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Shuggie Otis, born 1953, is the son of Johnny Otis, a rhythm and blues musician. He started performing in his youth and released his first record in 1970. He not only writes songs, but also plays guitar, piano, organ, and bass. He has recorded with Frank Zappa, Al Kooper, Etta James, and Eddie Vinson, and more recently Mos Def.

The Brothers Johnson’s version of his composition “Strawberry Letter 23” reached #1 in the Billboard rhythm and blues chart and #5 in the Billboard pop chart in 1977.

Shuggie’s albums include: “Here Comes Shuggie Otis”, “Freedom Flight” and “Inspiration Information”.

In 2001 David Byrne rereleased the album “Inspiration Information” on Luaka Bop.

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Freedom Flight
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1	Aht Uh Mi Hed	450
2	Strawberry Letter 23	396
3	Inspiration Information	263
4	Sweet Thang	152
5	Island Letter	149
6	Ice Cold Daydream	142
7	Sparkle City	141
8	Happy House	140
9	Ah Uh Mi Hed	135
10	Rainy Day	119
11	Not Available	115
12	XL-30	103
13	Pling!	101
14	Freedom Flight	93
15	Me And My Woman	71

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BrianJBooth wrote:
last month

Gotta give Johnny Otis credit for wanting to be considered black, back in the late 50's when no one would make a statement like that. A great loss, Shuggie, time to cut an album!!!!

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bjaykazoomi wrote:
last month

JOHNNY MADE IT TO 90. PEACE AND LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY JAY Scott

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Homeostase wrote:
October 2011

Maravilha . . . gosto muito . . .

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shahmaul wrote:
October 2011

Aht Uh Mi Hed never got outta my head.

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Hydrolon wrote:
October 2011

what an amazing musician. wish he would do a comeback :)

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A1enochka wrote:
September 2011

!!

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cinnamondearie wrote:
April 2011

LOVE

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optimistic_tour wrote:
April 2011

god, I don't know how on earth I did not listen to this man before. Freedom Flight is godlike.

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pone2none wrote:
March 2011

wowweekazowee. im so glad i got to hear this master of the guitar. yesssss!

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WildOrphan wrote:
February 2011

"As of recently, Otis was heard in an exclusive radio interview claiming his extremely long-awaited fourth album (as yet untitled) will be released sometime in the year 2011 on his own recording label. Also, all tracks were composed, arranged, & recorded by Otis himself." (Source: Wikipedia)

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New_guitar wrote:
December 2010

Still can't get enough of this cat.

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Swerveaction wrote:
November 2010

Thank You Shuggie!!!

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h-indie wrote:
November 2010

ah uh my head.kaboom

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mrpayne123 wrote:
November 2010

ooh sweet thang.

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Weiss91 wrote:
November 2010

Боже блять! Он дико талантлив...

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Bobak wrote:
October 2010

i know he's got a half greek background, but is he part black? part hispanic?

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Roncsipar wrote:
September 2010

nathan, download the woodstock boxset

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nathandood wrote:
September 2010

inspiration information is one of my favorite albums of all time!! can someone recommend me some more albums in a similar vain to this one??

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Lay-Z-Boy wrote:
September 2010

Does anybody know why Shuggie quit music and issued only 3 LP's?

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tiger2210 wrote:
September 2010

come on polymorphous71! the fabulous music of otis has been used and abused in thousands of samples and there is only a fraction of people aware of his genius. This guy is definitely underrated!

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