Isaac Hayes - By The Time I Get To Phoenix 

THAT ORGAN THO, How He Kept That Organ At 1 Note/Level?? Issac Hayes is A Genius..

This is the difference between a real musician and this stuff that people are doing today on the computers. back then they put their hearts and souls and it was real.

This is one of the songs my mom played on a Saturday morning clean ups. When everyone in the neighborhood was your aunt or uncle. The neighbors can whip you if you done bad, even teachers. The community was tight and right. Wouldn't change it for nothing.

Damn, Moses don't hurt nobody. This is grown folk music.

This is the Album that got me and my brothers through Vietnam!!!

ISSAC HAYES AND BARRY WHITE MADE SOME OF THE BEST LOVE SONGS EVER, NOBODY COULD TOUCH THEM. TODAYS SINGERS COULD NOT TOUCH THEM IN SINGING OR WRITING MUSIC. RIP BLACK MOSES & THE MAESTRO

I'm 60 years old now, and I will never forget, I was working with a Caucasian guy who was younger than me when Isaac was at the second wave of his Fame (CHEF)on South Park. When I had told my coworker about Isaac Hayes back in the day, and went to RU-vid and played this he couldn't believe it, and found such much more admiration for Isaac after finding out his real claim to fame.😁

I am 66 years old and I remember when this came out it catches your soul and all these years later it still does. I come in and listen to it whenever I'm in the mood. I even love listening to the lingo of that time

My step father used to play Ike 90% of the time he played music. Mama did him bad for 10 years before he left. I turned 21 and realized what we had put this great man through. I got in front of him, begged him to forgive me and got on my knees and cried and thanked him. By then he had a new wife, three children who loved him and secretly had six months to die of pancreatic cancer. Never told anybody about the cancer except his wife and mama. I still love him, he was there when I needed to see what a man does. Mama will never admit she messed up, but like the Afrakan spiritualist say, a woman is never wrong. Still and always will love Daddy, yet my step father did what a man should do, for ten kids he did NOT bring into this world and he did it for ten years. By the time I get to Phoenix was one of his favorites.

The stars in the galaxy aligned when they recorded this song. Issac sung and the musicians played their instruments like they knew what this situation was truly like.

Was privileged to see Ike perform this in 1970 as a student at Univ. of Houston. I was one of the few white guys in the audience. I was so proud because some of my brothers did not come back from Nam and they turned me on to Ike. He was a master and I will forever remember his impact on my life. RIP Ike.

Damn... this hurt my soul for ol' boy! I listened to this going to work one day 5am, I was so deep into it I drove right past my exit.

He is one of the greatest.... a true entertainer.

This actually happened to me 1972, military Las Vegas, sad times. Her loss, even to this day she says I’m the best man she ever had

Stax Records, thank you.....I used to play this song every Saturday while cooking. Great to see that some artists were actually poets, songwriters, and singers. Isaac Hayes will always be remembered. This is definitely a MASTERPIECE!

18 minutes and 45 seconds of pure musical genius.....

A time when music was music. LOVE IT

I was a teenager when this classic was released. Proud to say that I have my vinyl copy in mint condition purchased in 1969.

Today is the first time I’m hearing this. Strangely enough, it reminds me of my Mom and Dad… My Dad was from Kentucky. He moved out to Las Vegas where he met my Mom who was 15 years younger than him. It’s strange how things happen. He was working in Vegas and my Mom went there just for a few days to get away with my Great Grandma. My parents were 2 heartbroken people from complete opposite sides of the country who never would’ve met had they both not been in Vegas at that precise moment in time. My Dad flew to LA and drove to the San Fernando Valley every weekend to see my Mom. They finally got married and he moved to Los Angeles. 2 years later, I was born… Much like the story in this song, my Mom cheated on him. He drank and gambled a lot though. They had their problems and divorced when I was still a baby but they always loved each other until the day he died, despite him eventually remarrying. My Dad died from cancer in 2008 and today marks 47 years since he and my Mom got married. As I was listening to this and thinking about my parents, my Mom text to tell me today would’ve been their 47th wedding anniversary, just as I was thinking of it. How very strange. Sometimes we hear a song at a precise moment in time for a reason… I love this man’s music. I often play ‘Walk On By’ and ‘Joy’ back-to-back when I go on my walks around the parks… They just don’t make music with soul like this anymore. RIP Isaac Hayes. 🌹

"Oh, then she'll cry, just to think I would really leave her.."

