![]() ![]() “When I heard José Feliciano’s ‘Light My Fire,’ that was the straw that broke the camel’s back. ![]() The following are Ernie Isley’s favorite axe slingers. So that was something that came full circle on every level.”Īnd while Ernie Isley’s first time playing in an official recording capacity as a member of The Isley Brothers came as a teenager when he played bass on the 1969 smash “It’s Your Thing,” it was his fiery six-string execution on seminal songs like “That Lady” and “Fight the Power (Part 1 & 2),” which he cowrote, that not only made music fans take notice, but showed off the influence of ex-Isley Brothers hired hand and family friend Jimi Hendrix. “He’s playing and I’m grinning, and then when I started playing, he’s grinning. He was being played in all the dormitories when I was in college, so to have a chance to go in the studio and watch him play,” Isley explained. Carlos Santana is a fan of our music and we’re fans of his. For the younger Isley, the experience was very special. That said, the duo enters 2017 on the road and waiting for a currently upcoming Carlos Santana-produced project set to drop sometime in the spring. Still going strong six decades on, The Isley Brothers continue to record and play live despite the fact that the core group has been reduced to 75-year-old frontman Ron Isley and his 64-year-old guitar-playing, younger sibling Ernie. The Isley Brothers: Ron (left) and Ernie Isley Ernie Isley names his favorite guitarists ![]()
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