ISAAC HAYES - SHAFT @ WATTSTAX 1973 [feat. Richard Pryor]

ISAAC HAYES - Shaft@WATTSTAX
[feat. Richard Pryor]
1973
- i do not claim ownership or copyright of this material in any way. It just needs to be seen.

[@jackspry9736]

RIP Richard Pryor (December 1, 1940 - December 10, 2005), aged 65 And RIP Isaac Hayes (August 20, 1942 - August 10, 2008), aged 65 You both will be remembered as legends.

[@tonycanabal1659]

And Richard Roundtree 1942-2023😢

[@jszoradi8650]

So true! Love & Peace ✌

[@randomness4588]

This is so beautiful my god it makes me wanna cry so much I can only imagine how empowering this was for my black family my black brothers and sisters so beautiful I can’t even begin to understand the emotions felt by all who attended this legendary concert… the 70’s will never be forgotten

[@Engeltjeuit1970]

❤

[@carpenoctem775]

The 70’s were so groovy.

[@uryic000]

Man, I’m 66 years old this happened my senior year of high school. This was the ultimate cool and bad ass thang then. Even Jesse Jackson w his big Afro was cool. This event, this video just shows the absolute necessity of the arts, civil rights were fought for on many platforms and battlefields. This was one of them, though on the surface it appears to ONLY be entertainment, which it is, but this music, this master musician touches the soul. Lasting change always begins from the inside out. This music helped to heal souls, touch hearts, give hope. Those things are very intangible yet very real. They cannot be quantified as say $50 million dollars could, hence to the the casual observer, this only appears to be a bunch of mainly black folk out partying, having a good time. It is that, and far more. I would submit that the Jackson 5, The Temptations, James Brown, Sly Stone Earth, Wind, and Fire, and many others were just as important to the civil rights movement as Dr. King. What those artists contributed to the world and their people just generally wasn’t as quantifiable as what Dr. King and others did. When I see this video it is what “I” a 66 year old black man, and full time musician born and raised in segregated south La. Am see and am reminded of.

[@johnglenn2539]

50-8

[@peopleunite78]

Isaac's intro is just too cool !!! R.I.P. Black Moses

[@sandyprimus9831]

I liked the scene when Isaac took off his cape , no wonder the audience screamed, that chain vest and a nice strong body too. way to go .

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

According to his friend Dionne Warwick, the impact of that costume can't be underestimated. I paraphrase... "Here was a successful. attractive black man wearing chains not as a symbol of oppression, but as a symbol of success and power!"

[@ronnel8415]

When we were brothers and sisters !

[@Wally-H]

Love the warning from the announcer at the beginning. This was most likely a result of what happened when Rufus Thomas was on stage earlier in the day, and the crowd invaded the pitch to dance when he did Funky Chicken. Stax executives were horrified because they'd promised the football club they'd look after the field so it wouldn't get damaged.

[@robertkuiper7066]

I am happy they did because the footage is awesome

[@Slimelord202]

This is the flyest performance I ever seen in my life😉😉😉😉 rip king

[@hellokittycutie2003]

I LOVE MY PEOPLE! Ain't nothin' like my skin folk!!!

[@gregdark5203]

Live funky soul with bongos being played. Man you don't have anything like that nowadays. That music was raw back in the day.

[@preciousbabydoll9793]

The mot soulful man to ever grace any stage , Mr. Isaac Hayes (RIP ). May his music live on forever.

[@patkelly3966]

Yeh I thought u meant Mr. Richard Pryor

[@6672able]

Sweet P you are sexy

[@justabearbrowsingyoutube4968]

This is the definition of art.

[@marcfedak]

Isaac Hayes comes in like a prize fighter. What a great song. Finally he got Jesse Jackson off the stage.

[@MoonLanta]

🤣

[@acajudi100]

Marc Fedak August 20, 1942. I was born 2 months after him.

[@mt.treverest5465]

What’s wrong with Jesse Jackson?

[@Quad8track]

@@mt.treverest5465 Everything.

[@lil2177]

“Yeah yeah yeah!” -Jesse Jackson

[@gordon8463]

My first film i was 12 in 72......!!!! That's why a white poor boy in France loved The Funk and soul and jazz....and always do !!!!...

