Bill Withers' Legacy Is So Much Deeper Than The Hits We All Know

Bill Withers, photographed here in 2006, was an artist more concerned with writing stories about humanity's pain than landing a pop hit.Bill Withers, photographed here in 2006, was an artist more concerned with writing stories about humanity's pain than landing a pop hit.There's a song, buried on the second side of, the first album Bill Withers made for Columbia after his previous label Sussex, founded by the Black Godfather Clarence Avant, had folded.

music, particularly for male soul singers. Withers had neither the larger-than-life personas of Marvin Gaye and Isaac Hayes or the musical gravitas associated with Donny Hathaway, Curtis Mayfield and Stevie Wonder. Withers lacked the mellifluous vocals of Al Green and Billy Paul, and though an alpha male, he possessed none of the sheer hypermasculine energy of Teddy Pendergrass. But damn if you didn't feel every word that he wrote, and every word that he sang.

Some of this had to do with the fact that Withers, when he went into the studio in 1971 to record his debut,on the recommendation of Booker T. Jones of Stax fame, was a fully-formed 30-something man who had come up hard-scrabble in West Virginia. He had no interest in, or the time, to sing"silly love songs," to quote Paul and Linda McCartney.

RealBillWithers My cover of 'Ain't no sunshine' R.I.P.

He died from old age, not Covid 19

I keep hearing so much about younger people making shitty music. Why don’t they keep great musicians in the press?

Got to love Use Me. Truly brilliant.

“the pop machine”

Peace Bill🙏

Love the last line😀

Bill Withers was one of the most influential singer songwriters over the past thirty years. He was so much ahead of his time, and refused to sell out his principals in order to sell records. My condolences go out to his family and friends.

Almost forgot this. Unbelievably brilliant & moving. BillWithersRIP

RIP BillWithers

Godbless his soul Bill Withers RIP ✝️💕🙏🌈🌸

“Ain’t no Sunshine” and “Lean On Me” are two of the best songs ever, in part because of the emotion he gave them. Heartbreaking to lose someone so talented.

Great artist.

Using poignant simplicity, BillWithers crafted songs with reach that exceeded his fame. A look back a lunch pail soul man -

I always liked “Just the Two of Us.”

Everyone watch DirtyMoney Episode 6 on Netflix. Now. Also season 2, the Jarod Kushner episode. Now.

Rest in Peace Bill Withers.

Music lives on RIP

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