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  • Nextrush Unplugged: The Soviet Way In The USA, Russia Hits Back And Other News

    04/04/2020 8:17:09 PM PDT · by Nextrush · 4 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 4/4/2020 | Nextrush/Self
    Bill Withers who passed away at the age of 81 in Los Angeles sings one of his well-known songs... It is time for us to lean on each other and support each other the sentiment expressed by Ammon Bundy this week saying: "....I don't think there's ever been a time in our lifetime anyway where there's more need for us to unite to be united on important matters to be supporting each other to be bringing truth to each other and protection for each other...." In face of all the government restrictions Bundy bringing together people for a meeting in...
  • ‘Lean On Me,’ ‘Lovely Day’ singer Bill Withers dies at 81

    04/03/2020 7:56:20 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 39 replies
    AP ^ | 04-03-2020 | By MARK KENNEDY
    Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including “ Lean On Me, ” “Lovely Day” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” has died from heart complications, his family said in a statement to The Associated Press. He was 81. The three-time Grammy Award winner, who withdrew from making music in the mid-1980s, died on Monday in Los Angeles, the statement said. His death comes as the public has drawn inspiration from his music during the coronavirus pandemic, with health care workers, choirs, artists and more posting their own...
  • Kendrick Lamar Sued Over Bill Withers Sample

    04/14/2016 7:27:56 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 11 replies
    New York Daily News ^ | Thursday, April 14, 2016 | Adelle Platon
    Kendrick Lamar and his label Top Dawg Music are being sued for a Bill Withers sample used in the Compton rapper's song "I Do This" off 2013's Kendrick Lamar EP mixtape, according to a lawsuit obtained by Billboard. "The musical composition "I Do This" consists of nothing more than new, so-called Rap or Hip Hop lyrics, set to the existing music of "Don't Want You To Stay," reads the suit filed by Mattie Music Group, who claims to own the rights to Withers' 1975 record, which appeared on the Making Music, Making Friends album. The plaintiffs are pursuing damages, accusing...
  • Green Day, Lou Reed, Joan Jett, Ringo Starr Lead 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    12/16/2014 9:46:08 AM PST · by wastedyears · 83 replies
    Rolling Stone ^ | 12/16/2014 | Andy Greene
    Green Day, Lou Reed, Joan Jett, Ringo Starr Lead 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  • Ringo Starr, Green Day Among Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

    04/19/2015 1:00:22 PM PDT · by smokingfrog · 74 replies
    NBC ^ | 4-19-15 | AP story
    Forever a Beatle, Starr will enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist on Saturday, inducted along with an eclectic class of musicians. Starr, who was previously enshrined with the Beatles in 1988, will be honored along with pop punks Green Day, soul singer-songwriter Bill Withers, underground-rock icon Lou Reed, bluesy guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and The "5" Royales. When the Beatles split at the height of their fame, Starr decided to take a shot at being a frontman and surprisingly flourished with...