[@maryj4738]

Isaac Hayes is a bad........How can you not remember that gold maxi chain vest. He’s 1 of the GOATS❤️

[@shisley4]

I remember growing up in the 70's. Even thought we went through somethings, it was so different back then. For me those was the best years/era. Hot pants with a halter top, Afro puffs or cornrows/braids and some stack heel sandals and you thought you was the shish :-)!!!

[@414MrMilwaukee]

Only Issac can wear that Babylonian outfit lol brother is smooth. He just inspired me to wear that to work

[@Paul-fq9pj]

Superb

[@helen6103]

@@Paul-fq9pj Absofuckinlutely!! Helluva Soul Brother 😎

[@helen6103]

414MrMilwaukee Brilliant comment & I hope your tribute to Isaac was appreciated 😉

[@roberthendrickson2939]

Where do you work, I want to see it.

[@JacoZawinul]

The wah-wah guitar @ 03:25 is wicked!

[@playsbass1969]

i love guitars strat wah-wah

[@winstrola.d3282]

Sounds almost like Industrial Rock, just insane.

[@troysvisualarts]

"Theme From Shaft" makes my top ten of what I consider the most super baaaad-ass funk songs ever recorded, this song has been a favourite since I was a teen and still holds that wow factor for me to this day!!!

[@dominiquejones3805]

COLD!!! ISAAC was a gr8 producer

[@angelavick5343]

Memories forever my fav decade 1970s. Born and raised in NC. Those singers was part of my family as far as I am concern Amen

[@justincase2271]

It doesn't get much better.

[@donskeezy4042]

It certainly doesn't

[@robinceuleers5595]

Isaac Hayes is a real Warrior 😎 I call this the Evolution of RNB music and Hip Hop

[@eazy-cheez-e8033]

Man everything in the 1970s looks gangsta as fuck. From the clothes, the accents, the way things were directed, the dirty rough looking environment, everyone looked gangsta with a cigarette in there mouth, or alcohol bottle just loitering in the streets without anyone recording you on there social media for clout

[@justabearbrowsingyoutube4968]

I can tell you’re part of my sheltered generation. These wonders still exist, but won’t be able to see that modern social media.

[@cominroitover80]

@@justabearbrowsingyoutube4968 This rap is true. There are still gangsta times to be had you just gotta be bad enough. You ever stay in a motel and just walk out at 2am with a gun in your pants and stare at the parking lot for 30 minutes. Ever do that bitch nigga!!!!????

[@onlyone23km]

SUPER FLY!

[@johnalexander6869]

I was stationed at Travis AFB Fairfield ca. Three friends Samuel Crouch, Keith Bozeman and Larry Graves were there. Oh what a night.

[@robschannel4512]

I'm an old white guy. I wish I could be that cool for just a moment, but I do have his coolness to look at.

[@ashleywilliams8590]

There was some funky white people at this event who was down

[@BLACKLIVESDOMATTER]

Bad Ass song! He really did a fantastic job composing that music score theme song for the movie SHAFT.

[@bryanatsck]

1:09 One of the most used samples in all of hip hop

[@petehobson1054]

I was looking for a comment on that! Good shout!

[@geriko1]

1:06 "Brothers and Sisters" sample has been sampled in many rap tunes.

[@lex.cordis2]

"I don't know what this world is coming to!!" kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGSYaYyIbp6FqMk

[@kaylao.3326]

geriko1 I’ve never heard it any rap songs

[@keanoyyf]

@@kaylao.3326 listen to the legendary public enemy and you'll hear da sample

[@bluerealmwonder9615]

Kayla O. 2-PAC - If my homie calls

[@chimchimchow]

Yessir heard it immediately

[@starrcompany3275]

2:57 I fainted seriously

[@jeffconway8729]

Yea, but even back then he stayed on the stage as long as he could, basking in the attention, well after he had introduced Hayes. A sign of things to come.

[@DerekLyons]

I love this man! Met him in the mid 1980's in London!

[@jerryj920]

WATTSTAX was huuuge! Classic. NGO...Never Gets Old. RIP, Black Moses. RIP Richard. Blessings

[@TheSecurityCamChannel]

One of the handful of men who could get away with a chrome dome back then. I've been clean since '95.

