I heard rumors that you jammed with Prince. True?

No, no. But that would be a cool thing to jam with Prince. But I don't know if that's ever gonna happen. I'm up for it, if he wants to do it. I like Prince.

http://www.spinner.com/2013/04/10/shuggie-otis-interview/

Yes!!! I would love to hear that.

kenkamken said:

Yes!!! I would love to hear that.

Me too!

It would be a blast to hear them trying to out-SLY and out-Jimi each other!

If this were to happen... My brain might explode from how mind bogglingly awesome it would sound... Typically, I'm quite against my brains exploding, for obvious living reasons, but I'm willing to make an exception if this happened... That's how excited I am from the IDEA of such a collaboration...

Shuggie Otis would be a great opening act for Prince. He could bring Shuggie into the consciousness of a bunch of people who've never heard of him and get the chance to work with someone who I image was an early influence.

bashraka said:

Something tells me that Prince will invite Shuggie Ortis to jam with him at Paisley Park.

Why not do this at the North Sea Jazz Fest?, .......Shuggie is there......

MarcelS67 said:

bashraka said:

Something tells me that Prince will invite Shuggie Ortis to jam with him at Paisley Park.

Why not do this at the North Sea Jazz Fest?, .......Shuggie is there......

Prince isn't performing at this year's North Sea Jazz Festival.

Sorry to ask, but who the fuck is that? His stage name I hope or his parents were right funny fuckers.

iloveannie said:

Sorry to ask, but who the fuck is that? His stage name I hope or his parents were right funny fuckers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...uggie_Otis

iloveannie said:

Sorry to ask, but who the fuck is that? His stage name I hope or his parents were right funny fuckers.

He's a legendary Man who's (imo) equal to Prince in terms of musical talent.

bashraka said:

iloveannie said:

Sorry to ask, but who the fuck is that? His stage name I hope or his parents were right funny fuckers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...uggie_Otis

Thank you. Always nice to find and learn

iloveannie said:

Sorry to ask, but who the fuck is that? His stage name I hope or his parents were right funny fuckers.

Ahhh... he wrote "Strawberry Letter 23", among many others.

EMPEROR101 said:

iloveannie said:

Sorry to ask, but who the fuck is that? His stage name I hope or his parents were right funny fuckers.

He's a legendary Man who's (imo) equal to Prince in terms of musical talent.

Whaaaa? That might be overstating it a little. I LOVE Shuggie's 'Inspiration Information', but his output, other than that and 'Freedom Flight', has been spotty at best.. I made the mistake of going to see him a few months ago when he came through Seattle....A truly horrible night of live music. That being said, the guy wrote some AWESOME songs.

Shuggie Otis when he first came out was highly respected as a guitarist. He jammed with Frank Zappa and BB King. He was immensely talented and Shuggie Otis was not unlike Prince in terms of being a songwriter and music. Their music is definitely different but it's dope to see someone who is truly UNSUNG starting to get his props.

bashraka said:

Shuggie Otis when he first came out was highly respected as a guitarist. He jammed with Frank Zappa and BB King. He was immensely talented and Shuggie Otis was not unlike Prince in terms of being a songwriter and music. Their music is definitely different but it's dope to see someone who is truly UNSUNG starting to get his props.

For Real!

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iloveannie said:

bashraka said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...uggie_Otis

Thank you. Always nice to find and learn

Relieved to hear you say that.

bashraka said:

Shuggie Otis when he first came out was highly respected as a guitarist. He jammed with Frank Zappa and BB King. He was immensely talented and Shuggie Otis was not unlike Prince in terms of being a songwriter and music. Their music is definitely different but it's dope to see someone who is truly UNSUNG starting to get his props.

He was also asked to join the Rolling Stones I personally consider him the Prince of the early seventies... Such an underrated talent, I can't wait for the Wings Of Love CD!

