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Sunset Serenade: Saying Goodbye to Memphis Music Legend Willie Mitchell

Andria Lisle, Memphis Flyer, 14 January 2010

AT 7:25 A.M. ON Tuesday, January 5th, 81-year-old producer "Poppa" Willie Mitchell died at Methodist University Hospital.

An entire chunk of local music history died with him.

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