“Hey, Bub. It’s Bill Withers.” Those were the words that greeted me the first time I spoke with the songwriter behind “Lean on Me,” “Just the Two of Us,” “Lovely Day” and “Grandma’s Hands,” who passed away on Monday, March 30, at the age of 81. We had arranged for […]
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When rumors began circulating among the community of country music scholars that famed documentarian Ken Burns was turning his attention toward country music, I had mixed feelings. To be sure, such a national platform for the telling of the genre’s history would provide an opportunity for a national— and even […]
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