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Freedom Flight (Shuggie Otis album)

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Released
  
September 1971

Artist
  
Shuggie Otis

Producer
  
Johnny Otis

Recorded
  
1971

Release date
  
September 1971

Label
  
Epic Records

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Freedom Flight (1971)
  
Inspiration Information (1974)

Genres
  
Blues, Soul music, Jazz fusion

Similar
  
Shuggie Otis albums, Soul music albums

Shuggie otis ice cold daydream


Freedom Flight , released in the fall of 1971 on Epic Records, is the second album by Shuggie Otis. The album contains the original version of "Strawberry Letter 23", a 1977 hit for The Brothers Johnson.

Contents

The song "Sweet Thang" was used extensively in the 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club.

Shuggie otis freedom flight


Track listing

All songs written by Shuggie Otis except where indicated

  1. "Ice Cold Daydream" - 2:27
  2. "Strawberry Letter 23" - 3:57
  3. "Sweet Thang" (Johnny Otis, Shuggie Otis) - 4:05
  4. "Me and My Woman" (Gene Barge) - 4:15
  5. "Someone's Always Singing" (Kenny Kahn, Shuggie Otis) - 3:22
  6. "Purple" - 7:05
  7. "Freedom Flight" - 12:48

Personnel

  • Shuggie Otis - Lead & Backing Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Organ, Piano, Drums, Bells, Bottleneck Guitar, Tack Piano
  • Johnny Otis - Percussion, Backing Vocals
  • Wilton Felder - Bass
  • George Duke - Organ, Electric Piano, Celesta
  • Aynsley Dunbar - Drums
  • Mike Kowalski - Drums
  • Richard Aplanalp - Tenor Saxophone, Oboe, Flute
  • James 'Supe' Bradshaw - Harmonica, Backing Vocals
  • Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews - Backing Vocals

    • Songs

    1Ice Cold Daydream2:30
    2Strawberry Letter 233:59
    3Sweet Thang4:09

    References

    Freedom Flight (Shuggie Otis album) Wikipedia
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