I don't know what's sadder - that my first post vacation post is about the death of Isaac Hayes or that when I heard about it my first thought wasn't "Shaft" but . . .
Of course, maybe that's because I never really realized what a career Hayes had:
Soon he began writing songs with David Porter, and their music — numbers like 'Soul Man' and 'Hold On, I’m Comin’ ' for Sam and Dave, and 'B-A-B-Y' for Carla Thomas — came to embody the Stax aesthetic. It was tight, catchy pop, but full of sweat and grit, a proudly unpolished Southern alternative to Motown.Damn. Thanks for the tunes, Soul Man.
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Ehhh don't feel too special, I thought the same thing when I hear about it, while I was on the treadmill!
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