Willie Mitchell passed away yesterday, making that two giants of Memphis music gone in less than one year, counting Jim Dickinson’s passing last August. I’ve always had something of an obsession with music from Memphis.  How could you not?  I truly believe that if you juxtaposed American music with the Old Testament, the golden age of Memphis could be looked at as Exodus, out of bondage and into the wild world at large.  From Sun to Stax, I think no […]