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Track Listing
1. Oxford Gray
2. Jennie Lee
3. Bootie Cooler
4. Knowing (That You Want Him)
5. Funky Thithee
6. Shuggie's Boogie
7. Hurricane
8. Gospel Groove
9. Baby, I Needed You
10. Hawks, The
11. Ice Cold Daydream
12. Strawberry Letter 23
13. Sweet Thang
14. Me and My Woman
15. Someone's Always Singing
16. Purple
17. Freedom Flight
18. One Room Country Shack
Album Notes
2 LPs on 1 CD: HERE COMES SHUGGIE OTIS (1970)/FREEDOM FLIGHT (1971).
Personnel includes: Shuggie Otis (vocals, guitar, piano, celeste, harpsichord, organ, bass, drums, percussion); Johnny Otis (piano, celeste, harpsichord, tympani, percussion); Al Kooper (piano, organ); Ray Johnson (piano); George Duke (electric piano, celeste, organ); Leon Haywood (organ); Wilton Felder (celeste, harpsichord, electric bass); Al McKibbon (acoustic bass); Stu Woods (bass); Stix Hopper, Abe Mills, Paul Lagos, Aynsley Dunbar, Mike Kowalski (drums).
Includes liner notes by Billy Pinnell.
Industry Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - FREEDOM FLIGHT is more organic, with Otis often coming on like a sweeter, more vulnerable Hendrix.
Uncut (03/01/2004)
4 stars out of 5 - [A]mbitiously diverse....Otis plays everything from pulsating funk to delicate ballads.
Mojo (02/01/2004)
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