James Otto photo by Kristin Barlowe, courtesy of Warner Bros. Nashville.
July 28, 2008 — Chris Cagle has his Cagle Heads. Kiss has the Kiss Army. Jimmy Buffett has his Parrotheads. And James Otto has the Ottomaniacs.
The world at large got hip to James this year after he released his John Rich-produced single "Just Got Started Lovin’ You," but he’s had a rather fanatical core audience ever since the 2004 release of his debut, Days Of Our Lives. James had some tough years after that album came out, but the positivity he got from his fans helped keep him emotionally afloat.
"They’ve dubbed themselves the Ottomaniacs, and they’ve been following me for years," he told the national radio show GAC Nights: Live From Nashville. "I think that’s been a large part of keeping at it — I always have somebody sending me messages like, ‘We want to hear what you’re doing next.’ It’s great to have that kind of morale boost that somebody cares enough to follow you through your changes and what’s going on with you. I’m as happy, I think, for them to finally get to see it actually happen as I am for me."
The Ottomaniacs might also be happy to discover that the title track to James’ Sunset Man album has been picked up for the soundtrack to The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2. Set for release Aug. 5, the soundtrack also features Michelle Branch and Cyndi Lauper, among others.
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