R.I.P. Isaac Hayes
Performing “Theme from Shaft” at 1972’s Wattstax festival (introduced by the Rev. Jesse Jackson).
Across the blogs (with mp3’s)…make sure you hit that Soul Sides link…
- Issac Hayes: 1942-2008 (Soul Sides)
- TVD remembers Issac Hayes (The Vinyl District)
- Isaac Hayes: Coolest Dude in Heaven (Bongo Jazz)
- Isaac Hayes (Got the Fever)
- I Can’t Go To Sleep – RIP Isaac Hayes (Passion of the Weiss)
Saturday Night Soul wiith Isaac
In the late 60’s, Jimmy Webb moved to LA and wrote the bittersweet tune “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”. Johnny Rivers recorded it soon thereafter, but it was popularized by Glen Campbell’s 1968 version.
But me, I’ll take the soulful Isaac Hayes version any day of the week. Isaac originally released this tune on his 1969 album ‘Hot Buttered Soul’. His rendition clocked in at over 18 minutes. This one’s cut down to a little over 7:00:00 but captures that sweet Stax sound with the omnipresent organ churning away in the background, and Isaac’s opening tale of being cheated on a few too many times. You tell her Isaac.