Mo' Onions 4th Annual Otis Redding Tribute ft. Roscoe Foster & the Hot Dish Horns

Doors 7PM / Show 8PM

Seated show

$15adv / $17DOS

21+ (see our FAQ)

Mo' Onions is a group comprised of Madison music scene veterans, drawn together by a shared love of the music of Stax Records' and their house band Booker T. & the MGs. The band will celebrate Redding and the anniversary of the release of Dock of the Bay at the Bur Oak for the 4th year running.

Otis Redding was one of the greatest singers and performers in American music History. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" is a song co-written by Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper. Redding recorded it twice in 1967, including just three days before his death in a plane crash in Lake Monona on December 10, 1967. It was released on Stax Records' Volt label January 8, 1968, becoming the first posthumous #1 single in the US. It reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart. Redding started writing the lyrics in August, 1967 while staying on a rented houseboat in Sausalito, California. He completed the song in Memphis with Cropper, a Stax producer and the guitarist for Booker T. & the M.G.'s.