Willie Mitchell obituary

Memphis musician who produced classics of soul - above all with Al GreenWillie 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 his shabby studio at 1320 South Lauderdale came Wright's A Nickel and a Nail, Peebles's I Can't Stand the Rain and I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down, Syl Johnson's Take Me to the River, and Green's Le...

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