The Isley Brothers - Who's That Lady

The Isley Brothers performing Who's That Lady!
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[@ShenDoodles]

How the hell do you get these kinds of sounds from a guitar? It sounds like a synthesiser, but it’s all filters! That’s downright musical wizardry right there.

[@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie]

That's what you called talent. Not what we have today. A bunch of gimmicks.

[@lorenavierra5468]

Jimmy Hendricks taught him how to play the Guitar when he was young kid..He got his gift from Hendricks 🙏🏽♥️ I Loved him growing up he ripped that Guitar 🎸 Isley Brothers was my #1 group been to All there Concerts throughout the Bay Area.. GREAT MEMORIES For Sure .Still Love All there songs ♥️🥰🙋🏻‍♀️

[@robyncoy7973]

Raw talent!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie]

@robyncoy7973 yea. It's sad how music has decline since 2000. No creativity, imovative music. It's just entertainment any tom dick and Harry can become a star these days. Gen z and millenialks have lost it. There not carrying on the tradition of good music.

[@Fretfeeler]

Effects pedals. Fuzz and maybe an envelope filter

[@gramp69]

Ernie Isley: Most underrated guitarist ever

[@kennypacker5969]

If that ain't the truth

[@kennypacker5969]

Had the 70s Pump It

[@erickthefantabulous1]

I know I was looking at a list of guitarist ( 10 years ago I couldn't even find his name which is total (BS) Some of the greatest guitar solos of all time were done by Ernie isley

[@skippergoat]

Hi, i was just thinking that. Very sexy too! I saw the Isley bros. at the jazz fest in New Orleans some years ago. I always go early so I can get up to the barricade. I can get rained on and sunburned in the same day. I wonder if the Isley bros. Family have old videos of Ernie and Jimi playing guitar together. Take care!

[@vernharris2708]

If I'm not mistaken I think I heard an interview somewhere with Jimi Hendrix hung out with them for a little while to actually learned from Ernie💪🏿😎

[@lw1391]

Sometimes I think this entire song exists just to let Ernie Isley do his thing, and the world is a better place for it. Incredible!!

[@kellyf5004]

Hahah true! 🎸

[@epec20]

I'm in ! 🙌🏾💯

[@roselrangel4]

He was good friends with Jimmy Hendrix matter fact Jimmy was in their band played guitar. Both great players 💞

[@ceeceetracey9839]

Possibly. Or either it was so funky they didnt want it to end in 3 minutes like most songs from that time, and someone said "I got an idea!!" lol and it worked

[@byronspears9395]

Electric Church - Jimi Hendrix

[@danahoward759]

My mother used to say Ernie Isley was the best guitarist ever. She said everybody copied his style and he didn't get recognized enough for his talent. When we were younger, she would play this album on Saturdays and it was time to get up and clean the house...lol.. it was 6 kids, music blasting in through the speakers and we would be dancing and cleaning. That's back when you could let the whole album play, no skipping to the #1 hit..the whole album was a hit!! The best years of my childhood. This influenced my taste in music and made me appreciate the artistry

[@martinbrodie8507]

@danahoward759 is a lovely lady.

[@bertramattles1695]

I also feel he was influenced a lot by Jimi Hendrix who played with The Isley Brothers as a teenager and also lived with them for a while

[@geralddutcher3662]

@danahoward759 I like your story about the childhood appreciation and influence of "Whole Hit Albums" by the Isleys and I'm sure others! The Isleys had many! Believe it or not my very first influence and appreciation came of the love of Nat King Cole's voice at about 4 yrs old! Would sit in front of an old black & white TV watching and listening to his weekly show! And get this, I'm almost 70 & as pale one can get! 50's-90's music, most genres included, best music in history!

[@danahoward759]

@@geralddutcher3662 I also like Nat King Cole's voice❤️ and I agree, the 50's thru the 90's was some of the best music 🎶 🎵

[@geralddutcher3662]

@@danahoward759 And how about Natalie's!? Chip off the proverbial block! The songs that she did with her Dad dubbed in are treasures!!!

