Grammy-winning Producer Mitchell Dies
By WENNTuesday, January 5, 2010
Grammy-winning record producer and musician WILLIE MITCHELL has died, aged 81.
Mitchell suffered a cardiac arrest on 19 December (09) at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee and passed away on Tuesday (05Jan10).
He owned Royal Studio where numerous musicians recorded, including John Mayer and Buddy Guy. In the 1970s, he also owned Hi Records of Memphis, the label legend Al Green recorded with.
A trumpeter, Mitchell and his band provided the music at several New Year’s Eve parties for Elvis Presley at Presley’s Graceland home. A Memphis boulevard was named in his honor in 2004.
In 2008, he received a Trustees Award from the Grammy Foundation.
He is survived by his son, Lawrence.
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