Support WBUR'Like An Avalanche': Otis Redding's Unstoppable CrossoverPlay08:34Download AudioNPR StaffMay 30, 2015 ShareAuthor Mark Ribowsky describes Otis Redding as "bigger than the music he sang, because of how he sang and interpreted it during the most traumatic, metamorphic decade in history." (Volt Records / Wikimedia Commons)