The MDP is proud to support their efforts and we look forward to a healthier Richardson’s Bay to inspire the next generation of musicians. By using MDP funding to target the most dilapidated, unseaworthy, and polluting vessels, RBRA hopes to see a significant recovery of the eelgrass habitat through ongoing monitoring in future years. Instead of “watching the tide roll away”, today Otis Redding may have witnessed abandoned vessels drifting aimlessly after breaking loose from anchor during a storm event, and bumping into other anchored vessels.
As the number of homeless and unhoused people living on or near California waterways continues to increase, there’s a tricky balancing act between providing necessary resources to at-risk populations while continuing to protect water quality. RBRA recently completed a study with recommendations on where and how regulated moorings could be installed to allow limited anchoring on the Bay. (Sittin On) The Dock of the Bay Lyrics: Sittin in the mornin sun / Ill be sittin when the evenin come / Watching the ships roll in / And then I watch em roll away again, yeah / Im sittin. While addressing the ecological impacts of vessels that qualify as marine debris, the RBRA and other local governments are also reducing the number of vessels entering anchorage that may become sources of marine debris.
SITTING ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY BY OTIS REDDING FREE
These vessels are known to scour critical eelgrass habitat, are a source of marine debris, can leak hazardous waste, may encourage the arrival of new vessels, and can be a hazard to navigation if they break free from their anchor. The vessels to be removed are a combination of powerboats and sailboats, and are made of any variety of materials (e.g., fiberglass, steel, wood, and/or ferrocement - a composite material made up of mortar and light wire steel mesh). Visible “crop circles” are formed from the swing of anchor chains, which scour eelgrass habitat (Photo: Audubon Society of California). Under the MDP grant, the RBRA is currently working towards the removal of 25 vessels, an estimated 250 tons of debris, from Richardson’s Bay. The Dock of the Bay is worth checking out (and important) for two reasons: 1) The aforementioned (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay and, 2) The fact that it issued several quality single hits and b-sides that had yet to grace a Redding collection. Inside Otis Redding’s Final Masterpiece ‘(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay’ Co-writer Steve Cropper and other collaborators take a new look back at the legendary song, recorded just weeks. The Richardson Bay Regional Agency (RBRA), with support from the NOAA Marine Debris Program’s (MDP) Community-Based Removal Grant, is increasing efforts to remove and reduce the ecological impacts caused by these vessels consistent with sections 550-553 (“marine debris”) of the California Harbors & Navigation Code.
Many of these vessels qualify as marine debris and are uninhabited, used as storage, and threaten critical habitat for herring, migratory birds, and other wildlife in Richardson’s Bay. However, over time, and particularly in the last few years, the number of illegally anchored vessels on the Bay has nearly doubled from about 100 in 2008 to 185 in an August 2019 survey. To this day, the area surrounding Richardson’s Bay has an eccentric bohemian vibe and is home to a melting pot of residents who share a historic maritime culture that started with the shipbuilding industry moving in during World War II. If you’re a diehard Redding fan, don’t forget that Rhino also recently released THE DEFINITIVE STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION, featuring 7 LPs, each containing the mono mixes of Redding’s studio albums.In 1967, soul singer Otis Redding wrote the hit song (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay while visiting a friend’s houseboat on Richardson’s Bay, an inlet on the northern portion of San Francisco Bay near the City of Sausalito. The B-side of the single is “Sweet Lorene.”
Priced at $7.98, the single is a reproduction of the original mono single, including the rare original version of the song, which is shorter, features Redding’s voice lower in the mix, and was quickly pulled in favor of the more recognizable version that has been the go-to version ever since.
Dock of the Bay is sampled in many popular songs. Listen to both songs on WhoSampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. music chart history, and arguably the biggest pop hit of Redding’s career. 'Eye Know' by De La Soul sampled Otis Reddings '(Sittin On) the Dock of the Bay'. Yesterday, however, was the 50th anniversary of the release of that classic single, and to celebrate the occasion, Rhino has reissued the song as a 7” single, pressing it on gold vinyl to mark the gold anniversary. It would soon become the first posthumous 1 hit in U.S. This past November 22 was the 50th anniversary of the day Otis Redding recorded “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay,” a track which would posthumously take him to the #1 spot on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the R&B Singles chart.
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