Curtis Mayfield Reggae covers
From: oldbroom@aol.com (Old
broom)
Subject: Re: Bob 'n'
Curtis
Date: 24 Oct 1996 10:40:17
-0400
P.S.: At the end of my Mayfield
article I acknowledged contributions of some members of this newsgroup, but just
in case they don't read Beat magazine (gasp), thanks to Matthew Moore, Al
Rocksteady Katz, Juha, Homemaker J, TimRas, Hannu Jokela, and Robert Nelson for
their contributions to the Mayfield/ Jamaican Covers
discography.
PPS: Here's my list of
Mayfield songs that were covered in some form by Jamaican
artists:
Amen
Another
Dance
Closer
Together
Gypsy
Woman
I Made A
Mistake
I'm So
Proud
I'm The One Who Loves
You
It's
Alright
I've Been
Trying
Keep On
Moving
Keep On
Pushing
Little Boy
Blue
Move On
Up
My Woman's
Love
Never Let Me
Go
People Get
Ready
Minstrel In Queen (as Queen
Majesty)
Sad Sad Girl &
Boy
Ten to
One
This Is My
Country
You Must Believe
Me
"New broom sweep clean - but old
broom know every corner."
From: Gregory
Stephens <gstephens@igc.apc.org>
Subject:
Re: Bob 'n' Curtis
Curtis Mayfield was
probably Bob Marley's biggest musical influence. In a recent Beat interview,
Bunny Wailer admits that they cribbed the lovely arrangement for "I'm Hurting
Inside" directly from the Impressions. Many writers and contemporaries have
observed that the early Wailers were basically "an impression of the
Impressions." Bob's admiration for Curtis Mayfield continued a long time. A
famous photo from around 1969-70 shows Bob in an Afro, leaning against a pole,
and wearing exactly the sort of glasses that Curtis
was
wearing at the time. In this light,
frequent borrowings and re-shaping by Bob from Curtis is hardly
surprising.
Inity,
M.C.
Gregory
Posted: Thu - February 13, 2003 at 03:48 PM