“THAT LADY”
period in early 1973, the Record Plant in Los Angeles was the funkiest place in the universe. Stevie Wonder was recording his landmark album in one studio, while across the hall the Isley Brothers were making the funk-rock masterpiece The Isleys’ album is best known for the single “That Lady,” a remake of the group’s 1964 single “Who’s That Lady?” modernized, rocked up and funkified by Ernie Isley’s blistering phase-shifted fuzz guitar solos. The lead guitar sounded like a psychedelic fusion of Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana, but with a distinctive voice that was all Ernie Isley. The new version was a huge hit single for the band, reaching Number 6 on the Hot 100 and Number 21 on 1973 year-end chart.