[@TheSecurityCamChannel]

Back during the seventies sporting a shaved bald head was the ultimate sign of confidence.

[@shellyjones7191]

RIP Richard Roundtree

[@Vonslik69]

Such a genius!! You can feel the spirit of Africa and Black Power all wrapped inside this remarkable instrumental comp. My fam were at this event. I wasn't able to go ( only three years old at the time:) but they took me to see the film at the Century Drive-In ( Inglewood, CA.) and I remembered this performance on the strength of Isaac Hayes classic theme...somethin' special!!!

[@halwarner3326]

Vonslik69 m

[@justabearbrowsingyoutube4968]

I believe in the power, but please don’t put Africans into this. This is specifically African American. Africa is diverse, and most of them stay away from Americans. This is a work of art from this man specifically!

[@Vonslik69]

@@justabearbrowsingyoutube4968 I never mentioned Americans not once in this post?? I'm talking music and instruments, and you're speaking politics! Let's just stay on music.

[@TheSecurityCamChannel]

The man could go from smooth to funky without breaking a sweat.

[@christopherprice3955]

This intro gets me emotional!! wow man WOW!!!

[@markwithers9468]

this is where Jessy Jackson got his start Isaac Hayes hype man

[@DRLEWIS]

Isaac Hayes! WOWSERS!!!! This was a CONCERT for the ages!

[@sherryjackson3806]

I was there right on ❤

[@buttacudawey]

a beautiful black man..BLACK MOSES...

[@ederrick987]

It look like the 70s black culture and music was at its zenith. I missed out on a powerful period in our culture.

[@jmarcguy]

I just watched a bit of the 2019 Grammy awards. There was nothing even close to as cool as this video!!

[@prayingmantis6777]

Cooler than cool. 💙

[@christopherhall1021]

Still untouchable!

[@johnhuxley165]

Nothing Jessie loves more than a microphone and an audience. I would also like to say that is an amazing afro.

[@melodysanger103]

REMEMBERING ISAAC HAYES (August 20, 1942 - August 10, 2008) [08/20/2022]

[@ericmaldonado9352]

El padre del Funk y de la música disco Mister Isac Hayes (RIP)💪👍👌💃💃💃

[@michaellam2508]

Mr. Isaac Hayes (bless him) truly has soul! 😎

[@roberthendrickson2939]

That was the coolest entrance I’ve ever seen. I wish I could be that cool once in my old white life. I just have to be happy to see it.

[@ustuppy]

What a boss.

[@Lessie52]

A real man here! Love Isaac Hays!

[@maryferrero7]

The gold chain, this is black history! We are kings

[@nikkidoug78]

Black Moses...sho nuff. Rest In Soul...

[@moehammondmedia]

I miss those two legends. Richard and Isaac. Jessie is crazy.

[@SolarRadioFM]

The Man The Legend... Shaft is the name... Shaft is the game !

[@dominiquejones3805]

Isaac is 1 9f my favorite producers ever

[@charlesnwarren]

50 years ago. Cool.

[@IThinkYouLookLarvely]

The film was released in '73 but the actual event was August '72 :) On another note, at least 3 left-handers in one band?? One guitarist, the bass player and looks like the drummer is too. Even Isaac's playing the tambourine with his left hand which is harder when you're right-handed. But he's Isaac Hayes, so enough said!

[@paisleyprincess7996]

IThinkYouLookLarvely sad thing was, by 1973 the end was near for Stax...

[@pockahantiss]

This makes me feel like cooking. How bout some black eyed peas, ham hocks, cornbread, collard greens, fried chicken wings, candied yams, Mac n cheese, and Turkey wings. Good fuh da soul!✊🏾💚✊🏾❤️✊🏾🖤💯💯💯💯

[@Jevezy]

Black Moses in Chains, WATTSTAX, something that only happens once in a lifetime. To the Jesse Jackson Haters out there, step aside.

[@antoinebatiste3267]

Iconic!!! Still listening in 2022!

[@joninpgh]

Isaac Hayes cornered the market on cool.

