Guest Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 This is very sad news R.I.P. Willie I will be giving your tunes an airing saturday night. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Rob Wigley Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Very sad news indeed We have one of those "nearly" moments. 2008 we were in Memphis and got offered the chance of a full afternoon with Willie in the studio as a guest of Dan Greer 2 days later. Trouble was we were leaving for Muscle Shoals that day and driving to the far side of the State to meet up with relatives. We were knackered and it would have meant a 6 hour drive back to Memphis early hours on the day of the session-so we turned it down-hoping to hook up in 2009. We rang Dan last year told him our dates in town -but Willie wasn't that well-so we didn't get to meet him We also found out the afternoon session we missed was also attended by a singer called AL GREEN sometimes you have to grab every oppertunity with both hands. R I P Willie Mitchell-thank you for your music. Rob & Karen Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
ritchie Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Rest In Peace Willie a true Champion . Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Marc Forrest Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Another musical genius has left...and lleaves us with a big gap. I once had the pleasure of meeting him in 1989. RIP Willie Mitchell. I am sure you will be sitting up there with the best of them. Marc Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Harry Crosby Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Sad to hear news that Willie Mitchell died today. Very sad news indeed one of the greats R.I.P Willie Mitchell Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
jocko Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Oh that's a sore one. A true genius indeed and one of the very few people that can claim to be responsible for changing the face of music, being copied by many for many years after. I think this thread proves for me its his productions that really were his legacy, and I would disagree with Ash, I reckon in the wide world outside of the Northern scene most people are more familiar with his productions as they were truly groundbreaking and genre defining. However, whatever way you remember him, and its fairly clear all sectors of the soul world do, its living proof of the mans enormous legacy, another really sad day, but as someone else says, he leaves a lot of great work that we can celebrate his life by, and it really is truly worth celebrating for me. C'mon guys, a nice fitting tribute would be to put some soundfiles on refosoul other than You Tube clips, then he is going to live forever on here too. RIP Willie Mitchell, a leader and a true player! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Stubbsy Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 R.I.P. Willie and thanks for giving us two of my all time favourites "The Champion" and "That Driving Beat" - proper old school northern stompers or what? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Wilxy Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Rest well Sir......Your music lives on...... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Quite possibly the finest Soul record ever. Willie Mitchell Magic. Sean Outbloodystanding young man - gr8 sound Sent u PM Ash Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Jocko I WAS trying to say what you DID say but check majority NS replies and they nearly all DBeat & The Ch. As I tried to get across, Loved the guys work Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
nrc Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Very sad news of his passing I read somewhere that Elvis used to invite him and his band to play at any birthday parties etc at Graceland , because Elvis thought he was the best to get the party rockin. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Polyvelts Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 QUIET ELEGANCE - DO YOU LOVE ME - HI - One of the all time greats in soul music, how lucky we all were he existed. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Jeff Barrett Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Obituary by Richard Williams at this site https://caughtbytheriver.net/2010/01/caught-by-the-reaper-willie-mitchell/ Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sean Hampsey Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Email from Red Kelly. Funeral Services for Willie Mitchell Wake - Monday, January 11th from 2-7pm N.J. Ford and Sons Funeral Home 12 South Parkway West Memphis, TN 38109 Private Mass of Christian Burial - Tuesday, January 12th Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest WPaulVanDyk Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Well he clearly was a champion. but i have to say not know a great deal of his work but from what i know it's pretty good so and had no idea he did Wet Wet Wet album which i have. Worked with John Mayer too and got a grammy award also with lifetime achivement award RIP willie mitchell Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Well he clearly was a champion. but i have to say not know a great deal of his work but from what i know it's pretty good so and had no idea he did Wet Wet Wet album which i have. Worked with John Mayer too and got a grammy award also with lifetime achivement award RIP willie mitchell One interesting fact that I did not know about Willie Mitchell , was that he provided arrangements for songs recorded at Sam Phillips' Sun Records in the late 1950s . Anyone know what these were ? Malc Burton Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest GFAS03 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Take it easy Willie - and thanks Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve G Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 A real shame he was a real gentleman......and for northern afficionados Lou Pride on Suemi was done at Hi Studios as well. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ged Parker Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Great Quote from Rodney Lay Jnr I once had the honor and pleasure of co-producing an album with Willie. He was a great guy. Al Green stopped by the session at Royal Recording in Memphis and I got to meet him, too. One of Willie's great lines was, "man, that's so good it makes a cold shit run down my leg"!!! He had a million stories and was a tresure to work with. What a great man and true rock-n-roll pioneer. He will be missed. Amen Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Fuzzj Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 nice one sean for the information on willies work etc it seems to me this decade could well be decade horribilus for losing the people who gave us so much musical enjoyment but we still dance to the mans music bcoz that is eternal.r.i.p.jd. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Talk Sport:Hawksbe & Jacobs show played Al Green,then mentioned the passing of Willie Mitchell,which i thought was a nice touch,i wonder if it was mentioned on BBc radio?. RIP Willie...... Dave f.... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Has Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 hi on Sunday Night We Will Be Playing At least A hour Of Willies Music And Produtions please Tune in If You would like To go live on Air To a have a Five Minute Chat please Email me At www.hassoulman@yahoo.co.uk and We Will Call You live on Air between 8-00pm And 9-00pm uk time Otis Clay Is Coming On Live And Toni Green Who was In The studio with willie cutting Some Track s just before he Passed please Check The web Site out loads of past interviews www.therighttrack.org.uk Harry & DianaThe Right Track Soul ShowSalford City Radio 94.4 fmSunday nights 8.00 pm - 10.00 pmwww.salfordcityradio.orgemail: righttrack@salfordcityradio.orghttps://www.therighttrack.org.ukStudio Number: 0161 793 2944 / 2942 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Has Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Great Quote from Rodney Lay Jnr I once had the honor and pleasure of co-producing an album with Willie. He was a great guy. Al Green stopped by the session at Royal Recording in Memphis and I got to meet him, too. One of Willie's great lines was, "man, that's so good it makes a cold shit run down my leg"!!! He had a million stories and was a tresure to work with. What a great man and true rock-n-roll pioneer. He will be missed. Amen hi on Sunday Night We Will Be Playing At least A hour Of Willies Music And Produtions please Tune in If You would like To go live on Air To a have a Five Minute Chat please Email me At www.hassoulman@yahoo.co.uk and We Will Call You live on Air between 8-00pm And 9-00pm uk time Otis Clay Is Coming On Live And Toni Green Who was In The studio with willie cutting Some Track s just before he Passed please Check The web Site out loads of past interviews www.therighttrack.org.uk Harry & DianaThe Right Track Soul ShowSalford City Radio 94.4 fmSunday nights 8.00 pm - 10.00 pmwww.salfordcityradio.orgemail: righttrack@salfordcityradio.orghttps://www Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Dave Turner Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Sad, sad news. As a lover of the Memphis and Southern Soul sound Willie Mitchell was to me far, far more than his northern related tracks or what he's singing or playing on but the amount of classic SOUL tracks he was uncredited for but behind in so many ways. To me Willie Mitchell was, still is and always will be Hi Records Take it away Otis Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sean Hampsey Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Take it away Otis Great call Dave, Played this beauty out for years. Well worth a revival mate! Sean Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
binsy Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I thought this would be a fitting tribute to the great man Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
binsy Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Sorry I forgot this classic too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvNCnsuewRc Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Dave Turner Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Behind this beauty and so, so many others. Killer soul record that gets me every time. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
binsy Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 (edited) I love all this type of stuff' Ace of spades' '8 men 4 women' great choice mate Edited January 12, 2010 by binsy Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
binsy Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tomangoes Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Dear Willie.. You were my champion.. x I second that emotion............ The champion is the definition of a Northern Soul instrumental and over the last 35 years of my life has been one of those 'pick me up' tunes whenever Ive felt down. Nothing more spectacular than a full dance floor pounding away to this. Of course WM was more than this one record, but still, this one record is unique. RIP WM. Next chance I get I will try and dance the whole way through to it in your memory. Ed Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
BrianM Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 HERD SOME MORE SAD NEWS ON THE RADIO TODAY TEDDY PENDERGRASS DIED THIS MORNING AT THE AGE OF 59. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Dave Turner Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 HERD SOME MORE SAD NEWS ON THE RADIO TODAY TEDDY PENDERGRASS DIED THIS MORNING AT THE AGE OF 59. Fook me they're all keeling over, what a shit. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
BrianM Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 HERD SOME MORE SAD NEWS ON THE RADIO TODAY TEDDY PENDERGRASS DIED THIS MORNING AT THE AGE OF 59. SORRY FOR POSTING THIS IF I READ THE FORUMS CORRECT I WOULD HAVE SEEN ITS ALREADY BEEN POSTED SORRY. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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