{"id":94966,"date":"2015-09-30T19:34:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T17:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=94966"},"modified":"2015-09-30T19:34:06","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T17:34:06","slug":"the-okayplayer-interview-bill-withers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/the-okayplayer-interview-bill-withers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Okayplayer Interview: Bill Withers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Bill-Withers-Thback13.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"94967\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/the-okayplayer-interview-bill-withers\/bill-withers-thback13\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Bill-Withers-Thback13.jpg?fit=1430%2C2076&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1430,2076\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Bill-Withers-Thback13\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Bill-Withers-Thback13.jpg?fit=640%2C930&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Bill-Withers-Thback13.jpg?resize=372%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bill-Withers-Thback13\" width=\"372\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-94967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Bill-Withers-Thback13.jpg?resize=372%2C540&amp;ssl=1 372w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Bill-Withers-Thback13.jpg?resize=705%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 705w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Bill-Withers-Thback13.jpg?w=1430&amp;ssl=1 1430w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Bill-Withers-Thback13.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The legendary <strong>Bill Withers<\/strong> speaks on songwriting, sampling &#038; legendary concerts.<\/p>\n<p>For students of soul, <strong>Bill Withers<\/strong>\u2013as <strong>Questlove<\/strong> so aptly put it\u2013is our Everyman. An airplane mechanic who never played an instrument until he picked up a guitar and decided to teach himself songwriting\u2013and wrote <em>Ain\u2019t No Sunshine<\/em> on on of his first demos out\u2013<strong>Withers<\/strong> also never quit his day-job, even after it was clear he had a hit and a record deal on his hands. More hits followed\u2013 <em>Lean On Me, Grandma\u2019s Hands, Use Me, Lovely Day, Just The Two of Us<\/em>, just to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the interview <a href=\"http:\/\/www.okayplayer.com\/news\/bill-withers-interview-carnegie-hall-tribute-zaire-74.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Via <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okayplayer.com\/news\/bill-withers-interview-carnegie-hall-tribute-zaire-74.html\">okayplayer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legendary Bill Withers speaks on songwriting, sampling &#038; legendary concerts. 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