Among other things, the late great Isaac Hayes - co-writer of "Soul Man" and "Hold On, I'm Coming" with David Porter, seller of 5 million copies of the deliciously seductive 1969 bedroom soul mind blower Hot Buttered Soul and of nearly as many chocolate salty-balls as Chef on South Park - was the star of Wattstax, the 1973 concert movie that captured a concert held to commemorate the 7th anniversary of the Watts riots in Los Angeles in 1965. The Mel Stuart-directed movie also features Rufus Thomas, Johnny Taylor, Jesse Jackson, the Staple Singers and Richard Pryor. In honor of Hayes' death, it airs tonight at 8 on VH1 Classic. Here's a clip from it of Hayes doing the Oscar winning "Theme From Shaft."
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