[@dorothymays-pitts3834]

Issac Hayes Miles Davis and brothers of that caliber R a typical example of what a real good great and talented man is minus the curly hair bright eyes and skin those 2 were dark with big nose and lips 👄 which is another example of beauty in its greatest form it’s all about what floats your 🚣‍♂️ boat Don’t loose a good man because your eyes R cloudy. DPitts 😀🤙🏾🤜👍🏻😁

[@jakelee1357]

The guy playing the White Fender Telecaster in isaac hayes band is,..............Al Mckay of earth wind and fire,....this is before he joined earth wind and fire,...so when he finally joined earth wind and fire he knew exactly what to do,...he was seasoned already.

[@AugustMedia]

Thanks! He's playing this tune damn good!

[@keithrice9639]

The film must be inverted because Al plays left handed.

[@TheSecurityCamChannel]

Good looking out. Never noticed McKay until you mentioned him.

[@robertroddy]

First album I bought SHAFT !!!

[@lindacalton5815]

I was in California in 1973 when the WATTS STAX FESTIVAL THERE.I WAS AT WILL ROGERS PARK

[@Epimpin101]

I don't really like Jessie Jackson, but he does have a bad ass afro.

[@janetmannis8042]

Gosh I didn’t even recognise Jessie Jackson! Thank you for pointing out!

[@athorpe630]

Not like this anymore.It was fun then.Good music growing up. Kids loved to dance and have fun with friends. School dances, parties.I miss this music.

[@Hillers62]

This is the most 70ed song ever!!!!!!!!

[@richardclarke376]

totally fucking awesome. The quality meter up to %110

[@dorothymays-pitts3834]

Isaac Hayes was a bad bad brother who was the inside type of beauty he is missed. DAMP

[@teffahilarbi2064]

isaac RIP big hello from oran algeria

[@shellyjones7191]

RIP Isaac Hayes.

[@terrylaissy3313]

Super disco funk 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@patrickwest3076]

shaft the best ever great memories

[@bpoupon]

Isaac Hayes at WattStax, 20 août 1972

[@donaldelley2802]

iconic black man of the 70s

[@mariespurpleshoes]

AWESOE. STILL!

[@SpiritualPoetDivine]

I love Isaac Hayes growing up in the sensational 1970s!!

[@kyaanderson8071]

Whoa man i was six, I remember this music! My my!!!

[@annieharris1772]

KYA ANDERSON I'm doing a report on Wattstax. Were you actually there? Wow! My instagram is: @ wattstaxproject. And, my email is: [e-mail] or [e-mail]. I would like to ask you questions about your experience at the concert.

[@rickiesummers703]

Yes may he RIP and I miss him and also Bernie Mack.

[@melodysanger103]

REMEMBERING ISAAC HAYES (AUGUST 20, 1942 - AUGUST 10, 2006) [08/20/2017]

[@Jevezy]

Black Moses in Chains, talented brotha. We miss you Isaac.

[@jothompson6531]

Richard and Isaac classic

[@johnf120]

Man, Skip Pitts might have had the meanest rhythm guitar tone ever with that tele and wah. The pedal control is insane on those fast slides 3:31

[@arthurwatt5162]

Loved Issac. Lol. Chef!. 😅

[@skyone4950]

When blacks entertainers had funk and soul. Memphis soul and funk in the house, better than anything today.

[@muckstar23]

i just smoked some a strain of weed called isaac haze ---cheers

[@MoonLanta]

hiraldo mcgoo original

[@Paul-fq9pj]

Class

[@salayobrown8942]

rest in peace ISAAC!!!!!!

[@garysmith8073]

Skip was a GUITAR WIZARD . THEN YOU A LEGEND IN THE MAKING .AL MCKAY OF EWF !!!!!!

[@Hillers62]

RIP Isaac...

[@tonydess3992]

His band is really good! I love all the fanfare before he actually starts singing.lmao

[@t-pitz8866]

My zoneeee

[@corrynthiaiam9205]

My dad til day have this huge pic hanging of Issac Hayes holding gold chains in his hands.

[@dagmarramgad5441]

I wish there was a full resurgence of funk and soul and that it would spread joy and healing and wash away all the awful garbage music