 Otis Redding was performing at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. Promoter Bill Graham asked him where he would like to stay. He gave him some options. Otis chose a boathouse in Sausalito. That's where he started writing this classic sound of summer, sitting on the dock of the bay. W-I-C-C. Sitting in the morning sun I'll be sitting when the evening comes Watching the ships roll in