{"product_id":"bill-withers-still-bill-green-holland-import","title":"Bill Withers - Still Bill [Green Holland Import]","description":"\u003cp\u003eBill Withers made friendship and heartbreak sound effortless on Still Bill, his 1972 second album, here on limited 180-gram green vinyl imported from Holland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the breakthrough of his debut, Withers shared production duties with the musicians who played on the record: keyboardist and arranger Ray Jackson, guitarist Benorce Blackmon, bassist Melvin Dunlap and drummer James Gadson. Recorded at the Record Plant in Los Angeles, it has the relaxed, conversational feel of a band that knew exactly when to lean in and when to leave space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLean on Me is the song everyone knows, a gospel-tinged promise of support that topped the charts and has never really left the air since. Use Me struts on a clipped, funky groove and one of the slyest lyrics in soul, and Who Is He (And What Is He to You)? simmers with suspicion over a taut, insistent rhythm. Kissing My Love shows off Gadson's drumming at its crispest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithers had a rare gift for saying profound things in plain language, and his warm, grainy voice sells every line without strain or showiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill Bill remains one of the defining soul albums of the early 1970s, as comforting now as it was then, and this green pressing is a handsome way to keep it in heavy rotation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67768810045730,"sku":"8719262041622","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/Bill_Withers-Still_Bill_Green_Holland_Import.jpg?v=1794376970","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/bill-withers-still-bill-green-holland-import","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}