The book refers to this one as being criminally underappreciated despite a 21st century CD re-release... and yep, I was not at all familiar with Shuggie Otis.
I likes what I hears! Smooth, interesting, lush funk grooves with a kind of Stevie Wonder/early Michael Jackson vibe, vague hints of psychedelia, and some extended smooth jazz interludes.
Apparently Otis had his first brush with the charts in 1965 at the age of 12!! From there he went on to become a multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and all-round prodigy... but sadly he eventually faded into obscurity somewhat when his record company dumped him.
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