I just heard this - He's one of those guys who'll be remembered by several generations for songs & voices. I remember him him most by great, great songs he authored or co-authored - not necessarily the ones (Shaft) he sang & had hits with but the countless others with Dave Porter (Your Good Thing Is Gonna End, Hold On I'm Comin') and the voice he lent to the cartoon TV show South Park as CHEF....
One of the giants of late 20th century popular muic
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Wow! Bernie Mac and now Isaac Hayes. The world's a bit quieter and less funny now. 
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i met isaac several times, he was a photo hobbiest and loved taking pictures and he used to hang out at a camera store i worked at in downtown atlanta (where he lived at the time). there were several of us that he got to know fairly well and he would often come in with pictures that he had taken and ask for critiques of his work and suggestions on how to be better, etc. he was actually a pretty talented photographer too.
several years later after i had moved on, i was running a couple of video/electronics stores and officed out of a store in buckhead. one night he called (he didn't "name drop" but from "the voice" i was pretty sure it was him) and said he was having some problems with a video camera and needed some help. i told him that we were about to close but if he would come on over, i'd try to help him figure it out. as he got there we had already locked up and i opened up and let him in, when he walked in, he looked at me and said "bill...?" he remembered me and i hadn't seen him for 2 or 3 years. i stuck around about 45 minutes after we closed and got his camera working and we chatted and talked, mostly about photography and music.
the next day, he went out of his way and stopped by the store right before we closed and walked in with a case of heineken and said "where's your car?" and said he just wanted to say thanks for me staying late to help him out with the camera. he continued to stop by on a pretty regular basis after that.
he was truly a kind, gentle and sweet man. wow, how sad.
several years later after i had moved on, i was running a couple of video/electronics stores and officed out of a store in buckhead. one night he called (he didn't "name drop" but from "the voice" i was pretty sure it was him) and said he was having some problems with a video camera and needed some help. i told him that we were about to close but if he would come on over, i'd try to help him figure it out. as he got there we had already locked up and i opened up and let him in, when he walked in, he looked at me and said "bill...?" he remembered me and i hadn't seen him for 2 or 3 years. i stuck around about 45 minutes after we closed and got his camera working and we chatted and talked, mostly about photography and music.
the next day, he went out of his way and stopped by the store right before we closed and walked in with a case of heineken and said "where's your car?" and said he just wanted to say thanks for me staying late to help him out with the camera. he continued to stop by on a pretty regular basis after that.
he was truly a kind, gentle and sweet man. wow, how sad.
wow, i just googled "isaac hayes" and this picture was on his website (there was no reference to his passing)
QUOTE (bivester @ Aug 10 2008, 10:18 PM) 
i met isaac several times, he was a photo hobbiest and loved taking pictures and he used to hang out at a camera store i worked at in downtown atlanta (where he lived at the time). there were several of us that he got to know fairly well and he would often come in with pictures that he had taken and ask for critiques of his work and suggestions on how to be better, etc. he was actually a pretty talented photographer too.
several years later after i had moved on, i was running a couple of video/electronics stores and officed out of a store in buckhead. one night he called (he didn't "name drop" but from "the voice" i was pretty sure it was him) and said he was having some problems with a video camera and needed some help. i told him that we were about to close but if he would come on over, i'd try to help him figure it out. as he got there we had already locked up and i opened up and let him in, when he walked in, he looked at me and said "bill...?" he remembered me and i hadn't seen him for 2 or 3 years. i stuck around about 45 minutes after we closed and got his camera working and we chatted and talked, mostly about photography and music.
the next day, he went out of his way and stopped by the store right before we closed and walked in with a case of heineken and said "where's your car?" and said he just wanted to say thanks for me staying late to help him out with the camera. he continued to stop by on a pretty regular basis after that.
he was truly a kind, gentle and sweet man. wow, how sad.
several years later after i had moved on, i was running a couple of video/electronics stores and officed out of a store in buckhead. one night he called (he didn't "name drop" but from "the voice" i was pretty sure it was him) and said he was having some problems with a video camera and needed some help. i told him that we were about to close but if he would come on over, i'd try to help him figure it out. as he got there we had already locked up and i opened up and let him in, when he walked in, he looked at me and said "bill...?" he remembered me and i hadn't seen him for 2 or 3 years. i stuck around about 45 minutes after we closed and got his camera working and we chatted and talked, mostly about photography and music.
the next day, he went out of his way and stopped by the store right before we closed and walked in with a case of heineken and said "where's your car?" and said he just wanted to say thanks for me staying late to help him out with the camera. he continued to stop by on a pretty regular basis after that.
he was truly a kind, gentle and sweet man. wow, how sad.
