Description

Givin It Back is the ninth album released by The Isley Brothers on their T-Neck imprint in 1971. After years of having white Rock acts covering their most famed material, particularly, Shout and Twist And Shout, the Isleys decided to do the same to music made famous by white artists such as Stephen Stills, Eric Burdon and Neil Young.

Among the songs they covered were Spill The Wine, Love The One Youre With, the social commentary medley of Ohio and Machine Gun (from Jimi Hendrix), Fire And Rain by James Taylor and Bob Dylans Lay Lady Lay. The Isleys perseverance paid off when their covers of Love The One Youre With, Lay Lady Lay and Spill The Wine became charted hits. Bill Withers plays guitar on the Isleys version of his Cold Bologna.