Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Isaac Hayes



Kathy G posted this first. But it's timely, and fits a theme: songs my band covered reluctantly despite my bullheaded enthusiasm. The bastards.

Isaac Hayes was sui generis and a sublime artist.
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  1. bjkeefeSeptember 18, 2008 at 6:07 AM

    They were reluctant to play Stormy Monday?

    What was the band's name, Jeff and the Philistines?

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  2. EponymSeptember 20, 2008 at 7:34 PM

    Heh. We were mostly original, and probably a little snotty about covering other people's stuff. Me I liked covering oddities or tributes to people I thought of as influences (Cale's version of Heartbreak Hotel for instance - though the bass player "hates" Cale, so we ended up doing an entirely original arrangement of that tune.)

    In any case were named "The Barnum Effect." If you're curious the Myspace page is still up:

    http://www.myspace.com/barnumeffect

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  3. bjkeefeSeptember 29, 2008 at 9:32 AM

    Okay, that's understandable. Wanting to be an originals band is admirable, and in that mindset, only the most obscure covers, or the most cleverly reinterpreted, are allowed.

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  4. bjkeefeSeptember 29, 2008 at 9:37 AM

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  5. bjkeefeSeptember 29, 2008 at 9:37 AM

    P.S. Thanks for the link. Do I take it that you all are now an ex-band? What happened? Too many other commitments?

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  6. EponymOctober 1, 2008 at 10:41 PM

    It was a long commute for two of us, and the singer get tired of it not being her band. (And everybody got tired of listening to me tell them what to do. Go figure!) It's been dead for a little over a year now.

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