I was just a kid when this version came out... (I had only heard Michael Jackson and Bill Withers recordings), however even though I was a child and knew nothing of the kind of pain/blues Isaac laid down I was moved.... I thought love was only happiness and light until I "felt" the darkness of this track - a most powerful performance indeed!
My favorite record and song but that old that it is completely inaudible thanks very much for putting it on UA-cam. "No one can honestly say their life is complete without having listened to this!" Agree.
I remember growing up my sister had the album of Wattstax man we listened to it over and over. This was a time when Black people really held themselves to a higher accord. I miss those times. Mr. Isac Hayes the consummate musician he was a genius RIP Mr. Isac Hayes.
FANTASTIC VERSION BY THE GREAT ISAAC HAYES.I WAS IN A BAND CALLED SQUEEZE IN THE EARLY 70S AND WE DID THIS SONG EVANGELIST ROGER MANSOUR FORMER DRUMMER LESLIE WEST MISSIONARY TO HAITI
an ex convict friend of mine introduced me to this wonderful record of Isaac heyes..................great music lived back in then olden days indeed, i love the part were he says give me the grooves on the Piano Sydney
Powerful. Found this version several years ago. Listen to this for the first time, and you cannot imagine why it took you so long to find it. Blows you away!
I remember when my father took 2 the movie 2 see show, man I miss Issac Hays, family and friends please when you find the time out of your busy schedule listen to this it will but you in a different frame of mind ... RIP Mr Issac Hays
i had never heard this live version before and wow.... this just blew me away!!! no one can honestly say their life is complete without having listened to this!
En esos años 72-73 , yo contaba con 16 años . No tenia poder adquisitivo para comprar discos. Recuerdo que tenia un grabador a casette Phillips y me la pasaba grabando los programas de Alfredo Escalante, Ivan Loscher y tenia colecciones de casettes de mùsica que no a todo el mundo le agradaba. Esta canciòn la colocaba mucho Ivan Loscher (qepd). Yo vivì los años que me tocaron vivir. Musicalmente fueron incomparables !!
I actually attended this 3 day wonderful event and had the time of my life. I had to get a babysitter for my 3 month old son who is now 462yrs old. Good days good memories.
I think I've listened to this more than any other track, live or otherwise, ever. I know every note of it. If there are better live performances out there, I've never heard them. Still floors me every time.
Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine" is 1 of those classics, like Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust," Beatles' "Yesterday," Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," that it seems every musician's just gotta cover it. (Maybe it's some rite of passage / hazing; can't be in the union w/o it?) & there r some phenomenal renditions out there. Sting. Lenny Kravitz. A young Michael Jackson (!). Joe Cocker. Isaac Hanson (no joke). But this 1's a world apart. Thanks so much 4 posting it.
I immediately thought of this when I heard the sad news that Bill Withers had died. It really is a masterpiece of interpretation. The accapella segment at 12.07 is immense
That's heavy. I. Sure. Wish I had. A. Brother bro. To. Blow. Like. That. Before. I. Leave. This vworld. That's. Far. Out of town music. At the. Finest. Share. The. JOY laughter.
DEUS Abençoe Isaac Hayes, na dimensão maior que ele vive hoje, obrigada pelo seu extraordinário talento, suas arranjos eram espetaculares, e mostravam seu GRANDE TALENTO. Essa gravação me emociona demais, feliz de quem pode estar lá e vêr ao vivo essa maravilhosa apresentação. OBRIGADA ISAAC HAYES, OBRIGADA!!!.
O "Ike" can sure break a song down to the bone.When the tanksgiving turkey is finish we use the leftover bones to make soup &gravy out of it. No wonder they call him CHEF! He sung the stew out of this song.
When a man comes to the realization that he isn"t really all that, no matter how tight you think your "mack game" is, and your whip appeal-you know what I mean is diminishing compared to what it used to be, that special lady who you dogged, played on and with has moved on-reality hits you. Reflect my brothers and you sisters, of all the women and men you've been with, did you really LOVE them or just LUST them. Real genuine, authentic love , that transparent, enduring, overcoming love comes once
No doubt about it, best EVAH!! No disrespect to MJ, Sting, Hanson (yes, really -- a very good one, too), Bill Withers (he did write it!), or any of the other great artists who've covered this over the years -- but this one's the gold standard, the ultimate. Total travesty that it wasn't here at YT for so long. Can't thank u enough for rectifying that, sushi!
PACE THE FLOOR, GET A CHAIR AND LOOK OUT FROM THE BEHIND THE CURTAINS, PRAY, AND SOME MORE STUFF!!! HE'S WITH THAT DERN SIDNEY KIRK IN SOME HOLE IN THE WALL PLAYING THAT JUKE JOINT MUSIC. R I P .
Only Issac Hayes! BAMF! The magic of what he could do with a song!
I attended this concert and yes, yes yes, it was to die for in person. I'll never forget it. It was the best 3 days of my life whoo hoo!!
Lucky you, dear concert-attender !!!
Wish I was there
When jazz meets funk, you get Mr. Hayes every time. RIP
This gave me chills. Isaac Hayes is simply wonderful. RIP
This in my view in this best version of this song ever.recorded.
