Charles 'Skip' Pitts

Charles 'Skip' Pitts

1947-04-07
65 (2012-05-01)
Washington, D.C., USA

Charles 'Skip' Pitts was a guitarist and actor. He played the indelible guitar "wah-wah" licks on the Isaac Hayes Oscar-winning song - "Theme from Shaft" - from Shaft (1971).

Washington, D.C., USA

Charles 'Skip' Pitts was a guitarist and actor. He played the indelible guitar "wah-wah" licks on the Isaac Hayes Oscar-winning song - "Theme from Shaft" - from Shaft (1971).

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Black Snake Moan 2006 (6.85)

A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, is looking everywhere for love, but never quite finding it.
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Forty Shades of Blue 2005 (4.2)

A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-n-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.
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Isaac Hayes: Live at Montreux 2005 (7)

Isaac Hayes is a true soul legend with a career spanning five decades. He has graced the Montreux stage on several occasions but this performance from 2005 captures him at his very best performing hits such as "Walk On By", "By The Time I Get To Phoenix", "Joy" and of course his worldwide smash "Shaft". On the bonus tracks he is joined on stage by the great Booker T & The MGs for renditions of "Soul Man" and other soul classics. 1. Don't Let Go 2. Don't Take Your Love Away 3. Windows Of The World 4. Blues Is Alright 5. Joy 6. Walk On By 7. Drum Solo 8. Do Your Thing 9. Ellie's Love Theme 10. Never Can Say Goodbye 11. By The Time I Get To Phoenix 12. Theme From "Shaft" BONUS TRACKS: 1. Soul Man 2. You Don't Know Like I Know 3. I Stand Accused 4. Improvisation On "Do-Wop"