What a wonderful story.
The scope of his body of work as far as a songwriter is tremendous. Almost all of Sam & Dave's hits were his. So many hits by others, written by him & David Porter. Staggering
RIP brother Isaac:(
R.I.P. Isaac. We lost you too soon.
I love those kinds of stories, Bill ... lucky you, dude. He was a good guy.
QUOTE (bivester @ Aug 10 2008, 10:18 PM)
i met isaac several times, he was a photo hobbiest and loved taking pictures and he used to hang out at a camera store i worked at in downtown atlanta (where he lived at the time). there were several of us that he got to know fairly well and he would often come in with pictures that he had taken and ask for critiques of his work and suggestions on how to be better, etc. he was actually a pretty talented photographer too.
several years later after i had moved on, i was running a couple of video/electronics stores and officed out of a store in buckhead. one night he called (he didn't "name drop" but from "the voice" i was pretty sure it was him) and said he was having some problems with a video camera and needed some help. i told him that we were about to close but if he would come on over, i'd try to help him figure it out. as he got there we had already locked up and i opened up and let him in, when he walked in, he looked at me and said "bill...?" he remembered me and i hadn't seen him for 2 or 3 years. i stuck around about 45 minutes after we closed and got his camera working and we chatted and talked, mostly about photography and music.
the next day, he went out of his way and stopped by the store right before we closed and walked in with a case of heineken and said "where's your car?" and said he just wanted to say thanks for me staying late to help him out with the camera. he continued to stop by on a pretty regular basis after that.
he was truly a kind, gentle and sweet man. wow, how sad.
several years later after i had moved on, i was running a couple of video/electronics stores and officed out of a store in buckhead. one night he called (he didn't "name drop" but from "the voice" i was pretty sure it was him) and said he was having some problems with a video camera and needed some help. i told him that we were about to close but if he would come on over, i'd try to help him figure it out. as he got there we had already locked up and i opened up and let him in, when he walked in, he looked at me and said "bill...?" he remembered me and i hadn't seen him for 2 or 3 years. i stuck around about 45 minutes after we closed and got his camera working and we chatted and talked, mostly about photography and music.
the next day, he went out of his way and stopped by the store right before we closed and walked in with a case of heineken and said "where's your car?" and said he just wanted to say thanks for me staying late to help him out with the camera. he continued to stop by on a pretty regular basis after that.
he was truly a kind, gentle and sweet man. wow, how sad.
Issac Hayes explains death (http://www.planearium2.de/scripts-513.htm):
Chef: [approaches] Hello there, children.
Stan: Hey Chef.
Chef: How's it goin'?
Stan: Bad.
Chef: Yeah. Things have been better.
Stan: Why would God let Kenny die, Chef? Why? Kenny's my fr-f-f-friend. Why can't God take someone else's f-f-friend?
Chef: [sighs] Stan, sometimes God takes those closest to us, because it makes him feel better about himself. He is a very vengeful God, Stan. He's all pissed off about something we did thousands of years ago. He just can't get over it, so he doesn't care who he takes.Children, puppies, it don't matter to him, so long as it makes us sad. Do you understand.
Stan: But then, why does God give us anything to start with?
Chef: Well, look at it this way: if you want to make a baby cry, first you give it a lollipop. Then you take it away. If you never give it a lollipop to begin with, then you would have nothin' to cry about. That's like God, who gives us life and love and help just so that he can tear it all away and make us cry, so he can drink the sweet milk of our tears. You see, it's our tears, Stan, that give God his great power. [pause]
Stan: I think I understand.
Chef: [approaches] Hello there, children.
Stan: Hey Chef.
Chef: How's it goin'?
Stan: Bad.
Chef: Yeah. Things have been better.
Stan: Why would God let Kenny die, Chef? Why? Kenny's my fr-f-f-friend. Why can't God take someone else's f-f-friend?
Chef: [sighs] Stan, sometimes God takes those closest to us, because it makes him feel better about himself. He is a very vengeful God, Stan. He's all pissed off about something we did thousands of years ago. He just can't get over it, so he doesn't care who he takes.Children, puppies, it don't matter to him, so long as it makes us sad. Do you understand.
Stan: But then, why does God give us anything to start with?
Chef: Well, look at it this way: if you want to make a baby cry, first you give it a lollipop. Then you take it away. If you never give it a lollipop to begin with, then you would have nothin' to cry about. That's like God, who gives us life and love and help just so that he can tear it all away and make us cry, so he can drink the sweet milk of our tears. You see, it's our tears, Stan, that give God his great power. [pause]
Stan: I think I understand.
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