Isaac Hayes: The Man They Call Moses
Roger St. Pierre, NME, 10 February 1973
IMAGES DON'T come much heavier than that surrounding Isaac Hayes. But take away the dark shades, the heavy chains, the robes, the immense mink coats, the gold-plated Rolls Royce and the man himself emerges as very down-to-earth.
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