Shuggie Otis
Inter-Fusion
Review by Gary Hill
This is being billed as "fusion rock," and that's a pretty apt description. We generally put fusion in under "progressive rock" at MSJ, so that's where this lands. Perhaps this fits more closely under general rock, but there is enough jazz here to qualify it pretty well as prog. All the songs are instrumental except one. That one is also the most mainstream blues rock. Shuggie Otis handles the guitar and vocals on this while Tony Franklin holds down the bass, Kyle Hammond tickles the keys and Carmine Appice keeps the beat.
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