Luckily, stage fright didn't claim Hayes

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: November 25, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

NEW YORK -- It's a difficult image to conjure: Isaac Hayes struggling to overcome a nasty case of stage fright.

Not the hippest guy in the room, the epitome of cool.

Not the genius behind the soundtrack for "Shaft."

Not the voice of Chef on "South Park."

And yet it happened.

It was back in the late '60s, at the Masonic Temple in Detroit. Hayes was making his first-ever live appearance, sharing the bill with the established Staple Singers, and he wasn't sure how the audience would greet him.

"I had on some hippie-type outfit," says Hayes, his deep laugh rumbling at the recollection. "I had on ...

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