Shuggie Otis and Parker Urban Band will be performing live at 1904 Music Hall in Jacksonville on Tuesday, August 4th. The outdoor patio music will be provided by Triclops I and the Big Bucks crew. Advanced tickets are $20, $25 day of show. Doors @ 7pm.
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www.1904musichall.com
About Shuggie Otis:
Irony is a part of life. Though the music business may at times have nothing to do with “real” life, irony is a part of the biz. Just ask singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Shuggie Otis. Shuggie Otis, for those not familiar with him through David Byrne’s heroic disinterment of his 1974 album, Inspiration Information or through his authorship of the wonderful Strawberry Letter 23 – is the son of legendary R ‘n’ B bandleader Johnny Otis. A musical prodigy he was playing with his father by the time he was 13 and from the word go displayed an uncanny mastery of the blues guitar.
He wrote “Strawberry Letter 23,” a gold single for the Brothers Johnson that went to number one R&B and number five pop in spring 1977. George Johnson was dating one of Otis’ cousins who gave him a copy of Otis’ 1971 Epic LP, Freedom Flight. Immediately, Johnson liked “Ice Cold Daydream” and “Strawberry Letter 23.” The duo recommended it to their producer, Quincy Jones, and recorded a cover version that sticks pretty close to Otis’ original version of “Strawberry Letter 23.” By the time “Strawberry Letter 23” was a million-seller, Otis had been dropped from Epic three years earlier. The 24-year-old guitar virtuoso was sure he would get a new record deal. Ironically, the record executives would be impressed that he wrote a million-selling song, but they weren’t interested in anything else he’d done. Disillusioned, Otis dropped out of the music business before returning to it in the late ’80s, playing with his father, Johnny Otis’ band. Later the axiom “good things come to those who wait” took effect. Spurred by sales and critical kudos of reissues of his 1974 Epic LP, Inspiration Information, from Sony Music Special Projects and David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label, Otis performed “Strawberry Letter 23” on May 2001 appearances on Conan O’Brien and David Letterman.
About Parker Urban Band:
The Parker Urban Band is one of the regions most organic, soulful and sought after bands in the up rising movement of fantastic talent that stays true to real music. Each member has something to say without expectation, to only let the music breath and to be absorb. The soulful grooves, foot stomping funk and spontaneous improv will be sure to draw you into their delicious vibes. They have performed or shared the stage with many amazing talents such as Zach Deputy, Roosevelt Collier, The Lee Boys, Bobby Lee Rodgers, JJ Grey & Mofro, Natalie Stewart, The Duhks, The Wailers, Damon Fowler, Selwyn Birchwood Band, THE MAIN SQUEEZE, The Heavy Pets, Toubab Krewe and the list really does keep going! Fronted by John Parkerurban on guitar, Juanita Parkerurban and Myrna Lynn Perry Stallworth on vox with killer P.U.B family members Ricky Alessi formerly of Chroma, John Mortensen of Mama BLue, James Elam Holloway, and Chris Poland of Fusebox Funk!
