There Are No Words
It is with a heavy heart that I must report to you that our friend Willie Mitchell passed this morning at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Words cannot express how much this giant of a man meant to all of us.
I will be posting funeral arrangements as they are finalized.
May God Rest His Soul
posted by Red Kelly at 10:59 AM
12 Comments:
Damn, damn, damn. A true genius. RIP
Very sad. My condolences to his family and friends.
MAN WHAT THIS MAN DID FOR THE MUSIC WORLD.
SAD DAY IN MUSIC.
RIP Willie Mitchell ,your music changed my life
Willie Mitchell RIP! So sorry to see this.
Such a sad beginning to the new year. I know he was a dear friend of yours Red and give my condolences to you as well as his family.
A sad, sad loss. W.
We will miss him dearly.... my condolences to family and friends...
Jimi Schutte
My deepest sympathy to Willie's friends, family and fans. I have been looking forward to Solomon Burke's new album which Willie produced last year, I know it will be a great tribute to one of the true greats of Soul.
It's amazing that Willie was still an active producer, and a great one, at his age. Stax died, got torn town and rebuilt - all while Wille just kept on doing his thing over at Royal Recording. I was blessed to have met him a couple of times down there back when I lived in Memphis. For many years, he and Sam Phillips (no relation, sad to say) lived on the same street in East Memphis, South Mendenhall Road; and whenever I was driving down it, I couldn't help thinking about the overwhemling amount of musical history those two men created. As did Sam, rest his soul, Willie changed the whole damn world and made it a better place, giving all the rest of us a lot to enjoy, and live up to. He was one classy and classic dude. Gonna miss him, Red.
Beautiful tribute to a man that gave so much to the world. GREAT JOB.
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