OTIS III ! , DEXTER ! & MARK ! ... laydeez & gentz ! THE REDDINGS "

The big surprise was that Rick James was in the Audience that night .
Could have been around the same time when he played in Germany @ Rockpalast ( which now is on DVD ) .
Anyway , Rick joined them in the end onstage for a masterjam .













BACK TO THE BASICS

http://www.soulandfunkmus...=868643303



ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN

http://www.soulandfunkmus...=782448122




HAND DANCE

http://www.soulandfunkmus...d=16325566







In 1983 , the album above came out and they also cooperated on Tyrone Brunson's debut album Sticky Situation for RedLock-productions on the CBS-sidelabel Believe In a Dream Records .
( Another artist from that label was Lew Kirton )




The Smurf was Tyrone's biggest slammer and written by Otis,III .
Other tracks like Hot Line , I Need Love and Don't You Want It have the clear Reddings trademark-sound .










Another mention is the funkgroup Motivation with their album from 1983 .



Their track Motivation ( Are You Ready ) is an EXCACT Reddings clone-copied song . Worth to check for Reddings-fanatics .











This was their final album . 2 singles came from it ( So In Love With You and Call The Law )
After that , it became more silent .








Last signs i noticed was Otis III , his mother Zelma , Redding/nephew Mark Lockett , other family and close ones attending the memorial statue of Zelma's late husband in Gateway Park , Macon Georgia .
Otis III also did an Otis-Tribute Show in Europe .





Mark Lockett ( in the grey shirt ) behind Otis III ( in the black shirt ) , Zelma Redding speaking , and others .

http://www.otisredding.co...index.html



They once sang You Can Be A Star ... they sure were and still are ... RESPEK !

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CinisterCee said:

http://www.soulandfunkmus...1104773981

http://www.soulandfunkmus...1103292517

Class
Main Nerve
Hand Dance
You're the Only One

...i grooved to these all the time back in the day.

CinisterCee said:

oooh...you're right. That is funny.
Must have been when the ad world was caught up in subliminal-seduction.

Don't know if they fully got the point of it though. Or maybe they did.

"Remote Control" (1980)

The Reddings had some jams. My favorites are:

I Know You Got Another
Remote Control
You Can Be A Star
Steamin' Hot

I had completely forgotten about "Class" until I saw the picture of the 45. I'm sure they had some other jams I would remember if they would release a greatest hits compilation.