When I hear the name Otis Redding I immediately think of ‘Sittin’ By the Dock of the Bay.’ And that’s a nice enough song, but nothing that rocks my world.
But the other day I got the latest issue of Rolling Stone and there’s a feature on the 100 best singers in rock-n-roll history. Redding came in somewhere in the top twenty, with a glowing write-up of his talents. The song they mention is ‘These Arms of Mine.’
Later the same week I was reading another article on the lead singer of Fall Out Boy (I’m not sure why) and he mentions Otis Redding and ‘These Arms of Mine’ as strong influences. So I figured the coincidence meant I had to track down the song pronto.
Meet Me In Montauk 