Soul on Sunday - Strawberry Letter 23 / Shuggie Otis

Something a bit different for Soul on Sunday this week, but then this is different to practically anything else out there. Blending elements of soul, funk, psychedelia and folk, Shuggie Otis produced this bona fide classic. Starting out in his father, Johnny Otis' big band, Shuggie learnt to play all kinds of instruments and much like Stevie Wonder at the time, he plays more or less everything you can hear on this song.

You may know the Brothers Johnson cover, that was successful in '77, but this is better.

I heard this from you:


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Here comes Shuggie Otis/Freedom Flight