One came back with a hole in his arm where all the money goes; the other came back with no arm at all. Such were the soldiers John Prine and Bill Withers wrote into existence nearly 50 years ago to illustrate the horrific toll of the Vietnam War — Prine in “Sam Stone,” about a drug-addicted veteran with “a hundred-dollar …
Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time - including Lean On Me, Lovely Day and Ain't No Sunshine - has died from heart complications his family said in a statement. Singer-songwriter Bill Withers, pictured here in 2006, died in Los Angeles from heart complications on Monday …
Bill Withers, who died on Monday at age 81, had a gift for plain-spoken deep feeling. “Grandma’s Hands” As a kid in Slab Fork, W.Va., Withers would go to church with his mother’s mother and watch her hands as she clapped to the music. “Use Me” On his second album “Still Bill,” Withers was working with the Watts 103rd Street …
