Bill Wither’s music has become such a staple of our lives that it’s hard to imagine it didn’t always exist. Growing up in West Virginia’s Southern Coalfields, Withers took inspiration from the people around him to create these amazing songs, and today his work is used as anthems for the independent spirit, kindness and charity, and for those whose love is as irreplaceable as the sun. Inducted into just about every music hall of fame imaginable, Bill Withers articulated our love and angst, giving us a body of work that we can always lean on.

