The Impact of Willie Mitchell on Popular Music | Boo Mitchell | TEDxMemphis

You may not know the name Willie Mitchell, but if you know the Rolling Stones, Al Green, Wu Tang, the Talking Heads or Kanye West you definitely know his music. Take a walk through his musical history with his son, Grammy winner, Boo Mitchell. Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell is a GRAMMY Award-winning engineer, producer, composer, award-winning movie producer and studio owner. Boo is the son of legendary Hi Records and Al Green producer, Willie Mitchell. He began his storied musical career in 1987 at the young age of 16 honing his chops song writing and playing keyboards. His first paid session as a keyboard player was in 1988 on Al Green’s GRAMMY Award-winning “As Long as We’re Together.” That same year, he formed a rap group called the M-Team. The M-Team was the first rap group from Memphis to release a full length album. The M-Team was also Memphis’ first rap group to have a video played on MTV (Can You Kick It Like This). In 2016, Boo won the Record of the Year GRAMMY for the Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars hit “Uptown Funk.” It was the first time a record made in Memphis has won a GRAMMY for Record of the Year. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx