Sam And Dave Thank You

[Florencia Abila]

"I Thank You" is a song written by David Porter and Isaac Hayes originally recorded by Sam & Dave, released in early 1968.[1] The single was Sam & Dave's final release on Stax Records, reaching #9 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and #4 on the R&B chart.[2] Shortly after its release, Stax severed its distribution deal with Atlantic Records and Sam & Dave, who were actually signed to Atlantic and loaned out to Stax, began recording for Atlantic proper.[3] The song begins with Sam's spoken introduction that goes: "I want everybody to get off your seat,/ And get your arms together,/ And your hands together,/ And give me some of that old soul clapping". First, Sam sings the refrain, plus the first verse, and the refrain, while Dave sings the second verse, the refrain, and the third verse, with both Sam and Dave sharing on the repeated "Thank Yous" portion. Following a brief instrumental, Sam sings the refrain, with Dave, joining him, on the Coda with the repeated "thank yous".

ZZ Top covered the song on their 1979 album Degello. The band released the song as a single the next year, and it reached No. 34 on the singles chart, becoming the band's second top 40 hit (after "Tush", four years earlier).

SUSAN L. DECKER, serves on the boards of Directors of Intel, Berkshire Hathaway, and Costco Wholesale, and is a Trustee of Save the Children. From 2009- 2010, Sue served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School. From 2000- 2009, Decker held various executive management positions at Yahoo!, including President, Head of Advertiser and Publisher Group, and CFO. Before Yahoo!, Sue was at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, most recently as Managing Director, global equity research (1998- 2000); previously as an equity research analyst (1986- 1998)-- she received recognition by Institutional Investor magazine as a top rated analyst for ten consecutive years.

Dave joined Yahoo! through the acquisition of Launch, not long after I joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO). He impressed me tremendously. He was smart, hungry and fiercely loyal to his team.

He was tough, logical and passionate. His deep reservoir of persuasion helped me see business issues from all perspectives. And through this process, he made me better at what I did. And Yahoo! better too.

A few years later, I came to see that the heart Dave put into building his business was nothing compared to the heart he put into building his family. With Sheryl, he was a compassionate, tender, playful and proud husband. Like what I saw with his work team, he was deeply loyal to his home team, which grew to include his children. On this subject, Dave and I were always on the same side. He was a perfect cross between a teddy bear and a tiger. I loved that side of him.

It was at a wedding in Italy in 2004 that Sheryl and I first connected, a little while after she and Dave were married. She was at Google, then, and I at Yahoo! I had three young children. She and Dave were about to start a family. In life and in our careers, we had a lot in common.

There were many funny moments as well. Sheryl referenced in Lean In the time that she and Mark Zuckerberg had to hide from me while completing their negotiations for her joining Facebook, because they had an interloper (moi) living in their home part-time!

I am sure both he and Sheryl would have loved more alone time, without me bounding up to their bedroom in my jammers to chat. But I never felt anything other than a warm welcome. This, to me, was a truly remarkable quality in Dave. And I thank him for it.

It was also in these years that Sheryl taught me her philosophy about the guys you date, and the guys you marry. Dave was Exhibit A for the latter. We talked about second marriages and how to get it right. Dave made it easy to visualize the dream, by watching the way he lived and the choices he made. I took note, as I ventured back into a life relationship.

Dave, you helped make me better in business. Your generosity in opening your home helped me heal the hole in my heart, as I learned how to carry on, put on a happy face, and be there for my kids and Yahoo! during a time of need. You brought me Sheryl, for which I am eternally grateful. And you provided a role model in the way you lived your life that is an inspiration to all of us.

My life in Silicon Valley wasn't the usual story of start-ups and venture capital. But my experiences on Wall Street before becoming an Internet executive gave me an "outside-in" perspective. I now draw on both of those worlds, in my capacity of serving on the boards of directors of several great companies. I created this site to share thoughts and ideas from these various perspectives, as well as from my most defining one, as a mom and an advocate for women and children.

I missed posting last week because of computer problems and had to order a new PC. This was an unexpected cost that I could hardly afford, and I appealed for help from the cycling community on the Dave Moulton Bikes Facebook Group.

Members of this group came though and made donations that covered the cost, for which I am most grateful. The forced down-time also caused me to do some serious thinking about the future of the Blog and the Bike Registry.

Even if I live to be 100 what physical state will I be in? And at 87 that is only 13 years, and time becomes increasingly precious. I also have several other (Important to me.) creative endeavors I want to complete as soon as possible.

I need someone to take over the blog. It has been up for over 17 years and has excellent positioning on Google search. It would be ideal if it were linked to a business, or with effort it could be financially self-sufficient, or even show profit, depending how much time and effort one puts into it. I do not have that time.

I am constantly approached by people who want to advertise on the blog, but being uncertain of the future I do not take them up on the offer, also it would involve extra work in placing the ads and tracking payment.

I wondered where you had got to Dave. Every monday morning, when i get into work i log on and have a look at your posts first thing. Its a great place you've created here Dave and i will miss your musings and technical writings. As a Brit living here in the UK its nice reading about a Brit living in the US.
Will you still be able to have some input if someone else takes over? Maybe record your musings for someone to write up for you.
Any way, all the best Dave, it must have been a tough decision to make but you can look at the site with great pride.
Cheers
Len.

Dave
I've been a regular reader for many years now and am thankful for all that you've written about - not just about bikes, but about your personal experiences and memories and your philosophy on life.
Thanks so much for sharing so much with all of us!

Changes are inevitable, and we will still be here.
I am just grateful that you have chosen to share your views here.
Have you looked into modern voice-to-type software?
I have looked at what comes with Windows11 and I have been impressed.

I have tremendously enjoyed browsing through your blog entries, it is such a wealth of information and interesting tidbits, and so well written. Even if you do no more - you have done so much, thank you!

Dave, thank you so much for your years of thoughtful blogging. You gave us historical perspectives, practical wrenching tips, and everything in between.
Best wishes in your future endeavors,
Lee

I keep checking in, in the hopes to find you doing well. Thank you so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge with all of us. You've enhanced my passion for classic race bikes, and helped me become a better, self-sufficient, home wrench. I hope all is well, and thank you enriching all of our enjoyment of all things related to mankind's biggest technological achievement, the classic steel framed, bicycle.

I keep checking back to see if there is any development on Dave's site but it looks like this may not be the case. If it doesn't continue that is a great shame, but understandable as this would be a hard act to follow.

And I do think, upon reflecting on it here in this essay, that the omission is meaningful. I think that it would feel odd for me to say please to my students in this scenario and odd for me to thank them after.

But weirdly, I do kind of agree with the professor here. I think it's a good rule of thumb to remove these words from your vocabulary a bit so that you can get used to speaking like a warmly authoritative teacher.

However, it seems that not every student shares that desire. Some days it feels as if the entire school is on strike, walking right past me and my warm and welcoming ideas without so much as a grunt. . . OUCH!

You can show your support by inviting colleagues at your workplace, as well as community groups, friends and family, to write thank you notes to these adoption professionals for the life-changing impact they make every day.

I can't imagine the phrase "dear reader" has ever been more appropriate than now when, on behalf of my family, I'd like to say thank you. Thank you for swaddling us in condolences in every conceivable way after the death of my son, Luke.

Luke's death weighs on us with unimaginable heft. Each of you helped carry it with each text, phone call, card, letter, message, comment and hug. The hundreds at his memorial lifted the weight long enough for us to get a breath.

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