Man, that wah-wah is like a percussion instrument. Wattstax isn't talked about a lot these days, which is an incredible shame. It was seen as the "black answer to Woodstock," which is a stupid comparison, of course, at least in terms of its social, political, and even structural aspects - unlike Woodstock, it wasn't held over a weekend in an upstate New York farm, but for one long day - August 20, 1972 - in Los Angeles Memorial Colosseum. It featured all the Stax stars and then some - Isaac Hayes, the Bar-Kays, the Staples Singers, Carla and Rufus Thomas, Albert King, etc.
Meanwhile, the Bar-Kays did their own, equally funky take on Shaft:
Above: Watt's most recognizable landmark, the Watts Towers.
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