61. Otis Redding

On December 10th, 1967, a crowd was gathering outside of The Factory in Madison, as Otis Redding was scheduled to play 2 shows there that evening. The Factory was a newer venue in Madison, and Otis Redding was one of the fastest growing musical acts in the world, just coming off his renowned performance at the Monterey Pop Festival earlier in the year.

Otis never played that night, and the tragedy of why will forever hover over the city of Madison like a shadow, also launching Otis into immortality.

Scott and Mickey discuss what happened in Madison over Lake Monona, Otis' personal and musical journey that led him there, and his place in music history.

Hear the story of how one of music's greatest rises to superstardom ever ended on an icy Wisconsin afternoon on Episode 61 of Badger Bizarre: "Otis Redding."

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Opening Trailer:

Ed Gein Sound Byte : "Hard Copy" - Paramount Domestic/CBS Televsion

Frank Lloyd Wright and Jeffery Dahmer Sound Byte - WISN 12 News - Milwaukee, WI

Jeffery Dahmer Quotes: "Inside Edition" - King World/CBS Television/CBS Media

Attribution for Music:

Trailer: Composer: Adam Phillip Zwirchmayr https://www.pond5.com/

Intro: https://pixabay.com/

Outro: Composer: Viacheslav Sarancha https://www.pond5.com/

Attribution for logo design:

Red Claw Scratch Photo

Sources:

Freeman, Scott - "Otis!: The Otis Redding Story"

Lauterbach, Preston - "The Day the Music Died" Memphis Magazine, 2007

Moe, Doug - "Soul Finale" Isthmus Cover Stories, 2017

Wisconsin State Journal - Archives

Songs: Music samples used under "Fair Use" legal doctrine Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 (17 U.S.C. § 107)

"Green Onions" - Booker T & the MGs

"These Arms of Mine" - Otis Redding

"Hard to Handle" - Otis Redding

"Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" - Otis Redding

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