Long before the speeches, before the camera clicks, before the sheet was pulled back to reveal “Three Generations” — a mural featuring iconic actor John Amos, along with his father and son — Cameron Hill was already painting through tears.
“This wasn’t just another mural,” said Hill, the Memphis native also known as Cam the Artist. “My father passed away a little over a year ago. He was my best friend, and painting this… brought it all back.”
The mural, emblazoned on the side of a building on Front Street near Union Avenue, depicts Amos, his father John Amos Sr., and his then-teenage son K.C. Amos, painted from a real photo taken in 1987…