Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Questlove - DJ Set Tribute for Bill Withers (2020-04-03)

Bill Withers passed recently, which I first noted via a comment on the "No Diggity" post (Blackstreet sampled "Grandma's Hands"). Via Scott Fur on Facebook I came across this four hour DJ set by Questlove (of The Roots) as a much better way to memorialize him.

If you just want uninterrupted Bill Withers, listen to "Live at Carnegie Hall" or "Still Bill".  Questlove gives a four hour lecture, with personal stories, exploring the many covers of Withers' work, the even more songs that sampled his work (including "No Diggity"), along with the contextualization of Bill Withers and his discography (see also NPR's "Bill Withers' Legacy Is So Much Deeper Than The Hits We All Know").


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