skippy the bush kangaroo

Sunday, August 10, 2008

rip isaac hayes

isaac hayes, the legend in modern r&b singing & songwriting, died at age 65. entertainment weekly:

hayes, best known for his pop/r&b classic ''theme from shaft'' and more recently as the voice of chef on south park, was found next to an active treadmill by relatives, according to reports from the shelby county sheriff's department in memphis, tennessee. attempts to revive the singer were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead in memphis shortly after 2 p.m. on sunday afternoon.

hayes' career began as a songwriter and producer for stax records in memphis — a pioneering r&b label of the 1960s that was widely considered the southern counterpart to motown in detroit. his best known compositions from this period include ''soul man,'' originally recorded by sam & dave, and later a big hit a second time when it was covered by the blues brothers in 1978, ''hold on! i'm comin','' and carla thomas' ''b-a-b-y.'' (see rachel sweet performing the song, a u.k. hit for her in 1978.)
here's hayes doing shaft:



here's sam and dave doing soul man:



rest in peace, isaac hayes.
posted by skippy at 9:24 PM |

1 Comments:

isaac rocked out loud.
commented by Blogger The Minstrel Boy, 8:09 AM PDT  

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