[@mikecoleman4795]

You kids today missed the real deal. These guys were so tight a cat couldn’t scratch them.

[@jeremymanning2132]

The Isley Brothers were way ahead of their time. They gave us some true classics.

[@bernadettemurtagh8117]

Yes summer breeze top of my list..

[@jeremymanning2132]

@@bernadettemurtagh8117 Great track to chill out with. You've got good taste.

[@martymiranda2507]

I agree with You 100 %

[@themagicians1122]

Gave ? You mean GIVING AS THERE STILL IN MUSIC AND STILL PERFORM NOW

[@themagicians1122]

@@bernadettemurtagh8117 my favorite song ever

[@LeGrandeOrange]

Dear lord, Ernie Isley has tone for miles!

[@saanzacs]

RIP O'Kelley, Rudolph and Marvin Isley

[@geoblu7]

One the most iconic guitar tones in history

[@joeblow538]

Without a dobt

[@kennopalus]

Borrowed from Jimi Hendrix !

[@themagicians1122]

Yes he is

[@themagicians1122]

@@kennopalus They learned together he ain't BORROWED SHIT

[@kennopalus]

@@themagicians1122 that comment is laughable

[@jking3892]

He's Murdering that Guitar

[@AlwaysK2withD3]

As Don Cornelius would have said "The Impeccable Isley Brothers"🫡

[@carmen4373]

When I hear Ernie Isley play that guitar in this song, it's like I get transported to another place and time!!

[@copperred7901]

The only group in the world that have hits and billboards from the 1950s, 60s,70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s.

[@robertruiz7109]

You right about that bro.....i was just telling my wofe the very same thing.

[@imbees2]

@@robertruiz7109 YEssssssss 50s 60s 70s 80a 80s 2000s DAMN!!!!!

[@jeffreymatthews720]

@@robertruiz7109 p

[@stacyharris9008]

It's a shame these youngstas today caint even name 2 of the 6 brothas from this legendary group...not even the 3 surviving brothas!!!!

[@paulx9874]

L

[@edwardabrams4972]

Hard to believe this has been 50 years ago 🤔😳 these guys were amazing 🙌👏👊

[@FishBait-ug6ek]

Me too!

[@blondie7389]

Omg yassssssss💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@LithaJones-td2jx]

RIP the Isley brothers that passed 🙏🕊️

[@MrPapaUltra]

Maybe the best soul band ever. Their catalog is fantastic. Ernie is a great guitarist. His rhythm work is tremendous as is his lead work.

[@Itiswhatitispartna]

Ernie Isley destroyed that guitar solo. Loved it, rock on!

[@perri_6]

Ernie rocks.

[@normajean7882]

Songs I love. Sexy Ron who that lady. Summer breeze. Ain't l been good to you. . Ohio.. l love the Isleys. They are. Find. Seen their show .. one hundred.

[@AUDACITY4Uphotographer]

You are so right. Ernie is one of the best guitarist alive. 🎸🌹

[@kennethdentino4973]

He is absolutely fantastic on the guitar... right on!!!

[@josequintero7250]

Ernie is criminally underrated I wanna yell it from the rooftops. Voyage to Atlantis speaks for itself.

[@coldsun5495]

Woooooooooow. That guitarist is dangerous.

[@thekidd2189]

Ernie Mf Isley GOAT SHIT

[@ShanniseScott-hv1hl]

Wicked ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Elbanditoful]

Look at all the beautiful afros on display what a time to be alive when Soul Train was banging

[@britishcrimewriter-LeeWood]

Phew! That guitar solo is totally awesome. He makes that Strat sing. Pure genius.

[@karlhelm875]

i like the guitar clicks too.

[@karlhelm875]

i like the guitar clicks during the musical breaks.

[@KeithEmerson-dt8wo]

Ugh, and how is it that you know the distorted guitar was a Fender Strat. I'd say possibly that the rhythm guitar might have been a Fender, but even that is a stretch. I don't even know the session players who laid down these Isley tracks.

