tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383722102011-07-01T11:45:48.857-07:00music of the spheresramblings about the indigenous music of our time and place: alt-country, soul, bluegrass, jazz and much more...and the spirit that infuses all of itKen Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797064304099007056noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38372210.post-41592893738409593252008-08-22T20:09:00.000-07:002008-08-22T20:17:36.749-07:00Black Moses<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/musicl?lid=X7MXk4TMnxO&aid=BhfCvBzqMRP"><img src="http://froogle.google.com/base_image?size=2&q=music/image/0/0X7MXk4TMnxO.jpg" alt="" border="1" height="90" width="90" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">We note the passing of Isaac Hayes, composer of the </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;">Shaft</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> soundtrack, sideman with the legendary Stax recording studio, who died on August 10, soulful interpreter of the compositions of others (more memorable,to me, was the Jackson Five's "<span style="font-style: italic;">Never Can Say Goodbye</span>"). Like a few other vocalists (Joe Cocker and Johnny Cash come to mind), by the time Hayes had finished shaping a song one could not imagine 1) that he was not the writer and 2) that it might be performed any other way.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38372210-4159289373840959325?l=abbyloves2sing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797064304099007056noreply@blogger.com0