And I guess I was a little lackadaisical. "I never felt rushed, though, probably because my father's studio was in our house. But I didn't want to just (be a session guitarist), I wanted to come out on my own," he says. It was like someone put out a bad word on me. "Not getting a record deal was never my choice. Jackson and Digable Planets' For Corners. But for the most part, his legacy bubbled up in mainstream pop culture via samples on hits like Beyoncé's Gift From Virgo, Outkast's Ms. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977 and found new fans through a reissue in 2001. His biggest hit, Strawberry Letter 23 (as recorded by the Brothers Johnson), peaked at No. Quincy Jones offered to produce his work (Otis turned him down, too). The Rolling Stones even asked him to replace guitarist Mick Taylor (he turned them down). King and Ray Charles, and met Jimi Hendrix. He's played with James Brown, Etta James, B.B. "I can still hear him in the way I speak." "I was there before and after every rehearsal and I'd listen to my father conducting business on the phone," he says. He's the son of late R&B pioneer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Johnny Otis and grew up learning from guitar legends like Don "Sugarcane" Harris and Al Kooper, just a couple of the artists who walked into his father's home studio. Getting snubbed by record labels for decades is surprising, considering his pedigree and the size of his network. I got refused for so long that I got used to it." "I've been sending my tapes out for 40 years. Despite his reputation as a recluse, "I've been here on planet Earth.
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