"A soul icon and the southern music he helped popularize come to life in this moving requiem,"--Amazon.com.

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