Isaac Hayes' epic cover versions
The master of long form reinvention
At some point in 1968, Isaac Hayes decided to cover himself. Or at least cover a song he’d written, with David Porter, for Sam and Dave.
On his debut album Presenting Isaac Hayes1 he plays a jazzy instrumental cover version of You Don’t Know Like I Know that swings for a good eight and a half minutes. Clearly he enjoyed stretching a cover version to a great length, because this became part of his fabric for the next few years.
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