Curtis Mayfield commissioned Ernie Barnes to create “Late Night DJ” for his album “Something to Believe In.” In this painting we see a chic female DJ, in a red dress and fur coat, and behind her a yellow poster with the words “In Concert Curtis Mayfield” and a clock depicting the late-night hours. Ernie has told the special story behind this painting, created after listening to the radio on a very rainy night in Atlanta. He kept thinking how many romantic plans must have been ruined that night and that a woman’s voice would better sooth listeners on the radio.