I have had the Wattstax Double LP for many years.
It is a fantastic recording.
Patrick Houlihan I love the Sahara Tahoe version....
Do the penguin
Even for a live concert this rendition is tops! Still have the original vinyl I play once in a while.
Bravo! Music Junkie!
Love 💜 this version and no 🌞 shine. Excellent Isaac Hayes Rest in Jesus Much love 💜 always
I was just a kid when this version came out... (I had only heard Michael Jackson and Bill Withers recordings), however even though I was a child and knew nothing of the kind of pain/blues Isaac laid down I was moved.... I thought love was only happiness and light until I "felt" the darkness of this track - a most powerful performance indeed!
My favorite record and song but that old that it is completely inaudible thanks very much for putting it on UA-cam. "No one can honestly say their life is complete without having listened to this!" Agree.
As a young man I appreciated this type of music and at 60 years old I'm still love the sound and it sounds even better now
One of my best classics....do I need to epeat myself...When music was MUSIC...Black Moses at Wattstax Festival...Q
What does this have to do with a colour of skin?
I remember growing up my sister had the album of Wattstax man we listened to it over and over. This was a time when Black people really held themselves to a higher accord. I miss those times. Mr. Isac Hayes the consummate musician he was a genius RIP Mr. Isac Hayes.
When music was music. Thanks for posting.
Muzika za sva vremena,koji glas ima covek,moj favorit od 1970
Long live the King, bravo mr Hayes. Forever in our hearts.
Gran arreglista y compositor, ya ocupa su lugar en el Olimpo
FANTASTIC VERSION BY THE GREAT ISAAC HAYES.I WAS IN A BAND CALLED SQUEEZE IN THE EARLY 70S AND WE DID THIS SONG
EVANGELIST ROGER MANSOUR
FORMER DRUMMER LESLIE WEST
MISSIONARY TO HAITI
The brilliance of Black Moses, fantastic 🥰🌹
an ex convict friend of mine introduced me to this wonderful record of Isaac heyes..................great music lived back in then olden days indeed, i love the part were he says give me the grooves on the Piano Sydney
GOD bless thee, Motlotlehi, Isaac and Sidney !!!
Not olden days back in the day!! Git it right young blood ✊👊✌
Brings back memories.
Powerful. Found this version several years ago. Listen to this for the first time, and you cannot imagine why it took you so long to find it. Blows you away!
I remember when my father took 2 the movie 2 see show, man I miss Issac Hays, family and friends please when you find the time out of your busy schedule listen to this it will but you in a different frame of mind ... RIP Mr Issac Hays
"...ain't no sunshine.." and "I" ain't got no words to match this performance!
Damn , 1 am and I'm all funked up!
Thank you Mr Hayes
Saw him live at Sahara Tahoe mind blowing concert. A master at his craft.
i had never heard this live version before and wow.... this just blew me away!!! no one can honestly say their life is complete without having listened to this!
En esos años 72-73 , yo contaba con 16 años . No tenia poder adquisitivo para comprar discos. Recuerdo que tenia un grabador a casette Phillips y me la pasaba grabando los programas de Alfredo Escalante, Ivan Loscher y tenia colecciones de casettes de mùsica que no a todo el mundo le agradaba. Esta canciòn la colocaba mucho Ivan Loscher (qepd). Yo vivì los años que me tocaron vivir. Musicalmente fueron incomparables !!
"Shaft" is probably the best arrangement of all time. I mean the entire album. hayes was a genius!!
“Shaft” is Mr. Hayes’ Magnum Opus
55 years of listening to music, thousands of recordings. Decided to put my favourites on CDs and found this track to be no.1
I actually attended this 3 day wonderful event and had the time of my life. I had to get a babysitter for my 3 month old son who is now 462yrs old. Good days good memories.
Correction my son is now 46yrs old
You were so lucky!!! Live! Wish I were there.
I think I've listened to this more than any other track, live or otherwise, ever. I know every note of it.
If there are better live performances out there, I've never heard them.
Still floors me every time.
I lost my double LP of Watstax and I am overjoyed to have found this here. Thank you for posting something wonderful. Peace
I'm an Issac Hayes fan, but with this one, I had one thought on my mind 'when is it going to end?'
But that was Isaac Hayes. He could stretch a song into different movements. He also played the sax solos.
Just a Master of MUSIC, to such a point that makes one feel something move inside the Solal Plexis, and the heart just has to follow!!! syd
Nobody does it better than Ike
Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine" is 1 of those classics, like Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust," Beatles' "Yesterday," Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," that it seems every musician's just gotta cover it.
(Maybe it's some rite of passage / hazing; can't be in the union w/o it?)
& there r some phenomenal renditions out there.
Sting. Lenny Kravitz. A young Michael Jackson (!). Joe Cocker. Isaac Hanson (no joke).
But this 1's a world apart.
Thanks so much 4 posting it.
Sushi, thank you great music never gets old!
I LOVE THIS VERSION, AND ISSAC HAYES!
Soul defined for the ages: Ike Hayes!!
