OTIS REDDING The Dock Of The Bay

Song / Otis Redding and Steve Cropper

OTIS REDDING THE DOCK OF THE BAY ( ATLANTIC )

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With Steve Cropper making this tune, singing Otis
Redding(1941-1967) who was born in is Georgia Dowson
of the state, at the time of five years old, with the
family moved to Makon of the same state. He has sung
at the time of the teenager, as the chorus at the
church over there Sunday of local end talent of the
night in the Shaw contest won with 15 week continuation.
When 19 years old being, first recording was done in
the same group to the same year as the blues guitarist
of left-handedness who was known with Johnny Jenkins
southern concert including tour. Ballad tune "These
Arms of Mine", which he made with 21 years old became
a minor hit. While after that doing tour performance,
he did many recordings. He himself at that time makes
many tunes, also Steve Cropper and the other musician
and also the work is included in. After that Monterey
Pop Festival he sang, in the widely his name is known
pop scene of the white he became the way. in 1967
December 10th Otis Redding 26 year old, him and that
back band "The Bar-Kays" four names in member six of
band member, the small size which places all hands
seven the airplane Wisconsin state, crush near Lake
Monona. the survivor Ben Cauley of the band member
was only one person. in addition one person James
Alexander of the member because he rode the other
airplane, was safe. This tune "The Dock Of The Bay"
recording being something which is done three days
ago when the crush accident passes, is the tune where
release is planned in that next month. the corpse of
Otis Redding was buried in the vicinity of Makon of
that home Georgia. where it is sold in that postmortem
this tune became large hit tune, became that represen-
tative work even in sarcasm, came to the point of with
leaving the name of Otis Redding eternally. Here becomes
a digression, My favolite novel writer Mr,Jiro Asada
who got Naoki novel prize in Japan by "Poppoya(Railman)",
he wrote another novel "Kasumicho story", which have
drawn the encounter where the defective boy and the
rich family girl of the city of the protagonist are
faint in novel of the person, but that boy at the scene
which inquires about the "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay"
of this Otis Redding in the jukebox of the bar has become
intense impression. Everyone please read the numbers of
Jiro Asada's novel. Every novels are excellent they are.


Otis Redding( Official Site )

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Jiro Asada( Wikipedia )

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