Amoeba Music

By Lee Hildebrand

Isaac Hayes was soul music’s first super hero. He was young African American man who had risen out of abject poverty to prove that he could do most everything musical: sing, play (keyboards, vibes, saxophone), produce, compose, arrange, and score motion pictures. Jet magazine dubbed him “the Moses of Black Music,” and the husky, chrome-domed Hayes played the triumphant titan role to the hilt, frequently appearing in concert in a suit of chains. He was depicted in a long, hooded robe standing on a river bank with arms outstretched on the poster cover of the album Black Moses (1971 Enterprise), which unfolded in the shape of a cross three-feet wide and four-feet tall.

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City Of Origin:

Covington, Tennessee, United States

Genre:

Soul, Pop Soul, Funk

Birthdate:

08/20/1942

Death date:

08/10/2008