I immediately thought of this when I heard the sad news that Bill Withers had died. It really is a masterpiece of interpretation. The accapella segment at 12.07 is immense
That's heavy. I. Sure. Wish I had. A. Brother bro. To. Blow. Like. That. Before. I. Leave. This vworld. That's. Far. Out of town music. At the. Finest. Share. The. JOY laughter.
This is the bes version of this famous son ever made
A Issac Hayes groove I have never heard before! Thanks for posting!
As a saxophone player...YES!
I LOVE IT
Wow 😲 💞🌅 what a legend rip with your bad self, what a great gift did he have, wowwee
Les belles années!
Good night and thanks again
This is jamming at it's best. This jamm puts me in rare form it's a good thing 😗😙😚🙂😉🙃🙃
The whole thing is a stone groove, but the middle section is my favorite.
Watt staxx concert tellement bon
I mean-n-n-n- Day-yammmm!!!! I never heard this before........cannot thank you enough andre black
Check out Isaac Hayes Performance of this song from "Isaac Hayes Live At The Sahara Tahoe".
This is Issac's best song by far.
tear it down then build it back up the master of symphonic soul
14:39 strikes a nerve every time I hear this joint. just fabulous!!
Thanks Ike !!!!! R.I.P !!!
@14:40 - the build up of goosebumps. I can ONLY imagine what it was like live and in person
absolutely. Sad thing is, that you wont be allowed to go to this concert, if you aint afroamerican. Sad, but it got much worse after 2000.
When it comes to this song Bill to me can't touch this
DEUS Abençoe Isaac Hayes, na dimensão maior que ele vive hoje, obrigada pelo seu extraordinário talento, suas arranjos eram espetaculares, e mostravam seu GRANDE TALENTO.
Essa gravação me emociona demais, feliz de quem pode estar lá e vêr ao vivo essa maravilhosa apresentação. OBRIGADA ISAAC HAYES, OBRIGADA!!!.
Beautifull ,beautifull music epic biblic cosmic
O "Ike" can sure break a song down to the bone.When the tanksgiving turkey is finish we use the leftover bones to make soup &gravy out of it. No wonder they call him CHEF! He sung the stew out of this song.
Thank you very, very much for posting this gem!!... Friendly greetings!!!
Mr. Hayes at his best..!! The best that he ever had.. Friendly greetings from Venezuela and thank you very much for the memories as well..!!
Super soul funk 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
Classic 🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♂️ ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼💥💥💥💥
This song is at it's best. 😉🙂
Just passing thur great upload good sir I think I have the album somewhere in my basement have to get it ✍️
Powerful Version
Oh my God Ain't no sunshine when she is gone
beautiful!!!
When a man comes to the realization that he isn"t really all that, no matter how tight you think your "mack game" is, and your whip appeal-you know what I mean is diminishing compared to what it used to be, that special lady who you dogged, played on and with has moved on-reality hits you. Reflect my brothers and you sisters, of all the women and men you've been with, did you really LOVE them or just LUST them. Real genuine, authentic love , that transparent, enduring, overcoming love comes once
Wow awesome performance
I love isack hayes.
holy mother of god
+Gabriel Cotton this is incredible my god
Music you don't listen to but experience in your soul....
Merci - Thank you!
first full length version on the internet
you kick ass
No doubt about it, best EVAH!!
No disrespect to MJ, Sting, Hanson (yes, really -- a very good one, too), Bill Withers (he did write it!), or any of the other great artists who've covered this over the years -- but this one's the gold standard, the ultimate.
Total travesty that it wasn't here at YT for so long.
Can't thank u enough for rectifying that, sushi!
@katzpheno I totally agree with you ! This is the best version ! !
la mia preserita in assoluto...BLACK MOSES..for ever
Billy Withers can be really proud
Maci Camerlo yes he can..even the beatles did a slamming cover
Truth hath been spoken once again !!!
Молодцы! Настоящий "музыкальный наркотик"!)).
gooood music..best HAJes
Sydney can play that piano! Isaac hittin those high notes??!!! babeee
espectacular
PACE THE FLOOR, GET A CHAIR AND LOOK OUT FROM THE BEHIND THE CURTAINS, PRAY, AND SOME MORE STUFF!!! HE'S WITH THAT DERN SIDNEY KIRK IN SOME HOLE IN THE WALL PLAYING THAT JUKE JOINT MUSIC. R I P .
Nobody does it like Ike putting his thing down long strong and hard 🙃😉😊☺️
6:24 🥁🥁🥁😊
DID YOU NOTICE THAT ISSAC HAYES ADDED A PARTIAL MIX OF IRON BUTTERFLY "BUTTER FLY BLU. THIS MAN IS A MUSICAL GENEIS !!!
I know Berry Gordy was like, "Now, why didn't I think of that?"
If you were at Woodstock in "65" then you waited 4 years for the show to start Woodstock was in 1969.
love u japenese man!
wonderful ;)
my daddy had this vinyl
you have a sworn abligation to transfer this to the interwebs for all time
Well this particular song was favorite of my brother Jerry but for me this only funky version of Ain't No Sunshine that has been recorded
wow
YES SIR
Sweet harmony by Smokey robinson
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