{"id":570378,"date":"2021-06-22T13:06:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T17:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=570378"},"modified":"2021-06-22T13:06:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T17:06:47","slug":"amazing-concert-before-that-happened-eric-adams-favorite-concert-was-when-curtis-mayfield-got-paralyzed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazing-concert-before-that-happened-eric-adams-favorite-concert-was-when-curtis-mayfield-got-paralyzed\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Amazing Concert Before That Happened\u2019: Eric Adams\u2019 Favorite Concert Was When Curtis Mayfield Got Paralyzed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famazing-concert-before-that-happened-eric-adams-favorite-concert-was-when-curtis-mayfield-got-paralyzed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=570378&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The frontrunner in Tuesday\u2019s Democratic primary for New York City mayor, Eric Adams, said his favorite concert was the same one where Curtis Mayfield was paralyzed, according to Vanity Fair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt that concert there was a rainstorm and the lights fell on Curtis Mayfield and they actually paralyzed him at that concert,\u201d Adams said of the 1990 Wingate Concert Series to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2021\/06\/eric-adams-nyc-mayor-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vanity Fair<\/a>. \u201cHe died a few years ago, but it was an amazing concert before that happened. Just so unfortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1990-08-15-ca-796-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Los Angeles Times<\/a> reported at the time that Mayfield was coming on stage when the lighting scaffold was blown down by the wind and hit the singer\u2019s neck. It is unclear what performances Adams watched at the series before Mayfield was set to play, but the concert had been going on for about an hour by the time of the incident, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1990\/08\/14\/nyregion\/curtis-mayfield-and-6-others-injured-at-brooklyn-concert.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7220234\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"35\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7220234\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7220234 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-81179691-scaled-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Curtis Mayfield Honored At Hollywood's RockWalk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-81179691-scaled-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-81179691-101x120.jpg 101w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-81179691-519x620-1.jpg 519w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-81179691-768x917-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-81179691-1287x1536-1.jpg 1287w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-81179691-1716x2048-1.jpg 1716w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7220234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A plaque is displayed at the ceremony honoring Curtis Mayfield at Hollywood\u2019s RockWalk on May 20, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Noel Vasquez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Six others were injured from the incident, including a 12-year-old girl, The New York Times reported. The accident paralyzed Mayfield from the neck down, but he continued to compose and sing until his death in 1999, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/eric-adams-curtis-mayfield-concert-paralyzed-quote-2021-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adams also touched on accusations he does not really live in New York City in the Vanity Fair piece, noting how he\u2019s already had to give a tour of his Bed-Stuy townhouse and release his E-ZPass travel records. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/21\/andrew-yang-kathryn-garcia-new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Voters Set To Pick Who Will Lead New York City\u2019s Economic Recovery, Fight Against Rising Crime And More)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took a lot out of me to open my home,\u201d he said, \u201cI did it because I did not want to have this engulf my campaign.\u201d He added that he \u201cdid what I needed to do to show people I\u2019m a Brooklynite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also denied he wants to bring back the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/02\/11\/bloomberg-stop-and-frisk-defense-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stop-and-frisk<\/a> policy. \u201cIt\u2019s called stop, question, and frisk,\u201d he said, adding that before they \u201cwere stopping and frisking people based on their ethnicities and based on the communities they were in. That will never happen under my administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Brooklyn Borough President has maintained his polling lead, placing first in an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/21\/eric-adams-frontrunner-new-york-city-mayor-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ipsos poll<\/a> released Monday. Adams garnered 28% percent of the vote, with former presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/25\/andrew-yang-racist-cartoon-new-york-daily-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Yang<\/a> coming in second with 20%.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The frontrunner in Tuesday\u2019s Democratic primary for New York City mayor, Eric Adams, said his favorite concert was the same one where Curtis Mayfield was paralyzed, according to Vanity Fair.\u201cAt &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280963,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-81179691-scaled-1-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Amazing Concert Before That Happened\u2019: Eric Adams\u2019 Favorite Concert Was When Curtis Mayfield Got Paralyzed","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-570378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-81179691-scaled-1-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Amazing Concert Before That Happened\u2019: Eric Adams\u2019 Favorite Concert Was When Curtis Mayfield Got Paralyzed","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}