Editing Curtis Mayfield (section)

===Accident===
On August 13, 1990, Mayfield became paralyzed from the neck down after stage lighting equipment fell on him while he was being introduced at an outdoor concert at Wingate Field in [[Flatbush, Brooklyn|Flatbush]], Brooklyn, New York.<ref name="Phillips-1990" /><ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book| first= John| last= Tobler| year= 1992| title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years| edition= 1st| publisher= Reed International Books Ltd| page= 473| id= CN 5585}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|date=October 3, 2016|title=Read Excerpt From Curtis Mayfield Bio Detailing Tragic Accident|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/read-excerpt-from-curtis-mayfield-bio-detailing-tragic-accident-126593/|access-date=June 23, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> Two years after the accident, he sang the second verse of a remake of "[[Let's Do It Again (song)|Let's Do It Again]]" being produced by [[Gary Katz]] by the [[Repercussions (band)|Repercussions]] for ''[[A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield|All Men Are Brothers: A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield]]'', while lying on his back in the recording studio.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Applebome |first=Peter |date=1994-02-27 |title=POP MUSIC; . . . But Curtis Mayfield Won't Be Forgotten, Either |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/27/arts/pop-music-but-curtis-mayfield-won-t-be-forgotten-either.html |access-date=2023-04-07 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Although he was unable to play the guitar, he continued to compose and sing, which he found he could do by lying down and letting gravity pull down on his chest and lungs. The 1996 album ''[[New World Order (album)|New World Order]]'' was recorded in this way, with vocals sometimes recorded in lines at a time.<ref name="Jet-2000">{{cite magazine|date=January 17, 2000|title=Music World Mourns Death of Curtis Mayfield|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58|magazine=Jet|volume=97|issue=6|pages=55–59|access-date=November 27, 2011}}</ref>