{"id":3598849,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3598849/?format=json","airdate":"2026-01-01T14:15:24-08:00","show":65533,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65533/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"Lean on Me","track_id":"b667f507-6dd3-37e1-bd66-e8a4d4f5a7e8","recording_id":"21c22022-3d36-4e6b-a542-5d964297491a","artist":"Bill Withers","artist_ids":["fd1a2d9d-9bb6-44de-83a3-41560658aba9"],"album":"Still Bill","release_id":"de3fc9ac-4f6b-42a4-bbe6-f06b9ba7411c","release_group_id":"63544e97-de86-3096-8702-250590ae5f90","labels":["Sussex"],"label_ids":["feb8b4fb-5ac8-447c-b09c-a9329d39d63b"],"release_date":"1972-01-01","rotation_status":"Library","is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"The great Bill Withers died in 2020 at age 81.  Here's a KEXP tribute to the Grammy-award-winning musician: https://www.kexp.org/read/2020/4/3/rip-bill-withers/\n--\nBill Withers wrote \"Lean on Me\" based on his experiences growing up in a West Virginia coal mining town. During the lean times, neighbors would help each other out. The simple chord progression was created while he noodled around on his just purchased Wurlitzer electric piano... It was written purely on the basis of the singer wanting to express the \"do unto others as you would have them do unto you\" sentiment that he'd grown up with.\" https://billwithers.com/","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}