(Photo courtesy of the Curtis Mayfield estate) Altheida Mayfield, wife of the late soul music legend Curtis Mayfield, recently spoke to the Chicago Sun-Times about her husband in anticipation of Here But I’m Gone: A 70th Birthday Tribute to Curtis Mayfield, which will take place in Avery Fisher Hall next Friday night as part of this year’s Lincoln Center Festival: “’He was romantic,’ she said in a conversation during a visit to New York. ‘We spent lots of time on the beach. Curtis loved water. He loved nature, really. We would head to the 39th or 63rd Street beach. It was early in the morning and nobody would be there. It was safe in those days. He woke me up early in the morning just to make me notice the dew that was on the grass.’” (Check out the rest of the article by clicking here.)  

(Photo courtesy of the Curtis Mayfield estate)

Altheida Mayfield, wife of the late soul music legend Curtis Mayfield, recently spoke to the Chicago Sun-Times about her husband in anticipation of Here But I’m Gone: A 70th Birthday Tribute to Curtis Mayfield, which will take place in Avery Fisher Hall next Friday night as part of this year’s Lincoln Center Festival:

“’He was romantic,’ she said in a conversation during a visit to New York. ‘We spent lots of time on the beach. Curtis loved water. He loved nature, really. We would head to the 39th or 63rd Street beach. It was early in the morning and nobody would be there. It was safe in those days. He woke me up early in the morning just to make me notice the dew that was on the grass.’”

(Check out the rest of the article by clicking here.)

 

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