Uploaded November 2007 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
"All-female Funk-Rock pioneers return!"
Carol MacDonald's ISIS had already kicked everyone's butts for range, chops, and sexual shock. They followed it up by getting even tighter in the pocket. This title track was from the second album, produced by legendary New Orleans maestro Allan Toussaint. Gone are the mercurial epics, honed back to greasy funk in three minute doses. It's a surprising discipline that recalls his work with The Meters. Any true Funk fan owes it themself to explore this secret classic album!
The line-up on this was a ten-piece by now, expanding on the group who did the debut. Stella Bass is still prominent on bass and soulful vocals, with Carol sliding in her patented sassy grit and choppy rhythm guitar.
Carol says 73 women passed through ISIS in seven years. She encouraged their training and their next opportunities. The line-up seen in this video is another set from 1976, seen in candid shots from a gig at the Galaxy Night Club in Hamilton Parish, Bermuda:
Carol MacDonald: rhythm guitar, lead vocals
Faith Fusillo: lead guitar, vocals
Benita LaGattuta: bass
Annie LaGattuta: drums
Margo Lewis: keyboards, vocals
Ellen: trumpet
This video is dedicated to BENITA and ANNIE LAGATTUTA, whose personal photos enabled me to make it. Thanks again!
(Annie says, "Check out Carol's pants! They were her prized possession- painted jeans- sometimes she would hold the microphone "low" to let the pants sing!")
Learn more:
itsaboutmusic.com/isis.html
audiolunchbox.com/album?a=84522&z=
audiolunchbox.com/album?a=84523
myspace.com/isishornrock
See these other videos:
ISIS -DO THE FOOTBALL (1974)
youtube.com/watch?v=b84JRoEtXCQ
ISIS -APRIL FOOL (1974)
youtube.com/watch?v=HIFiuIV67u0
(All rights reserved by the copyright owners. Fan-made video to promote the artist.)
tym stevens
"All-female Funk-Rock pioneers return!"
Carol MacDonald's ISIS had already kicked everyone's butts for range, chops, and sexual shock. They followed it up by getting even tighter in the pocket. This title track was from the second album, produced by legendary New Orleans maestro Allan Toussaint. Gone are the mercurial epics, honed back to greasy funk in three minute doses. It's a surprising discipline that recalls his work with The Meters. Any true Funk fan owes it themself to explore this secret classic album!
The line-up on this was a ten-piece by now, expanding on the group who did the debut. Stella Bass is still prominent on bass and soulful vocals, with Carol sliding in her patented sassy grit and choppy rhythm guitar.
Carol says 73 women passed through ISIS in seven years. She encouraged their training and their next opportunities. The line-up seen in this video is another set from 1976, seen in candid shots from a gig at the Galaxy Night Club in Hamilton Parish, Bermuda:
Carol MacDonald: rhythm guitar, lead vocals
Faith Fusillo: lead guitar, vocals
Benita LaGattuta: bass
Annie LaGattuta: drums
Margo Lewis: keyboards, vocals
Ellen: trumpet
This video is dedicated to BENITA and ANNIE LAGATTUTA, whose personal photos enabled me to make it. Thanks again!
(Annie says, "Check out Carol's pants! They were her prized possession- painted jeans- sometimes she would hold the microphone "low" to let the pants sing!")
Learn more:
itsaboutmusic.com/isis.html
audiolunchbox.com/album?a=84522&z=
audiolunchbox.com/album?a=84523
myspace.com/isishornrock
See these other videos:
ISIS -DO THE FOOTBALL (1974)
youtube.com/watch?v=b84JRoEtXCQ
ISIS -APRIL FOOL (1974)
youtube.com/watch?v=HIFiuIV67u0
(All rights reserved by the copyright owners. Fan-made video to promote the artist.)
tym stevens
