On October 8th, 1963, even though on tour, Cooke and members of his entourage ended up arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, for disturbing the peace when they made an effort to register in a white motel — an incident reflected within the song’s third verse. And Cooke’s mourning for his eighteen-month-old son, Vincent, who drowned that June, res

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