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RIP Willie Mitchell
Posted by el hombre malo on 5 January 2010 - 7:37pm.
Willie Mitchell, one of the giants of soul music, has passed away.
He is most famous for his career as artist and producer at Memphis’ Hi Records, for whom he produced all of Al Green’s classic albums from the late ’60s through late ’70s. He was co-owner of the Hi Records label from 1970-1979, and owner of Royal Recording Studios in Memphis, where had continued to produce music until suffering a cardiac arrest in December, 2009
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Here's some Al Green with Willie's great production :
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Great producer
- and a distinctive artist in his own right. Here's a classic example of the clipped but rich sound he perfected. Less is more personified.
R.I.P Willie
I love the sound of this record... simply beautiful.
A Real Loss
Instantly recognisable sound, he did the arrangement on this one
Ann Peebles
"I can't stand the rain". I seem to remember John Lennon liked this "best record since Love Train" I think is the quote.
Anyway Willie produced it
and also Without Willie
there wouldn't have been this,Northern Soul's finest stomper or a Good 60% of Wu Tang Clan Stuff. The RZA used many a sample of Willie Mitchell produced tracks. See 'Groovin' above.
Great producer
A soul man, with a capital S