Otis Redding's definitive southern soul voice resonates down the years as a thing of profound beauty and unfathomable emotional depth. His unique vocal delivery gave Motown's pop artists a run for their money, while his stage presence matched pioneering funk magus - and fellow Georgia native - James Brown for sheer entertainment value. Crucial to the success of the Stax label, Otis quickly rose from obscurity to mainstream crossover success, chiefly thanks to his dizzying performance at the Monterey festival in 1967 - soon after which his life was tragically cut short in a plane crash. In this, the first serious book on the soul legend, Geoff Brown talks to Stax illuminati Booker T. Jones, Isaac Hayes and David Porter, plus many others, about Redding's tragically brief life and incredible talent, celebrated by his posthumous hit, (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, recorded just days before his death.