"I have a problem," joked Culpepper. "Al Green, Teddy Pendergrass and Otis Redding," said the performer, more directly honing in on his deepest inspirations and the artists he's channeling in the ...

His work is the musical bridge between Otis Redding, with whom the Bar-Kays ... be in demand as a session trumpet player on albums by Al Green, B.B. King, the Doobie Brothers and others.

Had he lived, The King Of Soul, Otis Redding, would have been 76 on 9 September 2017. To honour his memory, an all-star event featuring band colleagues Steve Cropper and Eddie Floyd, and like ...