For decades, Shuggie Otis has enjoyed cult hero status; his 1974 third album, Inspiration Information, which he produced, arranged, sang and played guitar, bass, drums and keyboards on, is hailed a ...

Not many guitar players have accomplished before age 18 what Shuggie Otis, born in 1953, was able to do. But on the flip side, very few virtuosos have done less with their gifts after age 21. The son ...

For his first New York show in ages, it was not an auspicious start for Shuggie Otis. Taking the Highline Ballroom stage in a long coat and scarf, his Gibson 335 was silent. A roadie came out, tried ...

Had a few things worked out differently, soul singer Shuggie Otis could have been a huge star. Instead, he spent almost four decades as someone people asked “Whatever happened to … ?” about. Despite ...

Psychedelic soul man Shuggie Otis was once thought of as the heir apparent to Jimi Hendrix, and in a new interview, he recalls meeting the surprisingly introverted guitar hero at an in-store autograph ...

Singer, songwriter and multi- instrumentalist Shuggie Otis might not have been born holding a guitar but he probably picked his first one up soon thereafter. He did grow up playing guitar in bands led ...

When an artist vanishes for 40 years, rumors are going to spread, none of them good. So it was with Shuggie Otis. Nearly four decades passed after the release of his third album, the psychedelic soul ...

Shuggie Otis' Inspiration Information was first released nearly 40 years ago. This isn't the first time Shuggie Otis' masterpiece, Inspiration Information, has been reissued — but that's OK. It's an ...

Albany >> Two weeks after Johnny Otis, “The Godfather of Rhythm and Blues,” was dropped from Epic Records roster in 1974, they called him and dropped the other shoe. “We’re letting (your son) Shuggie ...

Musical mystery man Shuggie Otis was born to greatness - nurtured in the band of his father, Bay Area R&B star maker Johnny Otis, and ultimately breaking out on his own with three solo LPs that become ...