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"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" is a song co-written by soul singer Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper. It was recorded by Redding twice in 1967, including once just days before his death in a plane crash. The song was released on Stax Records' Volt label in 1968, becoming the first posthumous single to top the charts in the US. It charted at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart. Redding started writing the lyrics to the song in August 1967, while sitting on a rented houseboat in Sausalito, California. He completed the song with the help of Steve Cropper, who was a Stax producer and guitarist for Booker T and the M.G.'s. The song features whistling and sounds of waves crashing on a shore. ==Origins== While on tour with the Bar-Kays in August 1967, Redding wrote the first verse of the song, under the abbreviated title "Dock of the Bay," on a houseboat at Waldo Point in Sausalito, California.〔Bowman, Rob (2007). Liner Notes for ''Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Story'' (). Beverly Hills, CA: Reelin' in the Years Productions/Concord Music Group.〕 He had completed his famed performance at the Monterey Pop Festival just months earlier, in June 1967. While touring in support of the albums ''King & Queen'' (a collaboration with female vocalist Carla Thomas) and ''Live in Europe'', he continued to scribble lines of the song on napkins and hotel paper. In November of that year, he joined producer and guitarist Steve Cropper at the Stax recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee to record the song. In a September 1990 interview on NPR's ''Fresh Air'', Cropper explained the origins of the song: Together, they completed the music and melancholy lyrics of "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." From those sessions emerged Redding's final recorded work, including "Dock of the Bay," which was recorded on November 22, with additional overdubs on December 8.〔 Redding's restrained yet emotive delivery is backed by Cropper's memorably succinct guitar playing. The song is somewhat different in style from most of Redding's other recordings.〔 While discussing the song with his wife, Redding stated that he had wanted to "be a little different" with "The Dock of the Bay" and "change his style".〔 There were concerns that "The Dock of the Bay" had too much of a pop feel for an Otis Redding record, and contracting the Stax gospel act The Staples Singers to record backing vocals was discussed but never carried out.〔 The song features a whistled tune heard before the song's fade. It was originally performed by Redding who, according to Cropper, was done because Redding forgot "this little fadeout rap he was gonna do, an ad-lib. He forgot what it was so he started whistling." Redding continued to tour after the recording sessions. On December 10, his charter plane crashed into Lake Monona, outside Madison, Wisconsin. Redding and six others were killed. After Redding's death, Cropper mixed "Dock of the Bay" at Stax Studios. He added the sound of seagulls and waves crashing to the background as Redding had requested before his death as he recalled the sounds when he was staying at the houseboat. The fade out whistle tune originally recorded by Redding was re-recorded by his bandleader Sam "Bluzman" Taylor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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