OTIS REDDING: (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay


Music video from the new DVD'Dreams To Remember: The Legacy of Otis Redding'by Reelin' In The Years ProductionsVISIT: http://... DVD features 16 complete performances by Otis along with brand new interviews with Stax musicians Steve Cropper, Wayne Jackson, Stax Records founder Jim Stewart and Reddings wife Zelma. Release date Sept 18, 2007.Music video Directed&Edited by Bob SarlesProduced by Ravin' FilmsVISIT: http://... Redding wrote this song while living on a houseboat in Sausalito on the San Francisco Bay. We discovered the actual spot where Otis' housboat was berthed, and shot new Super8 footage from the spot for use in this video. Thanks to Anne Garfield, Joel Selvin and Bill Belmont. Otis recorded this song shortly before his tragic death. Steve Cropper finished production on the song after Otis' plane went down. Released posthumously, it was Otis' biggest hit ever. Enjoy!







Channel: Music
Uploaded: August 3, 2007 at 1:16 am
Author: bsarles

Length: 00:02:53
Rating: 4.92
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SickGuy747 (December 3, 2008 at 2:37 am)
Flawless
jbaker45885 (December 2, 2008 at 7:54 pm)
Otis left us too soon ,but he did leave 2 talented sons, Dexter&Otis Redding,III.Over the past 30 years or so i've had the opportunity to play some dates with them,you need to hear these young men. WFR,III.
lvail92 (December 2, 2008 at 3:33 pm)
Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 December 10, 1967) was an American soul singer. According to the website of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (where he was inducted in 1989), Redding's name is "synonymous with the term soul, music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm and blues into a form of funky, secular testifying
vogliovolare75 (December 2, 2008 at 3:24 pm)
canzone intramontabile.grande Otis!!

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