Soul vs. Soul: "Hello Like Before"--Bill Withers + Jon Lucien

"Hello Like Before'" is a timeless tale--reconnecting with a long lost love, both remembering and wondering, with a tinge of hurt and hope.  And these were two Grown men singing this song, written and originally recorded by Bill Withers, on his debut on the Columbia label in 1975, after making his name on Clarence Avant's Sussex Label. Jon Lucien's "Rashida" could have been the prequel, especially as Withers' label-mate put his own dark and sexy spin on "Hello Like Before" a year later.