the radio on wibb, and it was here during this talent show that young otis, who is known as rockhouse reddingwin consistently. i mean, nobody could beat him. nobody could outplay him, and one of the listeners on that radio station happened to be my uncle phil walden who would eventually become a business partner and manager with otis redding. phil heard that early sound of otis that would later make him so famous, that amazing soul that he was able to project. that's something that you could just feel. i mean, it was truly music that you could feel. ♪ for whatever reason, whatever fate may have it here in macon, georgia, these two young guys, a black guy and a white guy in a segregated south were able to look at each other, shake hands, and form this unbelievable partnership that would lead to the commercial success of southern soul music. the douglass theater is just a beautiful example of some of the rich history in architecture in macon. the theater survived through the roaring '20s and the great depression and then through this interjection of rhythm and blues, but in the '70s it did even