As a child I thought the Black Moser stuff was a bit over the top, however as I approach my 59th year I understand that Ike's vision and production was from the heavens and he was truly a latter-day Moses of rythym and love.

Issac Hayes was Truly A Geniuses That Black Moses Was Right Name For Him He Gave Blacks So Much Hope For The Future

I remember riding wit my dad at the age of 10, sitting in the back seat, going to visit my aunt in new york, I cried because I felt so bad for Isaac, it's amazing how a ten-year-old can relate to such a beautifully Written song without having experienced love yet it was equivalent to watching a movie

Issac Hayes is one of the greatest of all time. He could do it all. I feel privileged to have grown up in the 60s and 70s. He did the music for the original Shaft movie with Richard Roundtree..still a classic album.

The message is just as powerful today as it was when it first came out. RIP Issac Hayes. A Master of his music.

I was a kid growing up somewhere in Africa. I had the sleeve of this album “Black Moses” on my wall. Best rapper, story teller and poet that ever lived.

Simply a masterpiece from beginning to end....

The type of song you don't complain about how long it is... Just #timeless

Rest in Peace Mr Hayes. Thank You Sir

I met Isaac outside of the Chicago theatre in 1980 , and he could not have been nicer. I was a 19 yr old white kid , and it suprised me how kind he was to me (and everyone else) I don't know why it suprised me. He was a class act to be sure , and a giagantic talent !.

My dad played this over and over. NOW I Do. One. Of the greatest man songs of all time. Before it was these young cats. , There was ISSAC.

One of the greatest love songs ever recorded. ♥️

🎶the phone keeps right on ringing and ringing and ringing and ringing oh, and ringing off the wall🎶.... I'm feeling you Ike. Oh yeah I do.

I I first heard this song in Trinidad when when i was about 16 years old. I am now 69 and it sounds just as rich and meaningful as it did then. You need not personally experience the pain expressed in the rap, to empathize with the suffering of the broken heart. Still brings tears to my eyes.

no disrespect to Glen Campell, this is the best redone ever,for it is Isaac Hayes and that is it a true Genius

R. I. P. Ike!! Love you so very much my dear friend.

This song is deep....Young people nowadays are missing out ...

Straight up GREATNESS! RIP my brother..

Man when those strings come in .... goosebumps

This is what I grew up on. Nobody like Isaac.!!!

THE ORIGINAL RAPPER! REAL MAN RAP! THE LATE GREAT ISSAC HAYES!

He was so brilliant

this song is an eternal masterpiece it will last forever, thanks Isaac, june 14, 2019 !

This song takes you there and brings you back! 7 times he left this woman and 7 time he came back! The power of love was upon him! Until his heart caught up with his mind!... by the time I get to phoenix.....

Bought this album when it was first released; still absolutely love this version

Still here chilling in October 2019 72 years old and still getting down with this great music can't beat it.

Who's listening during the 2020 pandemic?

One of America`s greatest singers of all time. Isaac, you are missed by the world at large!

Isaac and I were great friends spent lots of time together for many years I miss him and his music such an amazing talent. RIP Isaac

One of the saddest love songs ever. Glen Campbell wrote the song, but the addition of Isaac singing his version of the song took this to another level. The musical instruments were the hallmark of the Hayes era..So High. Real music

THE BRO IS REALLY HURTIN. I REALLY DIG WHERE HE IS COMMING FROM.AFTER ALL THESE YEARS I STILL HURT.

I was a ten year old kid when my older sister introduced me to Issac Hayes. I loved the music then and now and I will love it forever.

This is what rap should sound like we miss you Ike. R.I.P.

This song is on the money! The absolute BEST long song around.....I am so glad I was a kid who grew up in the 1970's.

The greatest greatest artist of all time Isaac Hayes

Simply amazing! I've been listening to this for over 45 years and each time I hear it, it touches my soul.

I'm going to dedicate this to my ex who thought I wouldn't really go.

Always liked Isaac! He was truly a Soulful being!

This shook my soul

Thank you Mr. Hayes. Stax Records Memphis Tennessee my hometown. We saw him alot in Whitehaven. He is a legend. Respect to him . RIP Mr Isaac Hayes.

WOW...A Masterpiece!

This song is out of this world!!

Greatest love song of all times

Love is an emotional ride up and down sometimes forward sometimes backward , but no doubt "love "is very powerful and we humans crave it sooo much ... ❤️

We called him the black Moses when I was in college in thex70's.

