Picture this: One man plays every instrument on a record. Drums, bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals..the whole thing. But here's the catch, this was the 1970s, long before copy-paste made it easy. Prince? Stevie Wonder? Nope…
Shuggie Otis recorded "Inspiration Information" the hard way. He had to play down the entire song, every time, for every layer. No loops. No shortcuts.
In this video essay, let’s take a look at a forgotten genius’s work and dive a bit deeper.
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