The Mellowness of the Shug
by Pete
Like Michael mentioned in his 100 Words post today, when your music library gets too big, the challenge is to figure out what to even listen to. A lot of great artists and songs seem to go underground for a while, and pop up in a shuffle a few months down the road. One that plopped back on to my radar today was Shuggie Otis and his psychedelifunky 1974 album Inspiration Information.
It’s a mellow Monday, so a couple of laid back joints here. “Island Letter” sounds like a cousin of Prince’s “Crazy You”, if you ask me. And I know you did. I heard you.
Shuggie Otis – Island Letter (mp3)
“Freedom Flight” is thirteen minutes of dream-inducing lite funky jazz and sweet sax & guitar effects. Close your eyes and drift off. But not if you’re at work. NSFW. Definitely NSFW.
Freedom Flight (mp3)
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The Friday Five: March 27, 2009
March 27, 2009 - 12:15 pm
Tags: Bloc Party, Fury in the Slaughterhouse, Jellyfish, Phish, Shuggie Otis
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For those who have not joined in the Friday Five here is all you need to know; each Friday I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes and share my five and drop a little knowledge and insight for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, sometimes there isn’t. Sometimes we have guest, but [...]
Shuggie Otis – a psyche-funky-soulful classic
December 29, 2007 - 10:19 am
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One of the categories I forgot to include on my Year in Music post was “Best Aged Album Discovered This Year”. Undoubtedly, it was 1974’s Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis. Some buddies on my defunct Prince forum recommended Shuggie as sort of a “Prince 1.0″; or Prince, rather, as Shuggie 2.0.
He released his first album [...]
January 12, 2009 - 10:02 pm
Well I know what I’m listening to tomorrow morning. Love Shuggie and he definitely does not get enough play…
January 13, 2009 - 6:35 pm
So good! I was just thinking of his version of “Strawberry Letter 23″ this afternoon.