Willie Mitchell - Soul Bag

Recorded and issued around Halloween in 1969, Soul Bag was the beginning of a shift for Willie Mitchell as a musician. His earlier records were steeped in soulful but also often turgid cover versions that barely deviated from the originals they served. His groove was much more laid-back than anything else recorded at Stax during the time. It's hard to say what motivated the change, but the Mitchell who entered the studio in September had different ideas about his own records. Soul Bag is an exuberant, mostly uptempo collection of covers and originals that reflects new interpretive powers by Mitchell as an arranger. Read More