MOMENTS
MOMENTS OF THAT JOB INCLUDING A RUN-IN WITH AN AND A MAN AND
HIS CHAINSAW.
HIS CHAINSAW. >>> 50 YEARS AGO TODAY, THIS
SONG, SITTING ON THE DOCK OF
THE BAY SHOT TO NUMBER ONE ON
THE RECORD CHARTS, THE MAN WHO
COWROTE AND SANG THIS WAS OTIS
REDDING WHO DIED IN A PLANE
CRASH ONE MONTH BEFORE THE SONG
WAS RELEASED.
WAS RELEASED. >> HIS SON IS PLAYING A BENEFIT
FOR GO BIG 400 TONIGHT AT THE
PORTLAND HOUSE OF MUSIC AND HE
DROPPED BY OUR STUDIO TO PLAY
HIS FATHER'S SONG, AN AMERICAN
CLASSIC.
CLASSIC.
♪THEN
♪THEN I
♪THEN I WATCHED THEM ROLL AWAY AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. SITTING ON A DAY, WATCHING THE
TIDE ROLE OF A. SITTING ON THE
TOP OF THE DAY, WHAT A WASTE OF
♪I
♪I LEFT
♪I LEFT MY HOME IN GEORGIA, HEADING FOR THE FRISCO BAY.
I HAVE NOTHING TO LIVE FOR, IT
LOOKS LIKE NOTHING IS GOING TO
COME MY WAY.
SO, SITTING ON THE DOCK AT THE
END OF THE DAY.
WATCHING THE TIDE ROLL AWAY.
SITTING ON THE DOCK AT THE END
OF THE DAY, WHAT A WASTE OF
♪LOOKS
♪LOOKS LIKE NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE.
TO CHANGE. EVERYTHING STILL REMAINS THE
SAME.
SAME.
SAME. I
SAME. I CAN'T DO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE
TELL ME TO DO, SO IT JUST
REMAINS THE SAME.
SITTING HERE, HOPING THAT THIS
WILL LEAVE ME ALONE.
1000 MILES I'VE ROAMED.
I WANT TO MAKE THE STOCK MY
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. NOW
HOME. NOW I AM JUST SITTING ON THE
DOCK AT THE END OF THE DAY.
WATCHING THE TIDE ROLL AWAY.
SITTING AT THE END OF THE BAY.
WHAT A WASTE OF TIME.
♪
♪ >>
♪ >> PRETTY COOL STUFF.
HE WAS ONLY THREE WHEN HIS
FATHER DIED.
FATHER DIED. WE ASKED HIM WHAT PROMPTED HIM
TO TRY HIS HAND IN MUSIC.
>> SHORTLY AFTER MY FATHER
PASSED AWAY MY MOTHER BOUGHT MY
BROTHER A GUITAR.
I AM LEFT-HANDED AND HE IS
RIGHT-HANDED.
RIGHT-HANDED. I PICKED IT UP AND I FELT IT
AROUND.
AROUND.
AROUND. A
AROUND. A COUPLE YEARS LATER WE PUT A
GARAGE BAND TOGETHER AND BY THE
TIME I WAS 13 WE WERE DOING GIGS
AND WE HAD THIS FUNNY LOOKING
SUIT ON.
SUIT ON.
SUIT ON. >> HAD THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?
>> AT THE TIME I DID NOT KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT IT, IT WAS JUST
A BLUR.
A BLUR.
A BLUR. THERE WAS NEVER EVEN THINK
ABOUT BEING SHY OR NERVOUS.
PEOPLE WOULD ALWAYS ASK AM I
NERVOUS?
NERVOUS?
NERVOUS? THIS IS WHAT WE WANTED TO DO.
THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A THING
ABOUT WHAT WE WERE GREAT ABOUT.
WE ARE TO GROW INTO IT.
THE WHOLE SOUL THING DID NOT
COME OUT UNTIL AFTER THE BAND
WAS READY.
WAS READY. WE DID SIX HOURS AS A FUNK BAND
AND DID REALLY GOOD AND WE HAD
A CHANCE TO GET INTO THE SOUL
PART OF MUSIC.
>> I READ THAT YOUR FAVORITE
SONG BY YOUR FATHER IS A POEM
THAT WAS WRITTEN BY YOUR MOTHER
FOR YOUR FATHER.
YOU WERE THREE YEARS OLD WHEN
YOUR FATHER PASSED.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. >> HOW DID YOUR MOTHER KEEP
THINGS GOING?
THINGS GOING? >> MY MOTHER EVEN HAD WORKED AT
A BOOKING AGENCY.
THIS WAS THE MAIN ROCK AGENT
AND FROM THERE SHE HAD A RECORD
SHOP CALLING IT THE BIG RECORD
SHOP.
SHOP.
SHOP. SHE
SHOP. SHE TOLD HIM THAT SHE HAD A
POEM AND SHE WANTED HIM TO LOOK
AT IT.
