Man, that flyer they show at 6:41 for the July 4th 1963 show at the Paramount in NYC is just unreal. Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson, Lloyd Price, and Wilson Pickett... all on the same bill for five bucks. Talk about a time travel show!
Jim Morrison did an a Capella tribute to Otis Redding on the soft parade album just before the Runn’in Blue track. The Doors and Otis played the Whiskey a Go Go in LA playing on the same bill. Imagine watching those 2 legendary acts in the same nights. He was only 26 but Otis will never forgotten. What a voice, so handsome, so talented and so charismatic. 🙏❤️🎵.x
I was reading the morning paper on the bus to work....and saw a small article that made my heart sink. I was a big Otis fan, "These Arms Of Mine" was and still is my fav Otis song.....still have all my LPs. I guess I was 21 when he died, 76 now. Thx so much!
What's REALLY sad is that nearly 100% of them were WARNED not to fly (due to bad weather). If ONLY they had listened...or taken a commercial flight. This includes Otis, Patsy Cline, Buddy Holly(with The Big Bopper and Richie Valens)...among others. It was so cold that day that ICE on the wings most likely caused the crash of Otis' plane.
True, the battery was not the cause of the crash...but God was using the weak battery to try and warn them it was not safe to fly that route at this time...but they went ahead anyway and look what happened, they iced up and went into the water...I'm not saying God was involved in this way or not...thats the opinion of the writer of the comment you responded to...I'm just trying to explain it incase it was misunderstood, that's all.
@@davidmoser3535 Their SECOND warning was from the airport: "DO NOT FLY BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS BAD." So...they chance it and their wings ice over and they crash. Can't say that they were NOT warned! It's happened to so many artists...Patsy Cline, Buddy Holly(with the Big Bopper and Richie Valens)...among many others. It's called "get there-itis." Very sad.
Thank you for posting this. It’s crazy to hear he was the only one who couldn’t swim and wasn’t wearing his seatbelt, yet he was the only one that survived.
Certain folks have a natural buoyancy to float up no matter what. Likewise, that cold water can paralyze your muscles so whether you can swim has no bearing.
@Cb88x Respectfully, I disagree. I don't think that there's anything wrong with questioning God, as long as it's done with respect. There are so many, many things beyond our understanding, so I don't see any harm in asking for answers in situations that we just don't understand.
BORN AND RAISED IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK CITY I WAS 9 YEARS OLD THAT DAY I REMEMBER GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL AND MY MOTHER HAD ALL 4 HER CHILDREN SITTING AT THE TABLE EATING BREAKFAST WATCHING THE NEWS AND TELLING US THAT THE RECORD SITTING ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY WOULD BE ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVER RIP MOTHER RIP OTIS
My dad saw him at Leo’s Casino and broke down crying by the time he got into the house just as he found out about it. I was 3 years old and I remember him talking about it.
RIP.....BIG O.....I saw this the day after his death. I was stationed at Fort Hancock, D Battery, in Hazlet N J. Jeff Kutash and the Upbeat dancers....I was heartbroken watching him knowing what had happened
Mine and Otis Redding's roots started in the same Macon, Ga. Dirt. Much of his music is the soundtrack to some of my best and most cherished memories. ❤️
Hello ma Cauley my name is Leo green I was on the show with you and Otis in Cleveland Ohio I was singing with a group I don't know if you recall we will call the Imperial wonders we were on that show at Leo's Casino I never forget that because I remember one of the members I don't know if it was you but somebody came out and we were standing outside in front of Leo's Casino and he said he looked up in the sky and said something is not right that was a Saturday night after that show we did one show with y'all I don't know if you remember my group it was five of us we would like pattern ourselves after the Temptations I was one of the lead singers in the group but said this to many people that we were the last act that work with y'all that night before all this died on the plane so I was reaching out to you maybe this can get to the gentleman who interviewed you but I remember that my heart was broken we woke up the next morning it was and we were wild we were so hurt about that just want you to know that that my condolences goes out to the family and to you and to those families of the Bar-Kays who passed away I'm here in Las Vegas now living in Las Vegas anyone would like to reach me you can reach out to me I was a big fan of Otis Redding he was one of the singers that I looked up to but again it's great to know it was a blessing for you to be alive it wasn't your time to go hope all is well peace
Hi Leon. Thanks for sharing this. Is there a good way to contact you? I'm working on a film about the original Bar-Kays who backed Otis that night. Ronnie from the band was also my cousin, and looking for anyone who saw them. Thanks!
