After a local Memphis radio DJ kept calling Otis Redding “Mr. Pitiful” due to the sad songs he sung, Otis responded by writing is soon-to-be hit song of the same name. Jimi Hendrix covered it.

Martin Scorsese produced a Seven-episode mini-series on the blues for PBS in 2003 simply called THE BLUES, which included Corey Harris, Taj Mahal, Othar Turner, Ali Farka Touré, and even Clint Eastwood.

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