i love this percy sledge classic and otis redding, this is all hallowed ground to me.ort of reinforcement with "dock of the bay" with the otis redding standard. there were people saying, you don't need to go there, i know you love the song, and couldn't understand what the hesitation was because as a kid we did everybody's great songs. that's what we did in clubs, in restaurants and bars and any place that would have us, right? i do "dock of the bay," it gets all kinds of radio and then it stops and there's like a layer of gate keepers saying, i don't know. i mean this is an otis redding standard and i'm going, yeah, yes, it is, and zel mau redding happens to be watching show time at the apollo and i'm invited on to do "dock of the bay," and she gives us this amazing kind of critique, amazing endorsement. she loved the performance and she knows her husband would have. all of the walls came down and i saw something crazy happen there and the song became a huge hit and i got to meet zelma and the family. it taught me never -- it taught me to be respectful and be okay wit