[@cliffordduzz4342]

Do you know where he got his licks from?Jimi Hendrix used to be in the Isley bros in the late 50s

[@user-wj9xl8bp4n]

@@cliffordduzz4342 JH was with the Isley brothers in 64.

[@kevinaverett4193]

Ernie made that guitar talk!!!

[@archiejackson2315]

Ernie Isley should b arrested playing the guitar

[@KUNTA805]

Killed that guitar 🎸 😎

[@emilioangeles5283]

@James S1W That's right!!!

[@dragonknightofamiraka3636]

Dat Bitch Was Wailing

[@kayeanderson3622]

Well now he really did!!! That’s my Boys!!!

[@fredrickm4436]

RIP Rudolph Isley. Y'all were kings.

[@lavishhlayyh1002]

The best of the Isley Brothers rest in peace Rudolph Isley 10/11/23.

[@ajo1124]

This guitar solo should be in the all time top 10 of ALL TIME.. WOW... Love this song too

[@mds4733]

Best and most underrated guitar solo ever. Not a single note wasted and every note served the song.

[@audreyclarke6725]

precisely!!!

[@carolynforge8586]

No one ever underrated it but you.

[@mds4733]

@@carolynforge8586 I don't think you understood my post. I put this solo within the top 10 best ever!

[@mds4733]

@carolynforge8586 Even Hendrix said that Ernie has more soul than he will ever have....

[@philliphwillis2854]

I do remember it back then .

[@twofiveb]

Fun Fact: Jimi Hendrix was briefly a member of the group. But Ernie Isley f-ing owned that guitar in this song. Wouldn’t have made it as high on the charts without it. Epic song!

[@adrian72300]

No doubt! the guitar play makes the song what it is...that was some hypnotic stuff...Jimi would be proud

[@donaldfewell8908]

Thanks for this information!

[@imbees2]

yea try right about Ernie Isley!!!!

[@marvinjgerald6007]

Yea and Jimi Hendrix actually lived with and mentored Ernie Isley for a time.

[@maccabbee2014]

In many later versions, Ernie let everyone see what it was like to learn from Jimi Hendrix. Ernie shredding was almost as good as Jimi. They made love to their guitar 🎸

[@EricJohnson-dr5wb]

Holy cow. Best guitarist ever. Never knew till now. Better late than never.

[@mcadeemcnasty2460]

I'm doing 1973 over again. 2023's gone rogue.

[@Ston247]

1973 was a lovely year for American music. Funky and gentle at the same time. Not as commercial as '74.

[@SigmaStoicGemini]

Ernie has always been underrated and under appreciated in the guitar world. Man, that TONE! That phaser sound is pure magic. Long live 1973!

[@lwmson]

But all of his solos sounded the same.

[@markhanlon3562]

agree man, that sound is the shit

[@ccastro4146]

@@lwmson if it aint broke dont fix it!!

[@donaldfewell8908]

@@lwmson He went with his muse, and I'm totally down with that! ;)

[@tommccarthy3052]

His solo LP/CD fro, 1990, "High Wire", is well worth a listen...

[@joesena913]

The guitarist is a beast.

[@bengardiner1652]

Ernie Isley on lead guitar. Outstanding!

[@Brenna944]

Indeed, quite a outstanding lead guitarist********

[@YaoEspirito]

That's actually him on drums too. It's just for the performance they had to put a guy back there to act like he's drumming.

[@josephadiaz8343]

"Whose that lady" is my favorite song of The Isley Brothers. 👍♥️🙏✝️✌️😎

[@dannydiego8872]

Isley Jasper Isley took The Isley Brothers to another level musically.

[@Phred7447]

DAMNNNN Ernie brought that guitar to LIFE...then Murdered it.

[@user-144k]

😅🤩🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dawnwelch6579]

I hear THAT! ❤️😁❤️

[@kevinthompson1141]

You hit that on the head

[@daveheath1873]

Ha ha EXACTLY Resurrection NEEDED!

[@conniebanks2436]

Ernie Isley The G.O.A.T.!!

[@roblee3456]

Man I love they way them bros dressed back in ‘70’s born in 66

[@brendalockhart7568]

Ernie playing the hell out of thar Guitar. Superb🔥🔥🔥

[@patriciadawson7260]

4 SHO

[@vernanbrowne1514]

Ernie legit murdered that guitar! Wow

[@edcrayzys3853]

This band crossed barriers with that Guitar. Im a white kid in jr high school when this came out, there was a ton of rock n roll hitting the scenes like The Cars, etc. The Isley brothers 8 track was in every white kids car, even with disco out there, michael jackson and the southern rock explosion. They always use the expression: if you lost on a island with one song to listen to "who;s that lady"

[@JohnBarrow1961]

The tone he's getting out that Strat is unbelievable.

[@johnhatherley5129]

His Strat is going through a Big Muff fuzz and a Maestro phase shifter to get that sound

[@wotizit2937]

@@johnhatherley5129 thank you for that information: much appreciated

[@RedArrow73]

. . . thru SILVERFACE fender amps, no less!

[@mikebozik]

Was there another guy off stage playing back up rhythm guitar on the wah pedal?

[@paulgriffiths7233]

FORTY NINE years old!! Unbelievable tune!! 🇺🇸

[@nosyrosie6947]

One of the coolest performances in Soul Train History. The Brutha's were very talented.

[@mariojohnson4695]

Incredible group whose music has spanned over six decades. One of the greatest R&B groups ever.

[@mrright2288]

Ernie Goin IN on that lead guitar 💪

[@charleswilliams8248]

The lsley Brothers one of the baddest groups ever! Real Talk!

[@henrywilso3626]

Hey man 🤣😁♂️ too was just wondering who knows 😜 the best songs written by lsley

[@jamesdirtony4582]

4Sure

[@roswithamuller7654]

The best group of what ever!!!!

[@butterflykisses1412]

Yasss Sir!

[@charlesneuenhahn1278]

,, of,,, and@Dakari Curtis

[@ronbold]

I used to tell my White friends, THIS is the best guitar solo EVER!! They agreed once they heard it!!

[@charleslongo9471]

I remember getting my first stereo system back in "73 at age 11. This was the first 45 I played and it just blew me away. The guitar solo is one of the all-time best.

[@kevinaverett8733]

Ernie is killing it bro. Give up to soul train dancer!

[@barbaralee8462]

He's killin it on that guitar!!!!

[@peterfichter6843]

Young Marvin on bass always pimped out. RIP.

[@chuckyanus3563]

Always felt that was absolutely the best guitar work ever on an R&B record. TBH, it could easily be considered a rock song as well. The Isley Brothers were a phenomenal group. Miss the “good old days”.

[@martalopez582]

Ernie Isley is a Phenomenal Guitarist!!!!❤❤❤

[@evelitalian]

That guitarist is the man! And damn that guy can sing

[@Powerfulchange712]

Wow! Ernie Isley is so underrated!

[@rogerrude313]

Ernie Isley is killing it on guitar

[@PedroOquendoArzuaga]

How many are missing this 👍👋

[@antoniohunter8921]

That Guitarist. 🔥

[@brendalockhart7568]

DAMN THIS WAS THE JAM. I STAYED ON THE DANCING FLOOR TILL I COULDN'T DANCE NO MORE.

[@suepete]

Wasn't it the best!!!?! What a great time to have been young and alive. 💕

[@maccabbee2014]

I remember this. Soul Train was better American Bandstand because it was alive. Ernie Isley was close to the level of Jimi Hendrix. His fingers danced.

[@semperfine4442]

This and Long Train Running by the Doobies... We danced in 1973!!!

[@colingeddes2172]

This is as soulful as it gets. Musical brilliance.

[@edwardstack7301]

ERNIE ISLEY IS ONE OF MUSICS' BEST GUITARISTS' OF ANY GENRE!!! PERIOD. THE MOST UNDERRATED GUITARIST EVER!!!😊

[@stukawarner4051]

This is the kick ass extended guitar solo version

[@shenellikaphilmccrakin4272]

Ole boy in the red suit is JAMMIN!!!! I think I'm in LUVVVVV

[@ceeceetracey9839]

who u tellin

[@starvroscasadine9271]

That's Rudolph isley gettin. His boogie. On. .!!!!!!

