Remembering Bill Withers With 5 Great Live Performances
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pitchfork.comBill Withers’ legendary catalog came at a price. In the 1970s and mid-’80s, he released several classic albums and some of the most beloved soul songs of all time, appeared on Soul Train, headlined Carnegie Hall, and then quit the industry.
By his own estimate, his career only lasted eight years, and he was unhappy during it: “Nobody had my interest at heart. I felt like a pawn,” Withers said in a 2015 Rolling Stone profile. “I like being my own man.” Despite the brevity of his career, Withers was hugely influential.“He was our Springsteen… our Everyman.
One of the last celebrated blue collar musicians,” Questlove wrote today in an Instagram post mourning the singer. He controlled all the stages he was on, always summoning deep and sincere
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