Charles Pitts

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Charles "Skip" Pitts is a soul / blues guitarist whose distinctive "wah-wah" style propelled the Isaac Hayes track Theme from Shaft.

Pitts worked on the Al Green's album I Can't Stop with Mabon "Teenie" Hodges on guitar and Leroy Hodges on bass, as well as Rufus Thomas and Isaac Hayes.

On Theme from Shaft by Isaac Hayes (1971), Pitts' guitar work is noteworthy, especially on "Café Regios".

Pitts also performed on The Royal Sessions by The Bo-Keys (2004, Yellow Dog Records).

[edit] External links

• Charles Pitts at Allmusic
• Charles Pitts at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview of Isaac Hayes by Anderson Cooper in which Hayes thanks Pitts for his contributions to Hayes' music.
• Douglas Wolk (2005). The Greatest Songs Ever! Theme from Shaft. Blender. Retrieved on 2006-09-06.