We continue our look back at the music of 50 years ago……
How does a guy with a stutter, from Slab Fork, West Virginia become a best-selling singer-songwriter? Grit, determination and a great voice. Bill Withers knew he wanted to write songs and sing them too. He left the Navy in 1965 and headed for LA where he worked in a number of factories while recording demos and playing the clubs at night. He was so sure that the music business was going to break his heart, that he refused to give up his job in an airplane factory even after he wrote “Ain’t No Sunshine” . That song was the centerpiece of his debut LP “Just The Way I Am” released in 1971.