[@starvroscasadine9271]

In the Red

[@slleonard10]

The swag on the one in red ...gives me life!!!!!

[@niccolabowens-harris7049]

SERIOUSLY... I unfortunately forgot his name.

[@_tehilah]

do you know how truly ICONIC you have to be for your music to be sampled over 800 times??!?! 800 times !!!

[@eddieavilia2299]

The solo is everything.

[@fayethomas6711]

This is what's missing in music today, real instruments with voices that can carry a tune.

[@lynnschnekenburger7270]

And amazing lyrics

[@ronbrown124]

I know there some talented people out there today but in 60s-80s was on different level.

[@melanier7309]

RIP Rudolph Isley.

[@melodysanger103]

HAPPY 71ST BIRTHDAY ERNEST "ERNIE" ISLEY (MARCH 7, 2023)

[@sacramentoking2667]

Surprised Ernie Isley didn’t make the guitar catch on 🔥🔥

[@dwanesimmons4475]

4real

[@rubenzamorano5194]

THE ISLEY BROTHERS. FOREVER NUMBER ONE. THIS IS REAL MUSIC.

[@bernadettemurtagh8117]

Absolutely!

[@haroldkornfeld6822]

NO DOUBT THEY WERE AMAZING!

[@danielbrown7115]

Chris Jasper the genius behind their sound and lyrics.

[@neraddyolf9141]

You better recognize who was the true gem in that group, and on full display in this video. Guitarist, drummer and composer of the group's hit songs; Ernie Isley.

[@pattesone2262]

Probably one of the badass guitar players of all time Ernie Isley

[@hannahannayoureact2068]

NO ONE COULD TOUCH THEM, BAD TO THE BONE!!!!

[@IAMJEWEL7]

Listen the man in red baby can’t nobody tell him nothing. That man is smooth!

[@nikab3065]

Yassssss, he look dam good too😍

[@ForeverFit72]

Sturdy, sexy & grooving!

[@charleswilliams8248]

That is Mr. Rudolph Isley! In Red and yes he was grooving ✊🏿👊🏿👍🏿

[@IAMJEWEL7]

@@ForeverFit72 lol Sturdy

[@tooblessedmiller6937]

...all ight now! Yasssss, his smoothness is TOO sexy, sexy, sexy! As Florida Evans said on Good Times, "DAMN! DAMN! DAMN!"

[@user-lw4pd1ff5u]

If she would just do what I say. You definitely can't say things like this today, which makes me love this tune even more. the best guitar solo, vocals and drums. This 59 yr old white man digs this tune!

[@jimwe19a]

64years young and still loving this song

[@bernadettemurtagh8117]

Agree, but summer breeze my favorite!

[@haroldkornfeld6822]

SONG NEVER GETS OLD!GROUP WAS TRUE GENIUS!!

[@bobbycorbitt6888]

Same here

[@smallfeet4581]

Walking in rythym \the blackbirds , another of mine , loads of them really ,

[@melanier7309]

@@smallfeet4581 That's a childhood favorite of mine. I miss those days. The seventies were the best!

[@archiejackson2315]

Ernie Isley is the Bomb...my God!

[@dorethasmith9715]

RIP Rudolph Isley🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@RapIsDeadly]

This was my favorite song for a long long time. That guitar solo used to give me goosebumps on the head

[@jamesdantonio7235]

Amen

[@nancy9478]

Same here.

[@differentdrummer6162]

Ahh, there it goes again...

[@NateInDC]

Man O'Kelly and Rudolph always dressed gangster style with them hats...lol

[@MrBadSeal]

Love that the guitarist appears to be giving a nod to Jimi Hendrix with the "bite chord"

[@johnwattdotca]

Jimi was in this band for a while and taught the younger brother how to use distortion and effects.

