The Iron Horse Music Hall with Shuggie Otis
- Price: $30.00
- Date: Thu, Jul 23, 2015
- Time: 7:00 pm - 12:00 am
- Venue: The Iron Horse Music Hall
- Location: 20 Center St, Northampton, MA 01060
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Catch the legendary Shuggie Otis with special guests The Curtis Mayflower
July 23, 2015 at The Iron Horse in Northampton MA
Get a free download of The Curtis Mayflower’s album “Everything Beautiful is Under Attack” with your ticket purchase.
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Johnny Shuggie Otis was born in1953 in Los Angeles, son of famous band leader Johnny Otis. The guitarist supreme, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer, signed to Epic records and released his debut solo album ‘Here Comes Shuggie’ in 1970 at just 18 years old. Shuggie produced 2 more solo albums for Epic with ‘Freedom Flight’ 1971 which notably included the massively influential and much adored ‘Strawberry Letter 23’ single, and stellar album ‘Inspiration Information’ released 1975. Shuggie Otis and his band set a new standard for funk, soul and blues shows. Shuggie’s guitar solos are mind-blowing torrents of notes, delivered at hard-bop speed without sweating a drop. Both he and his wind section go to town with a range of complex harmonic relationships that would make Charlie Parker jealous. Otis may have played most of the parts himself on his albums, but his choice of bandmates couldn’t be more appropriate, and they follow his every move with incredible feel, making what was insanely difficult look easy.