The first single from Curtis Mayfield’s Super Fly soundtrack was a hit that helped define the sound of the early 1970s. Its distinctive bass line and wah-wah-infused guitar lament the death of a key ...
During the last years of his life, the only way Curtis Mayfield could sing was lying flat on his back. This was the result of a freak 1990 accident that left the soulful singer-songwriter paralyzed ...