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Post by petrolino on Jun 1, 2019 22:03:31 GMT
Curtis Mayfield
"Curtis Mayfield was a prophet and a poet. With this song, The Makings of You, he was weaving together the black-pride movement with a humanitarian message. He was an ambassador of peace."
- Paul Weller, Rolling Stone
Curtis Mayfield, Fred Cash & Sam Gooden
"In my mind Curtis Mayfield may be the single most "unsung" musical figure, period. A tremendously talented singer, songwriter, guitar player, producer, arranger and spokesman, he deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as your Bob Dylans, Lennon-McCartneys, Joni Mitchells, or whatever musos you think qualify for the inner circle of greatness. In fact he's greater than any of those guys. You wanna talk about the power of the shamen? Like Dr. King, Curtis was able to connect with and MOVE people from all walks of life. His songs are confrontational yet he never separate the world into "us and them." Like King, when he calls for freedom for "his" people he is calling for the freedom of ALL people."
- Dog 3000, Julian Cope's Head Heritage
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Post by staggerstag on Jun 10, 2019 22:32:23 GMT
Some smashing photos there and an excellent tribute.
I felt like posting this track from, I think, his last studio album, recorded when he was very poorly - his voice is still silk.
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Post by 博:Dr.BLΔD€:锯 on Jun 16, 2019 15:05:09 GMT
Lovely stuff. Curtis looms very, very large in my formative musical admiration and education.
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