AT IT.
AT IT. HE
AT IT. HE TOOK A LOOK AT THE POEM AND
HE TOOK IT AWAY FROM HER AND
WAS LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT WRITING SONGS.
>> AFTER HE PASSED AWAY, SHE
DID NOT KNOW THAT IT CANNOT.
>> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT YOUR
BAND, YOU ACTUALLY HAD SUCCESS.
IT IS NOT AFTER THAT UNTIL YOU
FOUND YOUR MUSICAL JOURNEY?
>> YES, WHEN WE HAVE OUR BAND
AND OUR RECORD DEALS, IT WAS
NOTHING TO DO ABOUT SOUL MUSIC
AT ALL.
AT ALL.
AT ALL. WE WERE EMULATING BROTHERS
JOHNSON, EARTH WIND AND FIRE.
MY BROTHER AND I GREW UP
LISTENING TO STANLEY CLARK AND
WE WERE VERY MUSICAL WITH A
TOUCH OF JAZZ.
WE WERE JUST IN THE FRONT.
AFTER THAT CAME TO AN END AND
WE GOT OUR FIRST GIG AFTER THAT.
THEY TOOK ME TO BB KING AND
MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS. THEN, EDDIE FLOYD, SIX MONTHS
LATER TOOK ME TO EUROPE AND SAID
HE CAN PLAY GUITAR WITH ME, BUT
HE SAID I HAD TO SING A FEW OF
MY DAD.
MY DAD.
MY DAD. >> YOU SAID YOU WILL TONIGHT.
AND HE STARTED PUSHING ME AND I
GOT A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE.
IT WAS NOT UNTIL THEN THAT I
REALLY STARTED TO PLAY.
>> WHAT YOU DO NOW IS WORK WITH
YOUNG MUSICIANS THROUGH THE
OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION WHICH
YOU ARE VERY INVOLVED IN AND IT
IS PRIMARILY A CAMP FOR KIDS TO
GO TO TO LEARN ABOUT ALL
ASPECTS OF MUSIC RIGHT?
>> YES, MUCH RESPECT TO MY
SISTER CARLA AND MY MOTHER WHO
ACTUALLY STARTED THE FOUNDATION
11 YEARS AGO.
IT IS AMAZING, WE HAVE A SUMMER
CAMP FOR TWO WEEKS THIS YEAR WE
HAD 67 KIDS AND WE WILL TAKE
THEM IN, SET UP DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS AND MOSTLY AT THE
UNIVERSITY IN GEORGIA.
I WILL TAKE IT TO MY STUDIO AND
WE WILL BREAK THEM UP IN GROUPS
AND LET THEM WRITE SONGS.
>> WHAT YOU TRY TO PASS ON TO
THOSE KIDS?
THOSE KIDS? >> I TRY NOT TO BE SO NEGATIVE,
BUT I JUST KEEP IT STRAIGHT.
I SAY LISTEN, YOU HAVE TO GO UP
AND THEN COME DOWN.
YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO ACCEPT
REALITY, NOT EVERYONE WILL TELL
YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR.
YOU WILL NOT ALWAYS END UP
WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.
YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP THE
PASSION FOR IT AND GET AND
WHERE YOU IT IN.
THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
>> YOU ALSO HAVE HAD HIGHS AND
LOWS TO YOUR JOURNEY.
WHAT ARE THE BIG QUESTIONS WE
HAD FOR YOU WAS HOW HAVE YOU
BEEN ABLE TO FIND YOUR OWN PATH
AND BE COMFORTABLE IN YOUR OWN
SKIN?
SKIN?
SKIN? YOU
SKIN? YOU HAVE THIS NAME THAT YOU
HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH.
>> MOST OF IT IS JUST HAVING TO
HUMBLE MYSELF, BE VERY PROUD OF
WHO I AM AND BE THANKFUL FOR
THE LEGACY THAT MY FATHER LEFT.
I TRIED TO DO MY OWN THING, BUT
THEY WANT ME TO ALWAYS SING ONE
OF MY DAD SONGS.
I LIVE WITH IT.
I DO NOT PUT MY STUFF IN ANY
PRESSURE BEGGING FOR RECORD
DEALS.
DEALS.
DEALS. WHEN YOU TAKE IT EASY AND LET
THINGS COME THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO,
YOU WILL APPRECIATE IT A LOT
MORE AND YOU ARE NOT STRESSED
OUT ABOUT IT.
>> FOR A WARM KIND AND HUMBLE
GUY, IS A SUCH A GREAT PLEASURE
TALKING TO YOU.
>> HE IS PERFORMING TONIGHT AND
THE MUSIC BEGINS IN TWO HOURS
AT 9 PM.
AT 9 PM.
AT 9 PM. OTHER PERFORMERS INCLUDE
YOUNGER BLOODS, HANDBLOWN,
RODNEY AND COSMO