Isley Brothers Are The Most Important American Band Of All Time

The most interesting thing about writing Better Spins is figuring out whether the stuff I find interesting while stoned on an airplane is actually interesting to other people.

I’ll admit I’m not the most cultured person in the world, but when @dufer957 lays down the knowledge you better believe I listen.

The Ginger Snapback has been hyping Isley Brothers for years, no surprise he needed his wedding band to be comfortable with their catalog. After reading this article from Vinyl Me, Please it’s hard to argue with the claim that The Isley Brothers Are The Most Important American Band Of All Time.

Did you know Ice Cube drew on Footsteps in the Dark to write It Was a Good Day? Can you appreciate a young Jimi Hendrix getting his start on the heels of the men that wrote Twist and Shout?

How do you reconcile a band that personifies the black experience with the evolving genre of rock music that wants to shut them out?

Short answer: you don’t. Long answer? You’ll have to check out the article for yourself.