Ernest Isley was born on March 7,1952 and is an American musician, best known as a member of the musical ensemble The Isley Brothers, and the splinter group Isley-Jasper-Isley.
12 Facts About Ernie Isley
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Ernie Isley was influenced by Jose Feliciano's version of "Light My Fire" and in 1968 got his first guitar.
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Ernie Isley played electric guitar, acoustic guitar, and drums on the group's early 1970s albums Get Into Something, Givin' It Back, and Brother, Brother, Brother, before fully joining the group in 1973, becoming a multi-instrumentalist playing acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums and percussion.
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In 1990, Ernie Isley released his first solo album, High Wire.
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The Ernie Isley Brothers were inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
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In 2014 the Ernie Isley Brothers received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Ernie Isley is a musician on the Janet Jackson album Discipline, on the tracks "Never Letchu Go" and "The 1".
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Ernie Isley performed on the majority of the 2012 Joss Stone CD The Soul Sessions Vol.
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In 2020, Ernie was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame as a member of the Isley Brothers, and is currently touring domestically and internationally with Ronald on The Isley Brothers 60th Anniversary Tour.
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Ernie Isley is active as a musical mentor in schools and community music programs.
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Ernie Isley has been a returning guest lecturer at Berklee School of Music in Boston.
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Ernie Isley was awarded an honorary doctorate of music by the Berklee College of Music on May 7,2016.