Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Roberto Luongo stopped 28-of-30 shots Saturday night and the Vancouver Canucks beat Toronto 4-2. Kyle Wellwood, Ryan Kesler, Willie Mitchell and Daniel Sedin scored for the Canucks, who have split their last two games but have won four of their last five. Pavol Demitra had three assists in his return to action after missing 10 games with a rib injury....
the "B" side (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
I Don't Know Why Again and again on these pages, I've gone on about the genius of Willie Mitchell , and his importance to the development of this music. As I've said before, I consider him to be the Duke Ellington of Soul. As a bandleader and arranger in the late fifties and early sixties, the influence he had on the development of Memphis Soul is just huge. In a 2003 interview, Willie was asked when...
National Hockey League Digest (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
For several years now, the Calgary Flames have been at their Captain and leading scorer to tame down the fighting. Obviously Iginla does not help the Flames when he is in the penalty box for 5 minutes, not to mention the risk of getting hurt during the fight. However, for as much Iginla is the Flames [...]
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
from Flames Insider at the Calgary Herald, Geez, tough marker. Canucks coach Alain Vigneault appeared reluctant to give the Flames much credit for their one clear decision — Jarome Iginla’s left-hand flooring of Willie Mitchell in the first period. “They have a great leader obviously in Jarome and he was a man on a mission tonight,” said Vigneault after his team’s 4-3 overtime triumph on Pavol Demitra’s...
the "B" side (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
I Want Everyone To Know Produced by WILLIE MITCHELL Written by DON BRYANT This is MEMPHIS SOUL BE THERE OR BE SQUARE
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
from Matthew Sekeres of the Globe and Mail, Defencemen Willie Mitchell and Mattias Ohlund, as well as centres Henrik Sedin and Ryan Kesler, were frequently alternates towards the end of a non-playoff season. All are candidates to ascend to captain this year. Mitchell previously wore a ‘C’ with the Minnesota Wild, a team that rotated its captain every month or so. But both Mitchell and forward Pavol...
Wild Puck Banter (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Number 8: Willie Mitchell ~ Mitchell was the team's best defensemen on the pre-lockout Wild. While Willie didn't score often, or really EVER, but he was a shutdown machine on the PK. Willie really proved his worth during the 2003 Cup run and his stellar play garned him much national recognition. During the 2005-06 season he desired to sign a long term deal with the Wild, but DR thought his pricetag...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
A note from Tim Wharnsby at the Globe & Mail hockey blog today: Vancouver Canucks defenceman Willie Mitchell was unable to attend the funeral of young teammate Luc Bourdon in Shippagan, N.B. earlier this week because he was in Toronto to begin proceedings on a grievance hearing with his old club, the Minnesota Wild. Mitchell, of Port McNeill, B.C., claims the Wild owes him his $1.775-million (U.S.)...
Passion of the Weiss (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Originally Published at the LA Times 3.5 stars out of 4 Woody Allen once opined that 80 percent of success is showing up, an adage that proves especially accurate when applied to the music of Al Green. Since the 62-year-old son of a sharecropper paired with Willie Mitchell for 1969’s “Green Is Blues,” every [...]
The Politicker (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
Al Green's voice is strange and expansive and organic. For most of the 1970's his work yielded a series of gorgeous soul albums that are part of the iconography of the genre. Willie Mitchell's arrangements pitted intermittent horns or organ over flat snare drums, with shards of smooth guitar and the occasional, lackadaisical string section. But the most important instrument of all was Green's astounding...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Back in the early 1970s, Al Green and his producer, Willie Mitchell, redefined soul music with a few simple ingredients - syncopated horns, Hammond organ and Mr. Greens rich, ranging,...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Kind of like the ultimate Al Green tribute album - featuring the man himself - "Lay It Down" continues the work of Al Green 2.0 past the death of his longtime Memphis producer Willie Mitchell, who not only produced the remarkable...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
Producers from Arthur Baker to Al B Sure have striven to find a more potent vehicle for Al Green's ecstatic falsetto than that originally devised in the early Seventies by Willie Mitchell, characterised by the occasional prompt of horns or organ against that trademark flat snare, clipped guitar and discreet curtain of strings.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
The wait is over. Even though his last two secular releases saw him reuniting with producer Willie Mitchell, who steered his classic sessions for Hi Records in the '70s, this is the Al Green album people have really been holding out for. Produced by Roots...
WAFB - Local News (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Baton Rouge city police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened on North 37th Street near Cain Street. Police found the body of 55-year-old Willie Mitchell around 7:00 Friday night.
