I hired Otis Redding to play a show at my school when he was 25. I was amazed by the show; I had never seen anything like that kind of energy before-- and I really had never even understood soul before I see that gig. The following year, when he was breaking through to the mainstream with an amazing album of duets-- King & Queen-- with Carla Thomas, he died in a plane crash. Although there are several incredible songs on the album ("Knock on Wood," "It Takes Two," "Bring It On Home To Me," "Ooh Carla, Ooh Otis...), "Tramp" was the big hit. Listen and you'll hear Isaac Hayes, Booker T and Steve Cropper.