“I try to keep out of politics”
MELODY MAKER OCTOBER 30, 1971
TWO years ago, Isaac Hayes was just a name in small print on the back of Stax albums. Together with partner David Porter, he was revered by soul freaks as a writer, producer and session pianist, but remained virtually unknown to the general public.
Today he is America’s hottest black artist. His blend of downhome soul and complex orchestrations has brought him three gold albums in a row. And his latest, a double-album soundtrack of the movie Shaft , is the fastest and biggest-selling album in Stax’s history, topping the US charts and selling over three million dollars’
