Willie Mitchell just passed away. He was a true giant of soul and early rock-n-roll music. He was the primary producer for such stars as Al Green (who he "discovered"), Ann Peebles and OV Wright. Willie Mitchell worked at Hi Records, which he later owned. Although Hi Records was not quite as well known as its fellow Memphis competitor Stax, in reality there wasn't that much of a rivalry as Hi and Stax shared some of the same session musicians and style. Most famously, Al Jackson, the drummer for Booker T and the MG's, would go work evenings at Hi Records after he finished his day work at Stax. As much as anyone, Mitchell defined the Memphis sound.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
