“Shuggie Otis was a genius.
If you’ve never heard of his name, then you have no idea how true that statement is. He is the epitome of the UNSUNG artist. Only made a few albums under his own name, including this, his masterpiece, and then disappeared into the annals of musical obscurity forever. What a tragedy! He’s best known by his only well-known song, “Strawberry Letter #23” which was made famous in 1977 by the Brothers Johnson. But he was so much more than that. A guitar prodigy at an early age, rumour has it he was wanted by the Rolling Stones to replace Mick Taylor on lead guitar (HE TURNED THEM DOWN!). This album was his third solo album & was his best. Only in his early 20s when he made Inspiration Information, he had total artistic control, handling almost all of the production and arrangements himself. A quite remarkable feat, as this was highly sophisticated music.
He also performs most of the music himself (except for horns & strings)”
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