al mcguire Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Music is important to me. There are some songs and songwriters that go right to my heart. They can fill me with light on very dark days. Curtis Mayfield is one of those artists, and People Get Ready (1965) is one of those songs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Mayfield I usually stay w/ the original versions of hit records but for this I found a live performance on youtube to better show his guitar playing. Curtis always had his own sound and it was largely due to the tuning he used which was a F# open tuning, not one you see often. It is also the black keys on a piano and for a self taught musician in a family with a piano it was a godsend, no bad notes if you stay on the black keys. For the guitar players on jwsound here is how to tune to a F# tuning https://youtu.be/GXEAioT_kEY and if you want to learn People Get Ready here are the signature melody lines https://youtu.be/cO26d0GT24A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Amen Al. Great song and Curtis is the man. I hope they play this at my funeral. Of course I'll never know;~) CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Liston Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Curtis is my guy. My happy place. Plus that bass player he had was pretty good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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