[@daimonmarioperez9501]

Jimi Hendrix audition for The Isley Brothers

[@gaddyify]

This was only 3 years after Hendrix's passed.

[@user-fn5mr4oz4j]

Ernie was pretty young when Jimi was them, maybe 11 or 12.

[@Madminute1968]

The lead guitarist picking those strings with sheer perfection, a true professional.

[@captcontrol]

Man, the guitar player was killing it. I've always loved this song but this version live on Soul Train was the best.

[@mandycandy5626]

Got that right

[@andreacheney3593]

This isn’t live. They’re lip sync ing to the recording.

[@rodbassett7897]

Summer Breeze and Life in The City & Disco City to name a few. Ernie is all world leget.

[@princeblizzard8912]

That 🎸 guitar...and thoses big brother doing that dance..

[@Wyzdom1974]

Music back then was pure fire!!. 💢💯💢💯 It does not get any better than this performance.

[@smallfeet4581]

Have to agree with you , wish we could go back to those times

[@jamesdantonio7235]

Awesome 👌 👏

[@groovymusic8910]

I'd watch re-runs!@@smallfeet4581

[@Jeffrey-lw5ls]

Thanks. U. Wlov. Jams

[@Ston247]

1966-1986 Off the chain. Nobody messes with the 70's.

[@ulescole3332]

Rudolph was sooooo smooth with the moves!!!! Rest In Heaven 🙏🏾

[@Dopedude44]

That guy on guitar absolutely killed this song❤❤❤

[@gaddyify]

Ernie imitating Hendrixs with a head band and playing the guitar with his teeth.

[@lesbeale8936]

Maybe it was Jimi that was emulatating Ernie....!!! Ernie probably taught Jimi everything he knew...!!!!

[@michellemanning7229]

Yeah Ernie!❤️

[@ericclawson8642]

Man he's killing it! What a great guitar solo !

[@truthtellerbelievethat1813]

R.I.P. Rudolph Isley 4/1/39-10/11/23🎤 🎵🎶

[@dalekidd4978]

The best of times, we will never pass this way again, May God Bless you my friend's!❤️☯️

[@paulinealbert7259]

Ernie Isley is just nailing this guitar solo. Love love it😍🎸

[@Debra-qt3gz]

Ernie tearing Guitar 🎸 Up Ok

[@richardrosales5543]

You can thank Chris Jasper, Ernie Isley and Marvin Isley for that mid 70's Isley funk sound. Those three took The Isley Brothers to another level.

[@dorethasmith9715]

Yep. They up on the riser. Older brothers down front. Chris Jasper went to Julliard and was classically trained. Ernie just a pure genius and Marvin, RIP wrote a lot of their hits also.

[@timothytisor3006]

I think Ernie Isley was inspired by Jimmy Hendrix, because Jimmy was once a part of the Isley's in the early 60's(2 or 3 years).

[@ghanasoul]

Chris Jasper and Ernie played a MAJOR role in the new sound. Yes. They did take them to another level. From ‘73-‘83 there was no stopping them.

[@dorethasmith9715]

Indeed!

[@SCbound25]

@@ghanasoul took ‘em to the next phase*

[@honeylove7678]

Here it is 2022 and this still sounds good, Ernie's guitar was madness, 1973 was the year for me. We had so much musical talent then, EWF, Commodores, War. Mandrill and the list goes on and on.

[@jonathangary5118]

Man everyone hears Ernie Isley.Truely one of greatest guitarists of his time.

[@ToddSloanIAAN]

What a lead master guitar!

[@raymondcuadrado4404]

Ernie on who's that lady one of the best guitar riffs on that moment no one could touch him

[@erickjason9092]

Damn they dont make music like that anymore. So glad I grew up to this music on AM radio

[@jamesrobinson8612]

This video shows how much fun we had back in those days. Look at them enjoying the music and how they are grooving to the jam. Friday night dances in the small gym during the high school years. House parties in the garage. Damn.

[@icykid]

Here in 2020 song still slaps

[@patriciadawson7260]

SAY IT!

[@tracyskins7854]

Yup yup