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Tag Archives: Bill Withers
Today’s Music: Stephen Foster, Champion Jack Dupree, Bill Withers
Born on the Fourth of July: Composer Stephen Foster in 1826 (d. 1864)… Blues pianist Champion Jack Dupree in 1910 (d. 1992)… And the great Bill Withers in 1938…
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Tagged Bill Withers, Champion Jack Dupree, Chet Atkins, James Taylor, Johnny Cash, Stephen Foster
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‘Use Me’ by Bill Withers
Bill Withers, a native of the pastoral West Virginia hellhole of ‘Slab Fork,’ was working on an aircraft company assembly line in L.A. in 1970 and submitting demos of his music to record companies. A small company named Sussex Records … Continue reading