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He did a good job on Grover Washington Jr.'s "Just the Two of Us"; only song w/ vocals on the Winelight album IIRC

And another faded memory was Freddie King doing a blistering version of "Ain't No Sunshine" when he opened for Grand Funk RR. Think this was on a broadcast of "In Concert" back in the early '70s.

There's also a very good uptempo version of "Lean On Me" by Michael Bolton: 

 

The Persuasions did a great acapella version of "Lean On Me" back in the day as well.

Y'see, IMO one sign that someone was/is a respected artist is to what extent his/her own hit songs get covered by other artists, particularly when the covers are unique arrangements that stand on their own.

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In recent years, I've realized that Withers was my all-time favorite R&B artist. I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that he wrote and recorded songs that could be fairly described as timeless in quality. He was also a musician--a guitarist, no less--and that puts him leagues ahead of the crooners in my book.

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1 hour ago, LucSulla said:

Is it bad that I read that and thought, "Well, at least it wasn't COVID?"

Seriously, I'm not making a joke. 

I said the same thing when I heard about it this morning.

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