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Bill Withers RIP

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  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,827
    Very sad. RIP
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,792
    edited April 2020
    He's the punchline of a joke.

    How do you turn a duck into a soul singer?

    Put it in a microwave and wait until it's Bill Withers.

    I think his singing was better than my jokes.
  • Tavern
    Tavern Posts: 7,678
    Brings make memories of working in Tenerife.

    We would sing this in the bar we use to go to in the late 80's.

    Lots of football lads on doors etc and we all got on well and happy memories.
  • Daarrzzetbum
    Daarrzzetbum Posts: 1,236
    What a voice he had, RIP & have an everlasting lovely day :'(

  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Lovely Day was our first dance at our wedding. 

    Raising a glass tonight. 
  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608
    Some of the between-song banter on Live At Carnegie Hall is almost stand-up quality.
  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608
    He had a great live band, too, my obvious favourite being drummer James Gadson with his Brentford Nylons syrup and his 16th note hi-hat grooves.
  • willieduff
    willieduff Posts: 986
    Ain't no sunshine now hes gone. RIP 
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,208
    Real shame but leaves behind some wonderful songs. RIP bro
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,055
    hawksmoor said:
    Some of the between-song banter on Live At Carnegie Hall is almost stand-up quality.

    Put the Carnegie Hall album on again this morning.  He could certainly entertain with his stories and banter, as well as an amazing voice.  Rest in Peace Bill.
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  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,784
    Another of my top 5 vocalists gone. He's left a fantastic back catalogue for us to enjoy...............
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    One of the greats. RIP Bill. 
  • JohnfromNorfolk
    JohnfromNorfolk Posts: 1,324
    Listening to "Lovely Day" always takes me back to the year 1979. 
    I had taken a ferry from Gt Yarmounth to Denmark, driven to the top of the country, taken a ferry across to Southern Norway in a estate car full of equipment and personal belongings, to work and live in Norway for a spell.
    As I drove the couple of hundred miles through beautiful forest and mountains with clear blue sky's to my destination, "Lovely day" was being played on my car radio. 
    Everything seemed so exciting and promising.
    The song still seems so fresh and I never tire of hearing it.
    It takes me back to those heady days, full of nostalgia.  
    Silly old bugger.
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,934
    JohnfromNorfolk said:
    Listening to "Lovely Day" always takes me back to the year 1979. 
    I had taken a ferry from Gt Yarmounth to Denmark, driven to the top of the country, taken a ferry across to Southern Norway in a estate car full of equipment and personal belongings, to work and live in Norway for a spell.
    As I drove the couple of hundred miles through beautiful forest and mountains with clear blue sky's to my destination, "Lovely day" was being played on my car radio. 
    Everything seemed so exciting and promising.
    The song still seems so fresh and I never tire of hearing it.
    It takes me back to those heady days, full of nostalgia.  
    Silly old bugger.
    Music is the most powerful mechanism by which to take yourself back to a previous time in life
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    One of my favourites.

    https://youtu.be/_u5UcarxQmc  

    R I P Bill and thanks for the many great songs, your voice will be missed.

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