RIP, Isaac Hayes
What a sad weekend for African-American male entertainers. First Bernie Mac in Chicago passes on Saturday. And today, Sunday, Isaac Hayes dies in Memphis.
Most people know Mr. Hayes best for writing and recording the “The Theme from Shaft.” I first heard Mr. Hayes as a 10-year-old a few years earlier, listening to an LP called The Isaac Hayes Movement, with cuts like “I Stand Accused” and “One Big Unhappy Family.”
In honor of Mr. Hayes’ life, I present some old school in the form of one of my favorite songs, “Never Can Say Goodbye,” written by Clifton Davis, as covered by the late great Isaac Hayes. May you rest in peace in a big vat of Hot Buttered Soul.
