Celebrating Isaac Hayes: Remembering a Soul Legend Through Allee Willis

On what would have been Isaac Hayes’ 82nd birthday, we’re sharing a photo of him holding a ceramic plate created by Allee Willis’ art-alter ego, Bubbles. 🎶 Allee loved this photo and admired Isaac deeply: “Isaac Hayes was the kind of artist I adored, not content to do the same thing over and over again just writing songs, recording them, going out on the road and starting the exact same process all over again. That bores me. As far as I can tell, Isaac Hayes followed his heart, stretching his limits and going places few if none had gone before and looking sharp all the while. A master at reinvention, he dug deep into his hot buttered soul and made music that soaked into the very fabric of humanity.” 🎤✨

This photo hangs to this day in a prominent spot in the “kitschen” in Willis Wonderland

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