I live in Madison, have for all 41 years of my life. Until today I had no idea 1 survived. Someone posted the front page of local paper from that day on fb.. sad and amazing, his story. Thank you for this video only about 5 min. In
I remember I was in Homer Louisiana on vacation when I first head Sitting On The Dock of The Bay I loved it immediately my Great Grandfather who I'd never seen buy a record before kept playing it over and over again I didn't realize he was sad because Otis had died
There are a lot of great male soul singers who absolutely deserve their flowers in perpetuity but to me the two that were most undeniably singular monolithic talents were Otis Redding and Sam Cooke. No one else has or ever will naturally replicate the sound of their singing voices, both are and will remain utterly unique! Unfortunately they also share the tragic similarity of having both died far too young. They had so many songs left to sing...
THIS IS MY FAVORITE SINGER MR DAWSON'S GEORGIA BORN AND RAISE IN DAWSON GA ONE AND ONLY MR OTIS REDDING ONE POWERFUL SINGER WITH A WONDERFUL VOICE MISS YOU DEARLY RIP MY BROTHER OLE MAN TROUBLE AND SITTING ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY PAIN IN MY HEART ♥ SO MANY NUMBER ONE 1⃣ LOVE 😍 YOU OTIS REDDING
It’s amazing to see this video. My grandmother was a HUGE Otis fan. She played him on 8-track in her car and on LPs on her record player, so of course I love his music. She used to talk about how devastated she was when she heard he’d died in a plane crash. I stream Otis Redding in my car, so decades later my kids love his music too. The tradition continues!
Can you imagine how many more lovely songs we would have had if he had lived to middle age? We lost several artists very young but thankfully their recordings are timeless.
Wow just tuned onto this and I never seen this Otis Redding footage before! Amazing show! The band and Otis perfection! Thanks for this post. Otis way ahead of time! He and Sam Cooke his idol
Otis was was truly a super talent, when he toured Europe he took the performance over the top every night. His death broke millions of hearts , I hear Dock of the Bay and tear up. It all comes back , where I was and how shocking he died so tragically by drowning. Music has never been the same since we lost Otis . A piece of our innocents gone .
I remember Booker T & MG’s they are from Houston ❤ what I love Band members could play really really good and they all got along. So sad and tragic 😢 some members of the band was hesitant I was always told follow first mind 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 RIP to all who parishad & Ben
Booker T. & The MGs are a Memphis band actually. The only member that wasn't 100% born and raised there IIRC was Steve Cropper, who is a fellow Missourian by birth, but even he moved there from the Ozarks of Southern Missouri with his family at nine. Easy mistake to make though, those guys toured like crazy all over the country in the sixties and built enough of a live following that every show must have felt like a hometown gig. Super talented musicians and one of my favorite backing bands ever, they could make anybody fronting them absolutely shine on stage or in studio, not to take anything away from what a great act they were in their own right. Just absolute legends, especially the Booker, Steve, Duck Dunn, and Al Jackson line up, so good!
so sad for this man have heard a video that Steve Cropper was supposed to be on the plane but he and Duck Dunn were in the studio finishing Dock Of The Bay Ducks bass was on the plane
Otis Redding had a great commanding singing voice like non other. As pointed out at the age of 26 year’s old, Ottis sang with conviction and genuine heart filled delivery of every performance. It is abundantly clear Ottis possessed a high level of control and Emotional intelligence like no other before him and since him. My first awareness of Ottis Redding was listening to Sitting on the Dock of the Bay via radio. My life has been so enriched by just this One song. Excellent content, Thanks
🤔🤔MAN something about his last song and the way he died don't feel right to me 🤫and then at 26🙆🏾♂️ I liked that song but always felt different than his other songs 🙆🏾♂️or it may be just me 🤔
Ronnie Caldwell, the keyboard player in the original Bar-Kays, was white. So was Ron Gorden (still alive), the keyboard player in the re-formed Bar-Kays from 1968 to 1970. Gorden went on to work in Stax's graphics department, where he helped design the iconic fold-out album cover for Isaac Hayes' "Black Moses".
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Man, that flyer they show at 6:41 for the July 4th 1963 show at the Paramount in NYC is just unreal. Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson, Lloyd Price, and Wilson Pickett... all on the same bill for five bucks. Talk about a time travel show!
🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
Worth $51 in today’s money. Still a bargain though.
@@Trollbot007 51 dollars wouldnt even cover the beer tab at any show today
@@patrickderp1044I'm hip! 51 dollars 😅🤣
@@Trollbot00751 dollars? More like 51 hundred dollars
Jim Morrison did an a Capella tribute to Otis Redding on the soft parade album just before the Runn’in Blue track. The Doors and Otis played the Whiskey a Go Go in LA playing on the same bill. Imagine watching those 2 legendary acts in the same nights. He was only 26 but Otis will never forgotten. What a voice, so handsome, so talented and so charismatic. 🙏❤️🎵.x
I was reading the morning paper on the bus to work....and saw a small article that made my heart sink. I was a big Otis fan, "These Arms Of Mine" was and still is my fav Otis song.....still have all my LPs. I guess I was 21 when he died, 76 now. Thx so much!
My favorites " Pain in my heart" Security" " Sad Song"
I'm with you on "These Arms of Mine" 😉 😎 😉
I was born in September...it seems like all their deaths are numerical
So many GREAT stars have died young in plane/car crashes all that talent lost forever so very sad ..
What's REALLY sad is that nearly 100% of them were WARNED not to fly (due to bad weather). If ONLY they had listened...or taken a commercial flight. This includes Otis, Patsy Cline, Buddy Holly(with The Big Bopper and Richie Valens)...among others. It was so cold that day that ICE on the wings most likely caused the crash of Otis' plane.
October 3, 1947
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Died September 21, 2015 (aged 67), Blessing in your memory Ben.
The information I was looking for. Thank you!!
I didn't know their was a survivor you never heard about him for whatever reason Rest in Peace Ben.
The trouble with the battery was God's sign to leave that trip alone
BS BATTERY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH CRASH
Sure is right. With god warning you that it not safe you will last a long life.😊
True, the battery was not the cause of the crash...but God was using the weak battery to try and warn them it was not safe to fly that route at this time...but they went ahead anyway and look what happened, they iced up and went into the water...I'm not saying God was involved in this way or not...thats the opinion of the writer of the comment you responded to...I'm just trying to explain it incase it was misunderstood, that's all.
True. I believe in "signs," too...and that was theirs. Plus, they were warned at the airport not to fly.
@@davidmoser3535 Their SECOND warning was from the airport: "DO NOT FLY BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS BAD." So...they chance it and their wings ice over and they crash. Can't say that they were NOT warned! It's happened to so many artists...Patsy Cline, Buddy Holly(with the Big Bopper and Richie Valens)...among many others. It's called "get there-itis." Very sad.
Thank you for posting this. It’s crazy to hear he was the only one who couldn’t swim and wasn’t wearing his seatbelt, yet he was the only one that survived.
Certain folks have a natural buoyancy to float up no matter what. Likewise, that cold water can paralyze your muscles so whether you can swim has no bearing.
That was God!
@@jesusislord3321 Where was god for the ones who died?
@@PhilMoskowitz it was all their time. But not bens. It be like that. Don’t question God. Ever.
@Cb88x Respectfully, I disagree. I don't think that there's anything wrong with questioning God, as long as it's done with respect. There are so many, many things beyond our understanding, so I don't see any harm in asking for answers in situations that we just don't understand.
There are always signs, we get signs whether we pay attention or not but we get signs
Love this. I was only 12 yrs. old when Otis Redding passed away. Never got to see him perform live. History and records are so important!
BORN AND RAISED IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK CITY I WAS 9 YEARS OLD THAT DAY I REMEMBER GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL AND MY MOTHER HAD ALL 4 HER CHILDREN SITTING AT THE TABLE EATING BREAKFAST WATCHING THE NEWS AND TELLING US THAT THE RECORD SITTING ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY WOULD BE ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVER RIP MOTHER RIP OTIS
Your dear mother was certainly right...that IS one of the greatest songs ever and always will be
Thank you for sharing Mr Cauley. I’m could only the imagine the trauma it brought upon you life.
Thank you Mt Cauley. God bless you for sharing. I’m sure this wasn’t easy and a traumatic time in your life.😢
AMEN…..🙏🏿
Excellent Interview with Ben! I enjoyed the music of Otis Redding and The Barkays. Rest in Heavenly Peace.
My dad saw him at Leo’s Casino and broke down crying by the time he got into the house just as he found out about it. I was 3 years old and I remember him talking about it.