Truly soul food! So deep ... it feeds your soul and takes you to places deep within your heart ❤️

Damn this brings back some really fond memories.. in my young daze.... lol I can’t believe it’s been over 45 years or more...

Had me crying and longing for those days of real music. This hit to the core of your soul. And it still does in 2020. You could feel it when he said, "Whyyyyy?"

R.I.P BlackMose thank u for leaving us the best music in the world.

My mom has played this this my hold life, now I'm 40 and am playing this for my kids.

I loved the way he held the one chord throughout the entire set-up. When he started singing and changed the chord, it was the most powerful release of tension. Beautifully done. Isaac was a the man.

Isaac's music is great Love all his music songs great voice he's missed a lot

I can listen to this album all day and never get tired of it. Listen to the instruments in the background. I was able to attend his first concert in Chicago, thanks to Robert G. Robert left and never came back. Oh, how my heart ached!! I went on a vacation to Phoenix, Az., because of this song. A little MERCY is in order. Robert purchased this album for me as a gift, oh, how I treasured it.

Bass, organ. piano, drums, horns and Isaac WOW I've been enjoying this for 50 yrs

I love this man's voice

My Favorite Storyteller!

The storyteller of life, love and heart break. Beautifully done.

This song is just so deep...it really only could have been composed in the era it came from,late 60's-early 70's, when so much of the greatest music ever recorded expressed the promise of this country ( and the world)... Motown, Philly International, Stax, and others. It was just a truly awesome time for recording artists to shine brilliantly!

OMG by the time I get to Phoenix I ever get there again I'm going to think of Isaac I already been to Oklahoma that's my hometown Oklahoma City but every time I hear this song brings back memories rest in peace Isaac God got your back now thank God for bringing you in this world your music will live on manya songs we can learn from I know I don't know what to do with myself black Moses by the time I get to Phoenix shaft I can go on and on you talk to love you talking about some music anyway thank God that you gave us good music amen 🙏

I met Isaac Hayes when this album came out, the day I met him I were a young girl living near 51st and South State Street in Chicago. He were on the corner of 51st and South State sitting outside in a chair in front of a folding table selling his Hot Buttered Soul record albums. My auntie Alberta Phelps-Wolfe who use to be a professional undefeated wrestler in the early 1960's was with me that day. She brought an album from him, I like, and I love this album. Isaac Hayes the "Black Moses" was a musical genius. 😀😀😀💞

I was 15 when first heard this version by Isaac Hayes, its like the very first time , he was great!

One of the best renditions EVER. That voice, that pain, those trumpets...40 years ago we made love to it over and over. That stuff just stays with ya forever

A REAL SINGER

The best rapper of all time!!!

I remember when I bought this album so many years ago, I could not believe how great his baritone voice was, great range and feeling. A genius who was so creative in his music.

11:30 is when it truly gets going, those string touched my core.

Yessssss. The 70's music just feels good

This Song Speaks Volumes To me , Great Song !

Oh sweet memories of the 70s growing up listening to this icon of music...I am now in my late 60s...it seems like yesterday.

Simply beautiful memories of soul music 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷❤❤❤❤

This cat was awesome just what I needed when I needed it. Thanks Ike. RIP. Douglas Dunbar.

Love this soul music

Thanks, I was there and it was the best time of my life! I saved the Troubadour!

Love is blind! It can break your heart and step on it! Isaac Hayes was super talented artist! Poet, singer, actor, and songwriter, author! He is being deeply missed! Still listening to his music!!!💞💞💞💞💞💞💞

Omg, this takes me back when I was 40 lbs light and my waistline was 15 inch smaller.

👑why am I all of a sudden getting this urge to gas up and head out to tour the west!🤔👈🏿

This man was so imaginative and original! To redo the music he did and make them so different,like they were his own,NEW songs,which they became--just a brilliant,SOULFUL musician!

My daddy loved my mom the same way,no matter what she did wrong he just couldn't leave her. I just couldn't love someone that much. Right now today I remember the things she did to hurt him. Their both gone now,but I haven't forgotten the hurt she did to my dad. And I still feel his pain I will never love a man that much.

This song reminds me of my youth with my oldest sister introduced me to Isaac Hayes. She played this song to the max. Over and over again. So it grew on me. As one of the most beautiful songs ever. A Masterpiece. Dammm. Did he ever get to Phoenix. ❤️

Man the horns🎷🎺 and strings🎻🎸 on this jam🎼, you can’t touch them they go right to the 💔 The pain in this man’s ❤️