Review of Shake! Otis at Monterey

The complete set of Otis Redding's last incredible live performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Redding proves here that he was one exceptionally dynamic and exciting performer who really knew how to work over a crowd and whip the audience into a lather. Otis gets things off to a rousing start with "Shake," does spot-on punchy covers of "Respect" and "Satisfaction," offers a show-stopping rendition of "I've Been Loving You Too Long," and closes the show with a soulful and stirring version of "Try a Little Tenderness." Moreover, both the Mar-Keys and Booker T. And the M. G.s lend Redding terrific support as they blaze through one song after another for a positively incendiary twenty minutes. Fantastic stuff.