Iconic at 50: Isaac Hayes's 'Shaft'

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 29, 2021

Jon Burlingame, music journalist who writes regularly for Variety, music-and-tv theme expert and host of "For Scores" podcast, discusses how Isaac Hayes's 1971 album "Shaft" was shaped by its time and has influenced music, and culture, for generations to come.

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