 Freedom Flight (1972) [ larger cover art ] |
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| Stratocaster (Bermuda) | Posted: Nov 06, 2011 - 05:08 Freedom Flight is a classic album. This is not one of its best tracks, however. Give me Strawberry Letter 23 and I'll be happy!! |
| bokey (Left of Centerfield) | Posted: Nov 06, 2011 - 04:36 Propayne wrote: Fork you, Shuggie rocks... Yeah, what he said.  Bend the strings like that, they're gonna get loose after awhile. You gonna take a chance on blowing a take like that by tuning mid song and taking a chance on going sharp and f****** the whole thing up? I'd let it go,stay in the pocket and play a little play a little flat myself. Back then they didn't have magic software that let any moron fart into a microphone and come out sounding like a genius. |
| zanref | Posted: Oct 05, 2011 - 16:01 jptl wrote: This has been around for 40 years and I'm just now hearing it? Thanks, RP  So true! And he wrote it when he was 19.... now I realize how pathetic I am...  |
| C57BL6 (PB) | Posted: Oct 05, 2011 - 15:58 Calling Dr. Winwood? |
| jptl (Potomac, MD) | Posted: Mar 30, 2011 - 14:40 This has been around for 40 years and I'm just now hearing it? Thanks, RP |
| scrubbrush | Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 09:57 very cool |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet this is not my home) | Posted: Jul 20, 2010 - 10:49 Very cool groove. |
| Propayne (Richmond VA) | Posted: Jul 20, 2010 - 10:49 crockydile wrote: Shuggie lost his tuner. Simple A-fork would do just fine... Fork you, Shuggie rocks... |
| musickat (Lake of the Ozarks) | Posted: May 17, 2010 - 18:55 Score another surprise for RP!!! Fantastic  I LOVE the diversity on this station. |
| crockydile (Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way) | Posted: May 17, 2010 - 18:53 Propayne wrote: Thanks for playing Shuggie! Shuggie lost his tuner. Simple A-fork would do just fine... |
| Propayne (Richmond VA) | Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:55 Thanks for playing Shuggie! |
| SmackDaddy (San Diego) | Posted: Feb 11, 2010 - 20:06 cohifi wrote: SWEET THANG |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Feb 11, 2010 - 20:05 peter_james_bond wrote: This is the first time I've heard Shuggie Otis on any medium (I'm not kidding). Wonderful! SWEET |
| peter_james_bond (The Burg) | Posted: Jan 11, 2010 - 09:35 DoctorHooey wrote: Awesome! I'm thrilled to hear Shuggie Otis on RP!!! This is the first time I've heard Shuggie Otis on any medium (I'm not kidding). Wonderful! |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Jan 11, 2010 - 09:32 Shuggie Otis? Sounds like some new children's breakfast cereal. |
| jagdriver (Just a tad south of Paradise) | Posted: Nov 09, 2009 - 15:23 Tasty! |
| gypsyman (Just passing through....) | Posted: May 03, 2009 - 21:50 The entire rest of this album sucks. Go figure. |
| phlattop | Posted: May 03, 2009 - 21:50 doctec wrote: Seconded. Looking at RP library it looks like there's just one cut off Shuggie's "Inspiration Information" (the title cut), last played in 2005. The whole album's brilliant, if I uploaded other cuts what is the chance they might get played? Otis is one of the unsung heroes of Pop/R&B, way ahead of his time. Absolutely great album the whole way through. Would love to hear more from Inspiration Information it on RP, please. |
| UltraNurd (Boston, MA) | Posted: Apr 02, 2009 - 09:08 I don't think anyone wants to be president of General Motors anymore :oD. |
| missy_pringle (Chattanooga) | Posted: Apr 02, 2009 - 09:01  SWEET! |
| Dave_Mack (Three bus, THE bus!) | Posted: Apr 02, 2009 - 09:00 Ya think the Doors might have been listening to this? Not sure of the chronology...Research indicates the album came out in 71 so I guess they were both hearing the same thing, rather than each other. |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Nov 27, 2008 - 01:29 wenatchee wrote: Wondering if Mark Knopfler picked up something from this . . . the intro had that Dire sound to it? *Shrug Quite possibly. |
| wenatchee (Duvall, WA) | Posted: Nov 11, 2008 - 07:29 Wondering if Mark Knopfler picked up something from this . . . the intro had that Dire sound to it? *Shrug |
| Panama_Floyd (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Sep 24, 2008 - 20:32 RedGuitar wrote: Whatever happened to Shuggie? He was a great player. I guess he's still out there playing clubs or doing studio work... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuggie_Otis I never realized he wrote "Strawberry Letter 23". |
| lily34 | Posted: Aug 24, 2008 - 07:10 hal990 wrote: oh yeah feels like I'm up to no good just listening to this feel the same! love it! |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Aug 08, 2008 - 11:32 Whatever happened to Shuggie? He was a great player. |
| Ericac (Lakeville, MN) | Posted: Aug 08, 2008 - 11:29 Ericac wrote: Ok, I give up. How am I supposed to get anything done on this fine Friday with RP playing one great song after another. It sends me to internet to research the artist if I'm not familiar and if I am, I'm just lost in my thoughts.
