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The city of Beckley will honor the legacy and memory of Bill Withers on Saturday with a music festival. Bands are scheduled to perform at the Beckley Intermodal Gateway Plaza.
Today Variable clouds with showers and scattered thunderstorms. Storms more numerous this evening. Low near 70F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%.. Tonight Variable clouds with showers and scattered thunderstorms. Storms more numerous this evening. Low near 70F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%. Updated: July 7, 2021 @ 3:52 pm
UPDATED: 9:10 p. m. , 6/11/21. Interstate 79 just north of Burnsville has reopened after high water closed the roadway earlier on Friday, Braxton County dispatchers said. The Gerald Freeman Campground at Sutton Lake has been evacuated due to high water. Dispatchers said nobody had to be rescued. UPDATED: 7:40 p. m. , 6/11/21. Dispatchers in Braxton County said both northbound lanes of Interstate 79 are closed near mile marker 80 due to high...
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 c...
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