Behind the scenes of Shaft in 1971 with Isaac Hayes working his magic on the soundtrack with Gordon Parks and members of the Bar-Kays including guitarists Charles "Skip" Pitts and Michael Toles, bassist James Alexander, drummer Willie Hall, and keyboardist Lester Snell, along with backing vocalists Pat Lewis, Rose Williams, and Telma Hopkins, creating that legendary funk soul sound. Shaft is a double album by Isaac Hayes, recorded for Stax Records' Enterprise label as the soundtrack LP for Metro

Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records in the 1960s,[4] serving as an in-house songwriter with his partner David Porter, as well as a session musician and record producer. Hayes and Porter were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of writing scores of songs for themselves, the duo Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, and o