Isaac Hayes

02.07.2005

Live at Auditorium Stravinski

 A low-pitched voice, a soothing tempo, sexy shivers of excitement... Isaac Hayes (1942 - 2008) knows all about is, as he developped the myth of the Stax label in the late 60s before interpreting hysterical emotions on satin sheets (and virgin choirs), and got all the Geiger counters going crazy. Author of top hits of soul with his pal David Porter ("Soul Man", "Hold On, I'm Coming" and "Soul Sister Brown Sugar") and hardcore instrumental funk (the original soundtrack of Shaft), this "bald-headed Moses" marked out his path, dragged the Barry White monument in his wake before his appearances became more and more sporadic, sometimes acted in films (Starsky and Hutch), then returned to the front of the stage. His voice is as caressing as ever, and utterly sexy. (FFJM © 2005)