Bill Withers has passed


https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bill-withers-obituary-977929/

One of the Great ones. Will be spinning "Still Bill" this evening.

RIP Bill
reubent
Sorry, I've always hated Bill Wither' music, and wondered why everyone doesn't feel the same.  Ain't No Sunshine and Lean On Me are both AM radio cloying garbage, and both primitively written.  Lean on Me is just a scale up and down.  When we recently lost a much younger Adam Schlesinger to Covid 19, not to mention Bucky Pizzarelli, Ellis Marsalis and Wallace Roney to mention a few, I won't be missing this guy.  I regret that his songs will probably be used constantly to sell crap on TV.

He was a gifted artist.  I have most of his original albums and still listen to them on occasion.  My favorite song is "Grandma's Hands" because it always brings back fond memories of my grandmother. 

I hated it when he stopped making music, but after learning why, I understood.  R.I.P. Still Bill!

More to discover