Here we go again. Another Friday, four months later and the it's one great song after another. Oh well, work wasn't very appealing anyway. |
| hal990 (Cary, NC) | Posted: Aug 08, 2008 - 11:29 oh yeah feels like I'm up to no good just listening to this |
| arserocket (Way down South West Scotland near boredom) | Posted: Jul 23, 2008 - 15:05  Judas Priest this is good |
| quatsch (Honolulu, HI) | Posted: May 21, 2008 - 16:05 RockinBlueVoodoo wrote: Ummm...not to be picky but it's actually Sweet "Thang"
It's for the folks who couldn't find 'thang' in the dictionary.  |
| doctec (Northeastern U.S.) | Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 10:38 DoctorHooey wrote: Awesome! I'm thrilled to hear Shuggie Otis on RP!!!
Seconded. Looking at RP library it looks like there's just one cut off Shuggie's "Inspiration Information" (the title cut), last played in 2005. The whole album's brilliant, if I uploaded other cuts what is the chance they might get played? Otis is one of the unsung heroes of Pop/R&B, way ahead of his time. |
| Ericac (Lakeville, MN) | Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 10:25 Ok, I give up. How am I supposed to get anything done on this fine Friday with RP playing one great song after another. It sends me to internet to research the artist if I'm not familiar and if I am, I'm just lost in my thoughts. |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 10:24 Awesome! I'm thrilled to hear Shuggie Otis on RP!!! |
| Candela (Trondheim, Norway) | Posted: Feb 01, 2008 - 11:50  8  |
| arserocket (Way down South West Scotland near boredom) | Posted: Feb 01, 2008 - 11:49 too good |
| lwilkinson (North Am) | Posted: Feb 01, 2008 - 11:49 Somehow a guy named "Shuggie" SHOULD be playing the blues like this (but the Brit term of "Shag" keeps coming to mind as does "Shaggie").  |
| sarahbean26 (waukegan,IL) | Posted: Feb 01, 2008 - 11:47   You betta shuts yo mouth!Dam Dam good......ohhhhhh yeaaaaaaaahhhhhh |
| Jacksonstat (Columbus OH) | Posted: Jan 16, 2008 - 17:26 Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! I love this tune. |
| Candela (Trondheim, Norway) | Posted: Jan 16, 2008 - 17:14 First time hearing this. VERY COOL :) |
| intherough (Ventura, CA) | Posted: Jul 28, 2007 - 00:16 It's a sweet thang when this song rolls around  |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: May 10, 2007 - 10:49 A quadruple plus!!! 10 times 10 times 10 |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet) | Posted: Apr 24, 2007 - 16:29 RockinBlueVoodoo wrote: Ummm...not to be picky but it's actually Sweet "Thang" There's one in every bunch 
Ooohhh Baby!This is a cool groove indeed. |
| bokey (Filialville) | Posted: Mar 28, 2007 - 07:50 Curse you Shuggie Otis.Both you and your brain inhabiting guitar lick that will not leave my head. |
| sutcliff (Saint Louis) | Posted: Mar 24, 2007 - 06:31 Oh Shuggie. |
| inindian (on the road again) | Posted: Mar 24, 2007 - 06:30 Well cool  |
| Darkmatter (Sweden) | Posted: Jan 22, 2007 - 00:10 Dang, and here I thought Shuggie was only doing music like this! Man, this is one talented artist.   |
| RockinBlueVoodoo (Deep in the Blues) | Posted: Jan 20, 2007 - 08:05 Ummm...not to be picky but it's actually Sweet "Thang" |
| kazuma (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jan 07, 2007 - 09:49 intherough wrote: Around the time of "Inspiration"s release, the Rolling Stones offered Mick Taylors newly vacated guitar spot to Shuggie. When Billy Preston called with the proposal, Otis politely declined.
I thought I remembered something about that. Thanks for the info. Saved me from having to look it up! Makes me wonder, too ... how might the Stones have evolved if he'd said yes? |
| lily34 (derby, ny) | Posted: Jan 07, 2007 - 09:44 damn. love the feel and the guitar on this. then the vocals come in....dang. gotta pick this up.  |
| bokey | Posted: Jan 07, 2007 - 09:44 That's some nasty,skanky sounding guitar.Gotta love it.This is gonna get a high rating from me I think. |