For this week's Nugget, I thought I'd pay tribute to a soul icon as we are coming up on the 40th anniversary of his death. Otis Redding was taken from this world far too soon and he had so much more to give. This clip gives you a small indication of how powerful an entertainer he was....this is taken from his legendary appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Recorded six months before his death in a plane crash in a Wisconsin lake, this shows Otis wowing the "love" crowd with his version of Sam Cooke's "Shake". Note that his backing band is the equally legendary Booker T. & The MGs.
Otis Redding would be turning 66 on Sept. 9.
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