There are 13 article(s) tagged Isaac Hayes:

• April 2026

  • From a dusty road to musical gold, ‘Soul Man’ David Porter looks back

    David Porter recounts his youth in South Memphis and how Stax Records became Soulsville in his upcoming memoir, “Soul Man: Life of a Songwriter,” releasing April 14.

    By Chris Herrington April 12, 2026

• March 2025

  • Multi-talented Terry Manning touched Memphis music from Stax to ZZ Top and beyond

    Manning had a more than 50-year career as a player, producer, composer and, perhaps most prominently, recording engineer.

    By Chris Herrington March 31, 2025

• September 2024

  • The Essential Memphis Library: Isaac Hayes’ ‘Hot Buttered Soul’

    This 1969 album established Hayes’ sound and persona. It not only made him a star, but it made him a new kind of star. 

    By Chris Herrington September 03, 2024

• October 2023

  • Poll results: If not Ja Morant, who is Memphis’ biggest star?

    The Daily Memphian polled readers on its site and on social media about who should be considered our biggest star. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 19, 2023

• December 2022

  • Guest Column: Memories of Stax, the late Jim Stewart and Isaac Hayes’ powder blue Caddy

    “Stax history is about the music but also about the integration and racial healing in Memphis and the nation.”

    By H. Scott Prosterman December 10, 2022

• November 2022

  • Grizzlies pay tribute to Isaac Hayes, Stax Records with ‘Soul City’ uniforms

    The additional design gives the team five uniforms to feature this season.

    By Chris Herrington November 14, 2022

• August 2021

  • Stax unlocks the vault

    “Solid Gold Soul: The Best of the Rest from the Stax Museum” is on show now. The exhibit features staff-selected artifacts from Stax’s vast archives, including Isaac Hayes’ desk from the 1970s. 

    By Rob Moore August 08, 2021

• April 2021

  • Grizzlies rain 3-pointers, pull away from Wolves in team effort

    Minnesota’s two-man show was no match for Memphis’ 10-man rotation. 

    Related story:

    Box score: Grizzlies 120, Timberwolves 108

    By Chris Herrington April 02, 2021

• August 2020

  • Soul festival celebrates Memphis music – in Italy

    Memphis is the central focus of the Porretta Soul Festival held in Porretta Terme, Italy, an hour outside Bologna.

    By Jared Boyd August 12, 2020

• June 2020

  • June playlist: Celebrate Black Music Month

    We should be as bold and bullish about our contemporary black music as we are about all of our claims to fame, from FedEx and Holiday Inn to historic music attractions to dry rub ribs.

    By Elizabeth Cawein June 26, 2020

• December 2019

  • The Early Word: Memphis’ Alphabet suburb and a Wiseman says goodbye

    An all-too-brief era ends for University of Memphis basketball and many Shelby County-area students have a short school day before winter break starts.

    By Mary Cashiola December 20, 2019

  • Isaac Hayes to receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

    Pioneer of orchestral soul Isaac Hayes will be honored at the Grammys 2020 Special Merit ceremony with a Lifetime Achievement Award, along with John Prine, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Chicago and Public Enemy.

    By Jared Boyd December 19, 2019

• September 2018

  • Stax Museum, Crosstown Arts partner for ‘Give a Damn! Music + Activism at Stax Records’

    The main artifact for a new exhibition at Crosstown Arts is Isaac Hayes' 14-foot-long, custom-made, red velvet office desk complete with white Formica top. Previously, the desk had been in storage for more than a year, after the Stax Museum of American Soul Music recovered it from the owner of East Nashville vintage boutique, The Hip Zipper.

    By Elle Perry September 27, 2018