RIP Bill Withers

[mdmost 43,994]

Use Me is the fucking shit. Guy was a legend. RIP Bill.

 

[MC Fresh Breath 4,075]

Dammit.  RIP

"Lovely Day" is one of those therapy type songs for me.  

[TwiceHorn 32,076]

RIP.

[TheStoicPaisano 9,953]

“Use Me” was Shardene’s song when she was stripping at Orlando’s.

[hookemATL 12,240]

The Carnegie Hall live album is one of the greatest, most funkyiest things ever recorded.   RIP to a legend. 

[jimmyjazz 47,149]

My personal fave is "Ain't No Sunshine".  RIP, Mr. Withers.

[Steel Shank 9,552]

Cat had no peer. I grooved and sang my ass off many many times to BW.

[smuggs 9,397]

Lovely Day is such a great song.

[mdleast 8,521]

RIP.  Lovely Day is my personal favorite but this one may be more appropriate for today:

 

 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8,981]

Damn.. he had some good ones

[WhatTheBuck 28,928]

Damn. He was fucking brilliant. So many great songs. Lovely Day, Ain't No Sunshine, Lean On Me. Use Me is probably me favorite. Such a cool rhythm. I wish I had the skill to tap it out with my hands but it always escapes me. Great song to dance to. 

RIP Bill. Such a loss. 

[Hornius Emeritus 12,801]

Lean on Me is my favorite, but I've shuffled around many lonely rooms in my life while singing "Ain't No Sunshine." 

 

[GreenspointTexas 9,968]

Damn

[mdleast 8,521]

[Mileslong 4,810]

Great talent RIP

Exchange today between me and girl I know.

[Goo Punch 4,275]

RIP 😢 

 

what an amazing voice. great songwriter as well. RIP.

[Radical Larry 28,820]

6 hours ago, MC Fresh Breath said:

Dammit.  RIP

"Lovely Day" is one of those therapy type songs for me.  

This. RIP

[Goo Punch 4,275]

 

[futureman 22,696]

9 hours ago, mdmost said:

Use Me is the fucking shit. Guy was a legend. RIP Bill.

 

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He joined the Navy at 17 and spent nine years in the service as an aircraft mechanic installing toilets. After his discharge, he moved to Los Angeles, worked at an aircraft parts factory, bought a guitar at a pawn shop and recorded demos of his tunes in hopes of landing a recording contract.

In 1971, signed to Sussex Records, he put out his first album, “Just As I Am,” with the legendary Booker T. Jones at the helm. It had the hits “Grandma’s Hands” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” which was inspired by the Jack Lemmon film “Days of Wine and Roses.” He was photographed on the cover, smiling and holding his lunch pail.

that's pretty cool.  over 30 years old and just decided to wing it and try a career in music.  became one of the greats.  RIP

[Braff Zacklin 13,676]

Not my favorite Withers song ... but still a good cover/homage.

 

[Beantown Express 2.0 6,596]

Man 2020 is really pissing me off.  Lovely Day and Lean on Me are the shit.  Interesting trivia but Withers note that he holds at the end of Lovely Day is over 18 seconds and used to be the record for longest note in a BIllboard 100 song.  I think it’s number 2 now. Just a fantastic talent as a singer and songwriter.  

[NWBuck 8,629]

 

[mdleast 8,521]

Bill Withers sampled and just because the song popped up in my head this morning

 

 

[HornOnTheBayou 9,062]

I just want to point out that "Ain't No Sunshine" may be the greatest song ever written. "And this house just ain't no home anytime she goes away" is the greatest line in music ever and "I know, I know..." is the greatest chorus in music ever.

Edited April 6, 2020 by HornOnTheBayou