Isaac Hayes Remembered on VH1
To honor the memory of soul superstar Isaac Hayes, VH1 Classic and VH1 Soul will air The Golden Globe nominated documentary “Wattstax” on Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Filmmaker Mel Stuart captured the August 20, 1972 Wattstax music festival known as “the black Woodstock” at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in this documentary.
Memphis’s Stax Records commemorated the seventh anniversary of the Watts riots with this festival featuring powerful performances by Hayes, Albert King, Rufus and Carla Thomas, the Staple Singers, the Emotions, the Bar-Kays, as well as a comic routine from an up-and-coming comedian named Richard Pryor.
(photo:Associated press)
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