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Traveling soul : the life of Curtis Mayfield / Todd Mayfield with Travis Atria.

by Mayfield, Todd, author.

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Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2018]

Mayfield, Curtis.

Singers -- United States -- Biography.

Soul musicians -- United States -- Biography.

9780912777726 (paperback)

x, 358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

First Impressions -- The Reverend A.B. Mayfield -- My Mama borned me in a ghetto -- Traveling souls -- The original Impressions -- Keep on pushing -- People get ready -- Curtom -- Now you're gone -- Move on up -- Super Fly -- Back to the world -- When seasons change -- Never say you can't survive -- Lasting Impressions.

Curtis Mayfield was one of the seminal vocalists and most talented guitarists of his era. He was also a social critic, and his music had a vital influence on the civil rights movement. Todd Mayfield tells his famously private father's story in riveting detail, from his birth into dire poverty and life in the slums of Chicago to the tragic accident that left him paralyzed, and his long-awaited recognition by the music industry.

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