Shake!: Otis at Monterey (Short 1987)

Shake!: Otis at Monterey: Directed by Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker. With Otis Redding, Booker T. u0026 the M.G.s, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn. Documentary on Otis Redding’s performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.

“Otis Redding performs at Montrey. In this period, he was an enormously popular performer, rivaled only by James Brown for the level of his energy. Yet while everyone was in awe of Brown, Redding had something more important: people paid attention to his performances, and changed what they wer doing. He was influential.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLooking at this documentary, you can see why. Thereu0026#39;s an innocence in his stage personna, a sense ofheu0026#39;s getting up there, having fun,and somewhat surprised that people are enjoying it. He can see that pleasure in his sidemen, the smiling drummer, the guitarist racing to keep up. He was a genuine artist and heu0026#39;s been greatly missed”