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.
What the critics say...
Uncut (3/04, p.105) - 3 stars out of 5 - "FREEDOM FLIGHT is more organic, with Otis often coming on like a sweeter, more vulnerable Hendrix."
Mojo (Publisher) (2/04, p.109) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[A]mbitiously diverse....Otis plays everything from pulsating funk to delicate ballads."
