Shuggie Otis - Aht Uh Mi Hed

This track is off the 1974 Shuggie Otis album Inspiration Information. The album had taken almost three years to finish, and all the songs were written and arranged by Otis, who played almost exclusively every instrument on the album. However, Inspiration Information was far from a commercial success. After the album's release, Otis was approached by Billy Preston on behalf of The Rolling Stones, asking him to join the band for their upcoming world tour. He declined the offer, along with the chance to work with Quincy Jones in helping produce Otis's next album, which was never recorded. After a series of similar refusals and concert incidents, Otis gained the reputation of being a prima donna, and became less sought after as a session musician. Otis lost his recording contract with Epic Records and his fame diminished by the late 1970s.

He is best known for Strawberry Letter 23 (covered and made famous by The Brothers Johnson in 1977) which is on Inspiration Information but my favorites from the album are "Aht Uh Mi Hed" and "Inspirational Information". It's a damn shame that so many music lovers have slept on Shuggie for he blended soulful and funky as good as anyone ever has and was way ahead of his time.