Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music Southern Soul (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | Documentary, Music

Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music

Southern Soul (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | Documentary, Music

In the summer of 1967, Otis Redding performed in front of a 200,000 capacity crowd at the Monterey Pop Festival, the biggest audience of his career. Backed by the Stax Records house band, Booker T and The MGs, Otis gave the crowd a night ...See moreIn the summer of 1967, Otis Redding performed in front of a 200,000 capacity crowd at the Monterey Pop Festival, the biggest audience of his career. Backed by the Stax Records house band, Booker T and The MGs, Otis gave the crowd a night of unadulterated down home Southern Soul. It blew the psychedelic cobwebs out of the hippies' minds. And they loved it. It was Otis's finest hour. Five years after walking into Stax Records studio in Memphis as an unknown singer, he was now breaking into the mass white market and seducing its counter-culture, without diluting his music one drop. Tragically, Otis didn't live out the year. But for a brief, brilliant time, he emerged as the very embodiment of the 60s soul music. With his music, Otis helped bring black and white together in the mid 1960s before the more racially divisive Black Power era arrived. This tells the story of Otis, Southern Soul and how it evoked the sweet dream of freedom. Interviewees include: Steve Cropper (the MGs), Wilson Pickett, Percy Sledge, Jerry Wexler, David Porter, Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham. See less

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
Colin Salmon Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Resident Evil (2002)
Al Bell Self - Vice President, Stax Self - Vice President, Stax See fewer	Death Proof (2007)
Booker T. & the M.G.s Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	X-Men: First Class (2011)
Solomon Burke Self Self See fewer	Unbreakable (2000)
James Carr Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Quinton Claunch Self - Producer, Goldwax Records Self - Producer, Goldwax Records See fewer	Walk the Line (2005)
Steve Cropper Self - Booker T. & the M.G.'s Self - Booker T. & the M.G.'s See fewer	Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Aretha Franklin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Peter Guralnick Self - Music Writer Self - Music Writer See fewer	Untitled Sam Phillips Project
Wayne Jackson Self - The Memphis Horns Self - The Memphis Horns See fewer	Not Easily Broken (2009)
Roosevelt Jamison Self - James Carr's Manager Self - James Carr's Manager See fewer	Beautiful Girls (1996)
Portia Maultsby Self - Professor, Indiana University Self - Professor, Indiana University See fewer	Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest (1987)
Sam Moore Self - Sam & Dave Self - Sam & Dave See fewer	The Great Outdoors (1988)
Spooner Oldham Self - Songwriter Self - Songwriter See fewer	Mortal Kombat (2021)
Deanie Parker Self - Marketing Manager, Stax Self - Marketing Manager, Stax See fewer	When Pigs Fly (1993)
Dan Penn Self - Songwriter Self - Songwriter See fewer	Mortal Kombat (2021)
Wilson Pickett Self Self See fewer	The Commitments (1991)
David Porter Self - Songwriter Self - Songwriter See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Dave Prater Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	One-Trick Pony (1980)
Otis Redding Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Top Gun (1986)
Percy Sledge Self Self See fewer	The Crying Game (1992)
Marvell Thomas Self - Stax Musician Self - Stax Musician See fewer	Mystery Train (1989)
Alan Walden Self - Otis Redding Management Self - Otis Redding Management See fewer	If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd (2018)
Jerry Wexler Self - Producer, Atlantic Records Self - Producer, Atlantic Records See fewer	Angel Heart (1987)