Janis Joplin🎶🌞🌻⛱️

Many of the best have left us far too early.

Happy birthday to the legendary Bill Withers, born on this day in 1938! He is known for having several hits over a career spanning 18 years, including "Ain't No Sunshine" (1971), "Grandma's Hands" (1971), "Use Me" (1972), "Lean on Me" (1972), "Lovely Day" (1977) and "Just the Two of Us" (1980) (recorded in collaboration with Grover Washington Jr.). What’s your favorite Bill Withers song?

The Rolling Stones released the Single “Honky Tonk Woman” on this day in 1969! Any fans out there?

Independence Day is a reminder that America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ America is owned by no one. It belongs to all citizens. And at this moment in history—when core democratic principles seem to be continuously under attack, when too many people around the world have become cynical and disengaged—now is precisely the time to ask ourselves tough questions about how we can build our democracies and make them work in meaningful and practical ways for ordinary people.

Jimmy Page. Photo by Neal Preston, 1977..