Eddie Thomas will never forget the day he played alongside a young man by the name of Isaac Hayes.
The legendary funk and soul musician, a winner of several Grammys and even an Oscar, died August 10 at age 65, and friends and family are mourning his loss Monday at a memorial service in Cordova, Tennessee. iReporters such as Thomas were asked to share their memories of this talented man.
Thomas says that his band, the Playboys, was accompanied by Hayes during an all-night recording session in Memphis, Tennessee's American Studio not long after they won a talent contest in 1963. "A fellow came in off the street. 'This guy plays organ,' the producer said. 'You mind if he plays along?' " That fellow was Hayes, who, according to "Rolling Stone" magazine, recorded his first single at that same studio. 
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