Daisy's Dead Air (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Bloggers often call it "Monday Music" (on Twitter, it's reversed: Music Monday), but I never have time to post Monday Music... so can't we change it to Tuesday Music? Ahh, no alliteration. In any event, I hope the following are arcane and interesting enough for all of you. I had originally believed they were in chronological order, but now that I am carefully checking the dates? I discover,...
Funky-Soul-Vinyls-Blog (Free subscription) | 02/04/2010
Here's the 21sth Mix for F.S.V.B , Its been Mixed by DJ STEVIE G, there's some classic Soul Tracks on here, including of course Al Green, OV Wright , Ann Peebles & Syl Johnson, Its a tribute Mix to Willie Mitchell! Either press play to listen or press link to go to Stevie G's Podomatic Page & download to your pc. Also see the full track listing! Stevie G presents a mix of some of Willie Mitchell's...
the "B" side (Free subscription) | 01/22/2010
After Willie's funeral last Tuesday, the family held a private reception in downtown Memphis. Although I showed up there a little late, I got to hang out with some great people, like Don Bryant and his wonderful wife of over 35 years, Ann Peebles . Absolute legends of Memphis Soul, and the cornerstones of Hi Records as it developed its seventies persona, it was truly an honor to finally meet them face...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 01/09/2010
Gosh. BlueNotes had completely forgotten that he was two years old today. Thanks, Bluzer. I don't know how long two blog years are, but it seems like only about two human years. We've grown, but not really matured very much, thank goodness. We'll try to keep the blues rolling, like this: A weekend note: Sunday night there will be yet another in the series of Jeff Ingersoll shows at the Palisades Ballroom...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/08/2010
The trumpeter, who had hits such as 'Soul Serenade' in the 1960s, helped mold the Memphis soul sound with Green and Ann Peebles. Willie Mitchell, an influential record producer, label head and musician who worked closely with singer Al Green and other stars to help mold the Memphis soul sound, died Tuesday. He was 81...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 01/08/2010
The Memphis-based producer, arranger and songwriter Willie Mitchell made some of the most memorable and soulful records of the late Sixties and early Seventies, most notably with his protégé, the silky-voiced singer Al Green, but also with Denise LaSalle, Ann Peebles, Otis Clay, Syl Johnson and O. V. Wright. Mitchell turned a run-down cinema in South Memphis, the Royal, into a studio...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 01/07/2010
From the Washington Post obituary : Willie Mitchell , 81, a celebrated trumpeter, arranger and producer for Hi Records who launched the careers of Al Green and other leading soul performers of the 1970s, died of cardiac arrest Jan. 5 at a hospital in Memphis. Over his six-decade career, Willie Mitchell produced hits for everyone from Ann Peebles to John Mayer. But his collaborations with Al Green...
Mick Hartley (Free subscription) | 01/07/2010
The legendary Hi Records Memphis soul producer has died aged 81. Here's the 1971 breakthrough, when smooth vocals met hard Southern Soul...Al Green's Tired of Being Alone: Not forgetting Otis Clay, Trying to Live My Life Without You, Syl Johnson,...
Delaware Liberal (Free subscription) | 01/07/2010
Acclaimed music producer, performer, and musician Willie Mitchell passed away yesterday at the age of 82. He created a singular soul sound at Hi Records, with a superb group of house musicians, that propelled Al Green to stardom and produced some of the finest soul music of the 70’s from artists like Ann Peebles, O. [...]
The News Blimp (Free subscription) | 01/07/2010
There were three great, legendary “Willies” in the 1960’s: Mays, McCovey…and Mitchell. The first two Willies aimed for the fences. The third Willie aimed for our soul. As baseball’s two Willies blazed important paths in so many ways for the ballplayers of today…many of Willie Mitchell’s ground breaking achievements in production and arranging helped pave...
NewBlackMan (Free subscription) | 01/06/2010
The House—and Man—that Willie Mitchell Built by Mark Anthony Neal There are many reasons to note the passing of Memphis-based trumpeter and producer Willie Mitchell (1928-2010), including his solid career as a Rhythm & Blues performer in the 1960s and his ownership of Royal Studios in Memphis. Mitchell, though, will forever be remembered as the architect of the sound of Hi Records....
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 01/06/2010
Legendary R&B producer Willie Mitchell died on Tuesday at age 81. A former trumpeter, Mitchell is best known for producing tracks by such classic soul artists as Al Green and Ann Peebles. In later years, he ran the Memphis-based Royal Studios where John Mayer, Buddy Guy, and others recorded. [Funky16Corners.com] Green Day’s stage musical verison of [...]
The Ministry Of Truth (Free subscription) | 01/06/2010
Mitchell, right, helped make Al Green, left, a star of soul music on the Hi Records label Willie Mitchell, who has died aged 81, was an icon of Memphis music. As producer, arranger and sometimes co-writer, he moulded the careers of the soul singers OV Wright, Otis Clay, Ann Peebles and, especially, Al Green. Out of [...]
30 seconds over (Free subscription) | 01/06/2010
Legendary Memphis producer Willie Mitchell died yesterday at the age of 82. Mitchell guided Hi Records through the 1970s, developing a signature sound for artists including Ann Peebles, O.V. Wright and, perhaps most famously, Al Green. Berry Gordy sent engineers to Mitchell's Memphis studios during the height of Hi's run, looking to reverse engineer the distinctive feel of Mitchell's recordings. Mitchell...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 01/06/2010
Mr. Mitchell shaped the elegant yet gritty sound of Al Green, Ann Peebles and other stars of soul music as the house producer at Hi Records in the 1960s and ’70s.
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