James Alexander is one of the original members of the Bar-Kays, “To travel with Otis Redding, to just be involved ... be remembered for the rich musical legacy they left behind.

It’s quite staggering to think that Otis Redding’s signature song ... as a matter of fact, after Redding and most of the Bar-Kays perished in a plane crash en route to a gig.

Otis Redding, 26 years old, a former well-driller from Macon, Georgia, died in a plane crash in an icy Wisconsin lake on December 10. With him were the five teen-age members of the Bar-Kays ...

The Legacy of Otis Redding’s Posthumous Hit ... be his biggest posthumous hit in 1967 while touring with the Bar-Kays. His fame had started to grow stateside, and countless fans were ...

On board were soul music pioneer Otis Redding and his backing band The Bar-Kays. Tragically, Redding, his 17-year-old valet, the plane’s pilot and four members of the Bar-Kays, the oldest aged ...

He was grateful for Otis Redding’s enduring legacy, he said ... Mr. Cauley was a trumpet player with the Bar-Kays and helped rebuild the R&B group after the accident. “Beale Street Dynasty ...

Like, the story of the Bar-Kays is really unbelievable, right? Like, very sadly, most of your band had died in a plane crash, the plane crash that also killed Otis Redding, five years before this ...

things were going swimmingly for the Bar-Kays. While they were still finishing high school, their first single, “Soul Finger,” made it onto the Billboard Hot 100. Even better, Otis Redding ...

Arrangements will be announced at a later date.” Redding was three years old in 1967 when his father Otis and four members of the Bar-Kays band died in a plane crash outside Madison, Wisconsin.

Redding passed away on Dec 10, 1967, in a plane crash over Wisconsin at 26. The kind and generous legacy of Otis Redding lives on in the community through The Otis Redding Foundation. Redding ...