CONTENTS

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