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William Odell Hughes

Cruisin' (LITA EXCLUSIVE)
LP Black $14 $22
  • 180g WHITE vinyl limited to 100 copies (LITA Exclusive)
  • 180g BLACK vinyl limited to 500 copies (w/obi strip)
  • Rare Detroit Funk Soul album
  • First ever vinyl reissue since 1981
  • Featuring Tribe founder Wendell Harrison
  • NOTE: No Sales to Japan

Description

A Detroit resident, William Odell Hughes is a much-loved street educated singer-songwriter and music composer. As a regular passenger riding to work on the Detroit East Side bus route in the early eighties, he met jazz pianist Pamela Wise who also rode the bus to work every day and who he noticed was always reading music. Pamela told him about saxophonist, clarinetist, and producer Wendell Harrison (founder of the legendary Tribe collective and a regular collaborator of Pamela Wise). She introduced Odell to Wendell, who was impressed with William’s compositions and felt that it would be a great project for release on his WenHa record label.

Hughes and Harrison began producing and recording the album to be called “Cruisin”featuring musical arrangements by both Wendell Harrison and Pamela Wise. This album (released in 1981) was the first recording for Hughes and the beginning of a long...

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Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Cruisin'
  • 2 Waiting
  • 3 Where Am I
  • 4 Super-Funk-A-Ga-La-Listic-Freak
  • 5 I've Got Love On My Mind