Ain't No Sunshine. RIP Bill Withers

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Damn.

I just heard about this and it was devastating.

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That’s bad news. I only really got to know him when my then girlfriend about 25 years ago bought a greatest hits album. It was only then that I realized how many wonderful songs he had that also had been big hits apart from “Ain’t No Sunshine”.“Live at Carnegie Hall” from 1973 is a wonderfully intimate and lively affair and highly recommended. RIP Bill.

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I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know.

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Too early, dude :(.

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I used to do work for Bill Withers when I was in Hollywood (1970’s, 1980’s). He would personally pick up the lead sheets from my home/office and was very pleasant. I enjoyed his brief visits, and he seemed to like my work.

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Very sad news. He had an amazing voice, was a great songwriter as well as performer, and by every account I’ve ever read, a kind and humble man. “Ain’t No Sunshine” is one of my all-time favorite songs, full of heartbreaking emotion.

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Link.

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Of course Ain’t No Sunshine was comforting at different times in my life, but then again so was Lean On Me.

And then there was that awkward period when Use Me was just what I needed…

Bill Withers was always there when I needed him.

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Moving thread from MPSIMS to CS.

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Oh damn. * Aint No Sunshine* was a favorite song of mine. Takes me back to Florida and walking trips to the nearby lake. When that song would come on the little radio I carried, our little group would stop to sing along.

RIP Mr. Withers.

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Actual Facebook post I made yesterday:

. . .then I look at you and the world’s all right with me.
Just one look at you and I know it’s gonna be a lovely daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.

Dang it!

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A: It’s never too early if the jokes good and not nasty.

B: Every time that song enters my head, I go off on an impossibly endless stream of: I know, I know, I know, I know… It’s a tribute. Can’t make me stop.

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it’s 26 ‘I Knows’ Keep that in mind, you know? I know.

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I’m crying too much lately. There goes another one…