Saturday, June 15, 2019

Can Ya Dig It?

With the release this week of the latest Shaft film, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie Usher, and Richard Roundtree, what better time could there be to revisit the songwriting/singing/acting career of Isaac Hayes, who composed the original Shaft theme?

Movie and TV music authority Jon Burlingame is your host in this 2015 YouTube video that includes mentions of Hayes’ theme for the 1972-1973 ABC-TV “umbrella series,” The Men, and his three appearances on The Rockford Files. Hayes died in 2008 at age 65.

(Hat tip to Lee Goldberg.)

LISTEN UP:Shaft Theme, Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.”

No comments: