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We’re Just Talkin’ ‘Bout Isaac Hayes
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Hey, everyone. “Moriarty” here. For many younger viewers, Isaac Hayes will forever be SOUTH PARK’s Chef, a role he played with a delicious disconnect for many seasons before he finally left the show under a could of controversy because of his connection to Scientology. The episode after he left didn’t just kill his character... it destroyed him. They did everything short of dropping a nuclear bomb on him. Considering how long they’d worked with him, I was always a little shocked by the vehemence with which they wrote him off the show. I’ll bet today makes that episode harder to watch for Matt and Trey than ever. Isaac Hayes is one of those ...
RIP Isaac Hayes
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Wow. When it rains, it pours, and tomorrow’s going to be a Stormy Monday, indeed. This weekend we’ve lost two legends of black entertainment — Bernie Mac on Saturday, and soul legend Isaac Hayes today. The 65 year old soul legend was found unconscious next to a still-running treadmill. He was pronounced dead at 2:08 this afternoon.
Long before he was Chef on South Park, Isaac Hayes shaped the history of American music. As a session player for Stax Records, he co-wrote songs like Soul Man, and When Something Is Wrong With My Baby for Sam and Dave. (Oh ...
Isaac Hayes, RIP
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Isaac Hayes @ Celebrate Brooklyn - June 12, 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)
Soul legend Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy and Academy awards for the theme to the 1971 film ``Shaft'' and voiced the character ``Chef'' in the hit comedy series ``South Park,'' died Sunday in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 65.
Family members found Hayes laying unconscious next to a running treadmill in his basement around 1 p.m. local time, said Steve Shular, a spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff's Office in a telephone interview. Hayes was pronounced dead at Baptist East Hospital. No autopsy is planned, Shular ...
Remembering Isaac Hayes
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Remembering Isaac Hayes Isaachayes_l It would be a shame if Isaac Hayes, who died yesterday at 65, were remembered only as the guy who voiced the cartoon character who sang "Chocolate Salty Balls." Yep, he was great as Chef on South Park, and he was a memorable and charismatic presence in many other TV shows and movies, but he had a long history as one of the most influential soul musicians ever to step on a wah-wah pedal. The "Theme From Shaft" alone should secure his reputation forever, but really, if you listen to just about anything in the last quarter century's worth of rap and R&B, you can still hear him. Talking to EW ...
This week's playlist: Rodgers, Buckingham and 'WALL-E' from Elysa
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This week, Elysa Gardner wends her way through singer/songwriter land, mutated R&B, music from the movie WALL-E, and Rodgers & Hart, and finishes with two '70s classics.> Pick of the week : Beautiful Day for Bad News ...
The Popdose Interview: Mike Stern
Popdose —
After the rise of rock and roll, jazz, and jazz guitar especially, has carried a penumbra of snooty affectation. If you take the time to learn how to play over “Giant Steps,” and learn four different voicings for a Bb13(#11) chord, why would you care about the pedantic, pentatonic noodling of Eric Clapton? That’s kid’s stuff. If someone is really into jazz guitar, they don’t like rock and roll.
I’ve always thought that was crap. I love jazz, and rock, and more or less every other genre of music. That jazz is more complex, and requires more of the player than the other, does not invalidate ...
