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Biography. Born in Los Angeles, California, Otis is the son of rhythm and blues musician, bandleader, and impresario Johnny Otis, who was of Greek descent, and his wife Phyllis Walker, who was of African American and Filipino descent. [7] [8] The name "Shuggie" (short for "sugar", according to his mother) was coined by Phyllis when ...
14. Mai 2013 · Born in Los Angeles, California, Shuggie Otis is the son of rhythm and blues pioneer, musician, bandleader, and impresario Johnny Otis and wife Phyllis. Otis, primarily known as a guitarist, also sings and plays a multitude of other instruments. While growing up with and being heavily influenced by many blues, jazz and R&B musicians ...
Johnny and Phyllis also raised Lucky Otis, Shuggie's son with his first wife, Miss Mercy Fontenot of The GTOs . Music career. Otis began playing drums as a teenager, having bought a set by forging his father's signature on a credit slip. Soon after, he dropped out of Berkeley High School, in his junior year.
Shuggie Otis. Shuggie Otis (* 30. November 1953 in Los Angeles, eigentlich Johnny Alexander Veliotes) ist ein amerikanischer Rhythm-and-Blues -, Rock -, Blues - und Funk -Sänger bzw. -Musiker, Songwriter und Musikproduzent. Der Sohn des griechischstämmigen Musikers und Produzenten Johnny Otis spielt Gitarre, Klavier, Orgel und E-Bass.
25. März 2016 · Here’s how it works. Shuggie Otis: the lost R&B star who came in from the wilderness. The son of an R&B legend, guitar virtuoso Shuggie Otis followed in the footsteps of his old man Johnny Otis and did it his way. “There were depressing times,” he says. “But there were good tim. If ever there was a musician who went his own way, it’s ...
After the breakup of the GTOs in 1971, Fontenot married the guitarist Shuggie Otis. They divorced, and their son Lucky Otis (also a musician) was raised by his grandparents, the R&B musician Johnny Otis and his wife Phyllis. Miss Mercy died on July 27, 2020. [1]
4. März 2016 · His second wife, Lillian, who died in 2001, was another support. “I was saved by my wife, who I was married to for 23 years. She taught me so much. We seriously loved each other. I didn’t...
