>> it's a pleasure to be here. i'd just like to say thanks to

the city of san francisco and the mayor and all of you great people for keeping the legacy of otis redding alive. and a quick thing about the song. my mother said my father was in california and done some shows in los angeles. and he came home and he told her he wanted to be a new otis redding, not the begging and pleading, he wanted to do something totally different. he came home and started putting bits and pieces of a song together. it goes like this. ♪ ♪ >> you can sing along if you want to. it goes like this. ♪ in the morning sun i'll be sitting till the evening comes watching the ships roll in

and then watch them roll away again yeah just gonna sit on the dock of the bay watching the tide roll away ooh-ee sitting on the dock of the bay wasting time... ime i left my home in georgia headed for the frisco bay i have nothing to live for and look like nothing's gonna come my way so i'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay watching the tide roll away ooh-ee sitting on the dock of the bay

wasting time ah-ah look like nothing's gonna change everything still remains the same i can't do what people tell me to do so i guess i'll remain the same sitting here and this loneliness won't leave me alone 2000 miles i roamed just to make this dock my home i'm just gonna sit on the dock of the bay watching the tide roll away ooh-ee