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Nearly Sane

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Bill Withers dead
« on: April 03, 2020, 03:37:13 PM »

Ain't No Sunshine has got me through a few down times


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52155227
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Walter

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Re: Bill Withers dead
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2020, 06:44:18 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on April 03, 2020, 03:37:13 PM
Ain't No Sunshine has got me through a few down times


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52155227
very sad

i have some lovely photos of my daughter and Bill together when she worked with him in New York back in april 2018

I've just looked at them , he looks fit and well then !
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Nearly Sane

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Re: Bill Withers dead
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2020, 06:51:22 PM »
Quote from: Walter on April 03, 2020, 06:44:18 PM
very sad

i have some lovely photos of my daughter and Bill together when she worked with him in New York back in april 2018

I've just looked at them , he looks fit and well then !
Wow! I saw him in concert 30 or so years ago.
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Re: Bill Withers dead
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2020, 06:56:44 PM »
I've just been listening to "Ain't No Sunshine".

As a song laced with restrained emotion I currently cannot think of many that are finer.

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Re: Bill Withers dead
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2020, 06:57:31 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on April 03, 2020, 06:51:22 PM
Wow! I saw him in concert 30 or so years ago.
just had a message from my daughter;

she says'   ''he gave me a kiss on the cheek and said i was gorgeous. He told outrageous stories, he was lots of fun'

                  he said he had a very cool life .

I think she was fond of him , saney .
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Re: Bill Withers dead
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2020, 07:01:26 PM »
Quote from: Walter on April 03, 2020, 06:57:31 PM
just had a message from my daughter;

she says'   ''he gave me a kiss on the cheek and said i was gorgeous. He told outrageous stories, he was lots of fun'

                  he said he had a very cool life .

I think she was fond of him , saney .

Sounds fantastic.
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Re: Bill Withers dead
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2020, 10:10:23 PM »
How do you turn a duck into a soul singer?
Put it in a microwave until its bill withers.
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Re: Bill Withers dead
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2020, 10:38:11 PM »
Quote from: Hercules Grytpype-Thynne on April 03, 2020, 10:10:23 PM
How do you turn a duck into a soul singer?
Put it in a microwave until its bill withers.
I really hope you made that up Herc!
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Steve H

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Re: Bill Withers dead
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2020, 10:46:03 PM »
'Fraid not.
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Re: Bill Withers dead
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2020, 11:58:18 PM »
Quote from: Hercules Grytpype-Thynne on April 03, 2020, 10:46:03 PM
'Fraid not.
oh FFS

try writing your own !have some self respect man , anybody can do that.
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Re: Bill Withers dead
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2020, 12:04:14 AM »
Quote from: Hercules Grytpype-Thynne on April 03, 2020, 10:46:03 PM
'Fraid not.

what are you , a tattered tangle in a piece of string?
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Re: Bill Withers dead
« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2020, 07:38:42 AM »
Quote from: Walter on April 04, 2020, 12:04:14 AM
what are you , a tattered tangle in a piece of string?
And you didn't make that up!
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Re: Bill Withers dead
« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2020, 10:05:38 AM »
Quote from: Hercules Grytpype-Thynne on April 04, 2020, 07:38:42 AM
And you didn't make that up!

of course not , now you can experience the disappointment too 8)
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