Nivivrus said:

bashraka said:

Shuggie Otis when he first came out was highly respected as a guitarist. He jammed with Frank Zappa and BB King. He was immensely talented and Shuggie Otis was not unlike Prince in terms of being a songwriter and music. Their music is definitely different but it's dope to see someone who is truly UNSUNG starting to get his props.

He was also asked to join the Rolling Stones I personally consider him the Prince of the early seventies... Such an underrated talent, I can't wait for the Wings Of Love CD!

When I first discovered Shuggie over a decade ago, I immediately thought he was the missing link between Sly/Jimi/Stevie and Prince.

namepeace said:

Nivivrus said:

He was also asked to join the Rolling Stones I personally consider him the Prince of the early seventies... Such an underrated talent, I can't wait for the Wings Of Love CD!

When I first discovered Shuggie over a decade ago, I immediately thought he was the missing link between Sly/Jimi/Stevie and Prince.

When I discovered him in the mid 80's i felt the same.

jackmitz said:

EMPEROR101 said:

He's a legendary Man who's (imo) equal to Prince in terms of musical talent.

Whaaaa? That might be overstating it a little. I LOVE Shuggie's 'Inspiration Information', but his output, other than that and 'Freedom Flight', has been spotty at best.. I made the mistake of going to see him a few months ago when he came through Seattle....A truly horrible night of live music. That being said, the guy wrote some AWESOME songs.

Prince is the Man! But, I can compile several albums worth of Prince stuff that does nothing for me.

As Little Richard said about Prince: "Sometimes a little bit of something is better than a whole lot of Nothing"

EMPEROR101 said:

jackmitz said:

Whaaaa? That might be overstating it a little. I LOVE Shuggie's 'Inspiration Information', but his output, other than that and 'Freedom Flight', has been spotty at best.. I made the mistake of going to see him a few months ago when he came through Seattle....A truly horrible night of live music. That being said, the guy wrote some AWESOME songs.

Prince is the Man! But, I can compile several albums worth of Prince stuff that does nothing for me.

As Little Richard said about Prince: "Sometimes a little bit of something is better than a whole lot of Nothing"

I think it's fair to say that Shuggie had as much potential as Prince, but unless he has archived some of the greatest music never heard, he didn't live up to it.

Granted, Prince has some less than stellar music, but the great music he has made, not to mention that he cultivated himself into one of the all- time great live performers, outweigh Shuggie's contributions by many miles.

bashraka said:

MarcelS67 said:

Why not do this at the North Sea Jazz Fest?, .......Shuggie is there......

Prince isn't performing at this year's North Sea Jazz Festival.

I know this of course but one can dream right.
And well you'll never know what will happen at the Fest, P is in Europe at that time as far as I know.

xpertluva said:

EMPEROR101 said:

Prince is the Man! But, I can compile several albums worth of Prince stuff that does nothing for me.

As Little Richard said about Prince: "Sometimes a little bit of something is better than a whole lot of Nothing"

I think it's fair to say that Shuggie had as much potential as Prince, but unless he has archived some of the greatest music never heard, he didn't live up to it.

Granted, Prince has some less than stellar music, but the great music he has made, not to mention that he cultivated himself into one of the all- time great live performers, outweigh Shuggie's contributions by many miles.

I know that, I just have a special place in my heart for Shuggie.

EMPEROR101 said:

xpertluva said:

I think it's fair to say that Shuggie had as much potential as Prince, but unless he has archived some of the greatest music never heard, he didn't live up to it.

Granted, Prince has some less than stellar music, but the great music he has made, not to mention that he cultivated himself into one of the all- time great live performers, outweigh Shuggie's contributions by many miles.

I know that, I just have a special place in my heart for Shuggie.

Yeah, I know what you mean. When I became hip to him, all I could think about was what could have been.

xpertluva said:

EMPEROR101 said:

I know that, I just have a special place in my heart for Shuggie.

Yeah, I know what you mean. When I became hip to him, all I could think about was what could have been.