Rare home recording footage of Curtis Mayfield, curated from across the internet. Browse 1 clip below.
Home recordings are windows into the most private moments of the creative process — demos recorded in bedrooms, four-track experiments, and early versions of songs that would later be transformed by professional studios. These clips capture the spark before the polish.
Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Dubbed the Gentle Genius, he is considered one of the most influential musicians of soul and socially conscious African-American music. Mayfield first achieved success and recognition with the vocal group the Impressions during the civil rights movement of the late 1950s and th...
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