“When we first got started as a group before we really even had signified what we were, that song - and the refrain of it - is ‘I’ll always come back to you.’ That’s the love affair we have with Chicago, and that style of love affair we’ll always come back to.”Īnd Graydon echoes her partner and husband’s sentiments, saying how “exciting” the time is for the two groups to perform together again. “The Isley Brothers play a significant role in our careers,” said Dantzler. In fact, as the duo’s Fatin Dantzler and his wife Aja Graydon started out in their careers, they often sang a rendition of “Voyage to Atlantis,” one of the Isleys’ well-known songs. … You never know who you’re rubbing elbows with.”Īs Isley was influenced by Hendrix, Kindred found inspiration in the Isley Brothers’ music. He played it all the time, and I would imagine, if he had been around when ‘That Lady’ came out, he probably would have given me something between a bear hug and a tackle saying: ‘How did I learn how to do that ?’ I’d say: ‘Man, when you were in the dining room playing the guitar and I had a social studies book, I wasn’t doing social studies.” I was listening and observing him. I never heard anybody playing guitar like that. ![]() “I was 11 years old at the time that I met.
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