'Had his heart not given out, I think he would have had something to say.'
In this exclusive as-told-to, Los Angeles-based Hampton goes beyond the music to focus on the special bond that he and Withers literally crafted by hand.
He was always concerned about me. I was a single dad at the time, and he admired the way that I spent time with my kids as I brought them everywhere with me. Bill was just real. Sometimes as a man, you need people like that in your life. You need people who are older and can give you a sense of wisdom.
That’s what I liked about Bill. He had real country common sense that was very practical for me as a younger black man. I admired that; it helped me a lot.
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