Sunday, June 8, 2008

PEOPLE GET READY


Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999), soul singer, songwriter, former leader of the Impressions, performing "People Get Ready." Taylor Dane provides backing vocals. #20 from the Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitar songs.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

A great tune from a great singer. I still play the "Superfly" soundtrack now and then, with "Freddie's Dead." Another great singer who died.

Bob Rini said...

Curtis Mayfield was amazing -- that falsetto helped define soul music, not to mention Blaxploitation soundtracks!