By Rosalind Cummings-Yeates
REMEMBERING OTIS
I
f you ever saw Otis Clay perform, you
were graced with both the dynamic
showmanship of a classic soul-blues
belter and the open-hearted humility of a
faithful gospel singer. It’s significant that
Otis smoothly straddled both ends of the
blues spectrum-pouring out gritty vocals
of love and life with a