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A half century ago, the Monterey Pop Festival showcased the rock bands of San Francisco and Los Angeles, but the man who stole the show was Macon, Georgia’s Otis Redding.
JONATHAN GOULD, the author of ‘Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life’, is a former professional musician and the author of ‘Can’t Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain & America’. He divides his time between a home in Brooklyn and a house near Hudson, N.Y.