Shuggie Otis - I didn't know I knew this guy's tunes.

"the young phenom went on to make two expansive, genre-defying, deeply curious albums, 1971’s "Freedom Flight" and 1974’s "Inspiration Information." The records, essentially crafted as a one- man band, floored Sly Stone..."

"When the senior Otis urged his teenage guitarist to pursue his interest in film scoring by signing up for composing lessons, they didn’t last long. After a few days, he remembers, the tutor came to the father and begged off: "He already knows this shit!"

"’Inspiration Information’ is almost like a new style of music that could've developed but never did," marvels Tim Gane of the group Stereolab."

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