1. In 2013, Clay was inducted to the Blues Hall of Fame.
11 Facts About Otis Clay
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Otis Clay was born in Waxhaw, Mississippi, to a musical family, who moved in 1953 to Muncie, Indiana.
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Otis Clay moved to Mitchell's Hi Records in 1971, and made many of his best known soul blues records for the label.
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Otis Clay later recorded for the Elka and Rounder labels, as well as his own Echo Records for whom he recorded the original version of "The Only Way Is Up" in 1980.
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Otis Clay remained a popular live act in Europe and Japan, as well as the US, and recorded three live albums, Soul Man: Live in Japan, Otis Clay Live, and Respect Yourself, recorded live at the Lucerne Blues Festival in Switzerland.
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In 2010, Otis Clay was honored with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail in Waxhaw.
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Otis Clay was joined on stage for the finale by William Bell and Teenie Hodges.
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Otis Clay was one of the 2013 inductees to the Blues Hall of Fame.
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In 2015 Otis Clay published with Billy Price the album This Time For Real.
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On January 8,2016, Otis Clay died in Chicago, Illinois, at the age of 73 of a heart attack.
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Otis Clay's funeral was held on January 16,2016, at the Liberty Baptist Church in Chicago.