Goodbye, Dear Sweet Mr. Hayes
You don’t need me to tell you Isaac Hayes was the man.
From 1973, here’s Black Moses putting his inimitable stamp on Bill Withers’s “Use Me,” from one of the greatest live recordings I’ve ever heard.
Isaac Hayes - Use Me from Live At The Sahara Tahoe (insound / amazon CD / amazon mp3 / itunes)
From Barbecues To Bar Mitzvahs
For me, this Summertime Jam is all about two things: the sweetly nostalgic lyrics on the sung verses, and the really quite inappropriate lyrics on the rapped verses.
The rap lyrics aren’t that inappropriate for the song itself — it’s the usual: Snoop rapping about driving around drinking champagne, Lil’ Kim mentioning how she travels to [...]
I’m Ashamed, But I’m Not Sorry
Hey, people, listen — I’ve been trying really hard these past 38 years to keep abreast of matters. I don’t know how this happens. It’s possibly that there simply is so so very much beauty.
What happened was I somehow missed out on Millie Jackson until recently. But the discovery process since then has been delightful.
Today’s [...]
