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Shuggie Otis is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist. 
Otis' composition "Strawberry Letter 23" topped the Billboard R&B chart and reached #5 of 
the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1977.A blues guitar prodigy who’d been playing with his father 
(pioneering R&B bandleader Johnny Otis) since he was 11, Otis played on Frank Zappa’s 
Hot Rats when he was 16, and released an album with blues-rock gadabout Al Kooper before 
he was 20. Though he stayed out of the recording process, Johnny Otis served as the executive 
producer for his son’s work, and he convinced Columbia to build Shuggie a home studio to 
record Inspiration, which took the better part of three years. In 1974, Otis released Inspiration 
Information. The album had taken almost three years to finish. All the songs were written and 
arranged by Otis himself, who played almost exclusively every musical instrument on the album 
(except for horns and various stringed instruments). Inspiration Information gained a huge cult 
following during the 1990s with the emergence of rare groove and acid jazz. Inspiration instantly 
earned comparisons to Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, and reportedly made Sly Stone’s jaw 
drop upon hearing it. The second CD, Wings of Love, is the collection’s real revelation, comprising 
14 tracks that Otis recorded between 1975 and 2000. Wings reveals that while Otis was reclusive, 
he was far from idle. Reissues are pop music’s preeminent form of historical revisionism, but the 
great thing about the Inspiration and Wings set is that combined, they’re closer to a parallel 
universe greatest-hits compilation, in a world where a label embraced Otis’ genius and 
eccentricity, instead of driving him away altogether.

Tracks
Cd 1 Inspiration Information
01. Inspiration Information02. Island Letter03. Sparkle City
04. Aht Uh Mi Hed05. Happy House06. Rainy Day
07. XL-3008. Pling09. Not Available
10. Miss Pretty
11. Magic
12. Things We Like To Do13. Castle Top JamCd 2 Wings of Love01. Intro02. Special03. Give Me Something Good
04. Tryin' To Get Close To You
05. Walkin' Down The Country
06. Doin’ What’s Right07. Wings Of Love
08. Give Me A Chance09. Don't You Run Away
10. Fireball of Love
11. Fawn
12. If You'd Be Mine
13. Black Belt Sheriff
14. Destination You