RIP.....BIG O.....I saw this the day after his death. I was stationed at Fort Hancock, D Battery, in Hazlet N J. Jeff Kutash and the Upbeat dancers....I was heartbroken watching him knowing what had happened
Thank you for taking the time to bring this to us. I enjoyed watching.
Very descriptive, well produced and informal. Ottis voice is timeless
Rip ben cauley❤❤❤
Mine and Otis Redding's roots started in the same Macon, Ga. Dirt. Much of his music is the soundtrack to some of my best and most cherished memories. ❤️
Hello ma Cauley my name is Leo green I was on the show with you and Otis in Cleveland Ohio I was singing with a group I don't know if you recall we will call the Imperial wonders we were on that show at Leo's Casino I never forget that because I remember one of the members I don't know if it was you but somebody came out and we were standing outside in front of Leo's Casino and he said he looked up in the sky and said something is not right that was a Saturday night after that show we did one show with y'all I don't know if you remember my group it was five of us we would like pattern ourselves after the Temptations I was one of the lead singers in the group but said this to many people that we were the last act that work with y'all that night before all this died on the plane so I was reaching out to you maybe this can get to the gentleman who interviewed you but I remember that my heart was broken we woke up the next morning it was and we were wild we were so hurt about that just want you to know that that my condolences goes out to the family and to you and to those families of the Bar-Kays who passed away I'm here in Las Vegas now living in Las Vegas anyone would like to reach me you can reach out to me I was a big fan of Otis Redding he was one of the singers that I looked up to but again it's great to know it was a blessing for you to be alive it wasn't your time to go hope all is well peace
Hi Leon. Thanks for sharing this. Is there a good way to contact you? I'm working on a film about the original Bar-Kays who backed Otis that night. Ronnie from the band was also my cousin, and looking for anyone who saw them. Thanks!
I live in Madison, have for all 41 years of my life. Until today I had no idea 1 survived. Someone posted the front page of local paper from that day on fb.. sad and amazing, his story. Thank you for this video only about 5 min. In
Talk about to young to die 26.... 😢 Sad.
Life is no joke.🙏🏿
I remember I was in Homer Louisiana on vacation when I first head Sitting On The Dock of The Bay I loved it immediately my Great Grandfather who I'd never seen buy a record before kept playing it over and over again I didn't realize he was sad because Otis had died
I loved Otis Redding he is my king 👑 of soul music. There will never be a voice like his again that was way sad the day he died so young and so great
There are a lot of great male soul singers who absolutely deserve their flowers in perpetuity but to me the two that were most undeniably singular monolithic talents were Otis Redding and Sam Cooke. No one else has or ever will naturally replicate the sound of their singing voices, both are and will remain utterly unique! Unfortunately they also share the tragic similarity of having both died far too young. They had so many songs left to sing...
There is another voice similar to Otis 's --( Terence Trent Darby)
Only one who couldn't swim and the only one to survive. God had a plan for him.
Yes, thank you so much for posting this is a entire concert! My God thank you!
Respect to Tom Meros' channel archiving music history!
RIP Ben Cauley.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE SINGER MR DAWSON'S GEORGIA BORN AND RAISE IN DAWSON GA ONE AND ONLY MR OTIS REDDING ONE POWERFUL SINGER WITH A WONDERFUL VOICE MISS YOU DEARLY RIP MY BROTHER OLE MAN TROUBLE AND SITTING ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY PAIN IN MY HEART ♥ SO MANY NUMBER ONE 1⃣ LOVE 😍 YOU OTIS REDDING
Prayers Prayers Prayers !!!!! RIP To All who passed !!!!
It’s amazing to see this video. My grandmother was a HUGE Otis fan. She played him on 8-track in her car and on LPs on her record player, so of course I love his music. She used to talk about how devastated she was when she heard he’d died in a plane crash. I stream Otis Redding in my car, so decades later my kids love his music too. The tradition continues!
Can you imagine how many more lovely songs we would have had if he had lived to middle age?
We lost several artists very young but thankfully their recordings are timeless.
Wow just tuned onto this and I never seen this Otis Redding footage before! Amazing show! The band and Otis perfection! Thanks for this post. Otis way ahead of time! He and Sam Cooke his idol
That is a great. Thank you for this amazing footage. I always found this story fascinating.
