My 5-year-old son and I are unraveling some tangled threads by learning a new thing — and it’s messy, writes. I think we both ...

I don’t envy anybody who decided to put out an album within the 12 months succeeding Brat Summer, Manning Fireworks Fall, and “Not Like Us” — especially considering that 2025, broadly speaking, did ...

During a recent sold-out concert at the Ryman Auditorium, Chase Matthew called out his "momma and mamaw" to perform a gospel-inspired take on Bill Withers' "Lean on Me." The moment gave insight ...

In a 2004 interview with Songfacts, Withers revealed that he wrote the tune on a Wurlitzer piano ... Still Bill with members of his touring band. In addition, to “Lean on Me,” the album ...

Bill Withers’ lyrics are poetic but worded so simply, that there’s no doubt about what he wanted to say. One of his goals was to write lines that people would be able to understand and ...

The first song he learned was Bill Withers’ “Lean on Me.” Soon, they progressed to ... That year, his mother sent him a guitar with sheet music and around 10 cords. “I remember I played ...

Written by the band’s bassist John Deacon — who also provides those Wurlitzer piano notes ... By Me serve as anthemic monuments to childhood camaraderie. Lean On Me by Bill Withers ...

Bill Withers was one of the greatest soul singers of all time. Following his sad passing at the age of 81, we've picked Bill Withers' very best songs that we will never get enough of hearing, from the ...

Here, we honor the late Bill Withers by diving into his only No. 1 hit, the timeless anthem “Lean on Me.” On Bill Withers’ groundbreaking debut album Just as I Am, there’s a short ...

The result is a tune that is charmless and difficult to sing, which meanders through wan melodic passages en route to a big climactic cry — the money-shot high note ... “Lean on Me.” Bill ...