CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
The Big O
PROLOGUE
“It Was Music”
1
Son of a Preacher Man
2
Heebie Jeebies
3
Rockin’ Redding
4
“It’s Something Called Soul”
5
“A Lousy Singer”
6
“Wait, We Got Time for Another Kid”
7
Chops Like a Wolf
8
Turning the Knife
9
The King of Soul
10
Just One More Day
11
Crossing Over
12
The Whole Damn Body
13
Making the White Feel Black
14
“The Only Son-of-a-Gun This Side of the Sun”
15
London Calling
16
Peace, Love, and Otis Redding
17
Hard to Handle
18
“So I Guess I’ll Remain the Same”
19
Amen
EPILOGUE
“Wouldn’t That Have Been Somethin’?”
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index