Otis was was truly a super talent, when he toured Europe he took the performance over the top every night. His death broke millions of hearts , I hear Dock of the Bay and tear up. It all comes back , where I was and how shocking he died so tragically by drowning. Music has never been the same since we lost Otis . A piece of our innocents gone .
His raw passion while singing cannot be copied.
Otis Redding..the best soul singer RIP 🌹
Great interview. god Bless this guy.... Like Janis Joplin there wwill never be another voice like his.. Otis.
I remember Booker T & MG’s they are from Houston ❤ what I love Band members could play really really good and they all got along. So sad and tragic 😢 some members of the band was hesitant I was always told follow first mind 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 RIP to all who parishad & Ben
Booker T. & The MGs are a Memphis band actually. The only member that wasn't 100% born and raised there IIRC was Steve Cropper, who is a fellow Missourian by birth, but even he moved there from the Ozarks of Southern Missouri with his family at nine. Easy mistake to make though, those guys toured like crazy all over the country in the sixties and built enough of a live following that every show must have felt like a hometown gig. Super talented musicians and one of my favorite backing bands ever, they could make anybody fronting them absolutely shine on stage or in studio, not to take anything away from what a great act they were in their own right. Just absolute legends, especially the Booker, Steve, Duck Dunn, and Al Jackson line up, so good!
Archie bell and the drells are from Houston not Booker t they are from Memphis
I love Staxx Records.
Isaac Hayes recorded at Staxx too
God saved you from the terrible fate suffered by the others
RIP to Otis Redding and his band. 🌹
What an absolute legend, a huge positive influence in my life with his trumpet playing, the songs he contributed to literally saved my life
My God I love Otis !!!
Great BAND! REST IN POWER!
In modern days this man would have gone on to have a hell of a record deal or sports career
Listen to the song sitting on the dock of the bay he tells you I won’t do what these people want me to he knew they were gonna kill him
😢
so sad for this man have heard a video that Steve Cropper was supposed to be on the plane but he and Duck Dunn were in the studio finishing Dock Of The Bay Ducks bass was on the plane
Interesting!!!
Otis Redding had a great commanding singing voice like non other.
As pointed out at the age of 26 year’s old, Ottis sang with conviction and genuine heart filled delivery of every performance.
It is abundantly clear Ottis possessed a high level of control and Emotional intelligence like no other before him and since him.
My first awareness of Ottis Redding was listening to Sitting on the Dock of the Bay via radio.
My life has been so enriched by just this One song.
Excellent content,
Thanks
Thank you for sharing. I’m sure it isn’t easy.
The barkays were on that plane too
Thank you very much for taking the trouble to give us all this wonderful information about Otis Redding and what happened.
Very good informative interview with Ben Cauley! It had to be rough remembering & sharing though. Moreso, never forgot...R.I.P ❤
🤔🤔MAN something about his last song and the way he died don't feel right to me 🤫and then at 26🙆🏾♂️ I liked that song but always felt different than his other songs 🙆🏾♂️or it may be just me 🤔
I concur. I'm a big Otis Redding fan and love that song, but it's so different.
Grateful to meet and hang out with Ben rip to him Ben was a cool guy even in his older age
Another one of the greats we lost on that day.
Cheers from UK nice video many thanks
Respect with Otis was much different than Aretha's version.
I live in Madison, WI. Have been to the location many times. (
Lord! It is horrible
Cool!
I would have lost my mind and have terrible nightmares being the only survivor. 💕💕💕💕
He said that the year was 2010. Otis Redding died Dec. 1967. His time line is wrong.
😢😢😢😢😢😢
Otis, foi o maior todos do rock, blues e souls!
My daddy-Ben Cauley
May he rest in peace
GOD IS GREAT🙏🕊️
All The Time 🙏🏾
The LORD GOD ALMIGHTY saves who will save.
starting at the 4:28 mark.ticket prices $1.74. total price $2.00.fedral tax 20 cents,state tax 6 cents..LOL😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
I was born September 20th the day Jim Croce died in a plane ✈️ crash 😮😢😢
I watched his story on television. It was so sad. ""Time in a bottle ""
All black was in that band I no they was killed for sure
Ronnie Caldwell, the keyboard player in the original Bar-Kays, was white. So was Ron Gorden (still alive), the keyboard player in the re-formed Bar-Kays from 1968 to 1970. Gorden went on to work in Stax's graphics department, where he helped design the iconic fold-out album cover for Isaac Hayes' "Black Moses".