Curtis Mayfield

Los Angeles
1979

I was aware of Curtis’s role in expanding the public’s consciousness around race issues. When he arrived for the session, in came one of the most gentle and caring people I had ever met. At one point, he composed a song for us – “here’s me looking at you looking at me”. The session was filmed and we have recently developed it 36 years later. Amazingly, there is an image, a little grainy but it’s all there.