PURE INSPIRATION: CURTIS MAYFIELD

Hello good people, its been a minute!  As we are preparing for our first show of The Broken Record Concert Series (September 20 at Eyedrum in Atlanta, get your tickets to the right ;-)), we have failed to neglect the very entity that is the reason for the show in the first place, our handy, dandy blog!  To all the artists that have submitted music, we apologize.  You will be posted soon and very soon.

The past few weeks have been a hot mess yet so rewarding with many lessons learned.  Trying to plan a GREAT show with 1/3 of the team 13 driving hours, 4 state lines, and 1 time zone away (hi my name is Ms. Cook) was the first kick in the pants.  Line up changes, promo complications, full time job frustrations, and scheduling conflicts have gotten these ladies in all types of moods but we are pushing on.  Which is why Curtis Mayfield HAD to be this month’s PURE INSPIRATION artist.

His song, Move On Up, is not only one of the funkiest tracks every created but it is very inspiring, created at a time when this country was going through major changes (not unlike it is today).  This man’s whole catalog is inspiring, given that he is a master of many instruments - guitar, bass, piano, sax, and drums - and has either produced, written, composed or arranged music for some of the greatest blaxploitation and classic black movie soundtracks in the 70s.  Even after a paralyzing accident in 1990, the man continued to work, writing and recording the album New World Order.

Move On Up reminds you to do just that, move the hell on up!  When frustrations set in and things just aint going your way, when you feel youve gotten in way over your head or youve been pushed against the wall, “just move on up/ towards your destination.”