Stormy Monday -- Isaac Hayes
I only got to talk to Isaac Hayes once, at a NARAS tribute in Memphis. A musician friend of mine claimed to have taken the microphone Isaac recorded "Shaft" on from a local recording studio and asked me to find out if Ike wanted to buy it. I think Isaac tried to smoke me out by asking if the mic came from Stax. When I said "No, he said he took it from Universal," Isaac let out a slow, deep "
