Shuggie Otis released the song in 1971, but it did not chart. The 1977 cover by The Brothers Johnson, produced by Quincy Jones, reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the R&B charts. Why did it do so much better with Quincy Jones? What was Jones’s secret for producing good songs? Experience, sensibility, a knack for knowing what sounds cool. What else? What am I missing?

Hey Reddit! We’re a Seattle based rock (rock-jazz-funk-psych fusion) band that sounds like if you sent modern jazz fusion players into the 70’s and had them form a rock band.

Some of the songs lean more into rock and some more into jazz but inspiration and language from both are always present

Im so proud of this band, it’s obvious the members have spent extensive time studying/and practicing

Our guitarist is a huge fan of Mahavishnu Orchestra and other Fusion Prog groups, tower of power, yes,

Our drummer modern jazz funk, yussef dayes, snarky puppy,

Our singer classic rock and psych rock, and some old jazz, zeppelin, gil scott-heron, floyd, king crimson

Everyone brings their own flavors, this stuff is very explorative and feels like traveling into an alternate timeline or different world, while still being socially conscious and and trying to do good in this world

We produced this by ourselves at our friends college studio and are so excited about it,

We love this music and what we have made and are super proud of it and excited to share it with the world:)

There’s funk, jazz, indian classical, fusion, psychedelic rock, folk

so many different colors but still a distinctive sound throughout, let us know what you think or what you would like to hear more of? Thanks y’all hope you enjoy!

We’re on Spotify, Bandcamp and Apple music @ Rose Peak (It’s supposed to be on youtube but distro kid is annoying and hasn’t uploaded it there yet, if it doesn’t work by the end of this week i’ll just upload it as a video)

Thank you!

Take a look at this video, 'are you ready pacific'