Boo Mitchell talks Memphis Serendipity, Uptown Funk and Royal Studios

Last week I spent about a week in Memphis, Tennessee capturing Sun Studios, Graceland, Stax and of course the legendary Beale Street.

On the last day of the assignment, we wrapped shooting at around 1am and I had the opportunity kick with it Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell in a parking outside of a spot called Beauty Shop.

It’s crazy because about an hour before meeting Boo, I was talking to my friend Jay about the podcast and he immediately started talking about how I should get Boo on show. He said he’d set it up and in my mind, I thought this would take month to make happen. Meaning I’d catch Boo when I was back in the city because I had to fly out in on the morning.

Shortly after that conversation, guess who walks through the door? Yup you guessed it, Boo.

I told the story to Boo and he said, “We call that Memphis serendipity”.

In this episode we talk about the early days of Royal Studios, wearing the hat of a producer, the false feel, putting love in the cooking, Uptown Funk, and much more.

I’m outta here, enjoy the talk.

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1. Royal Studios

Links To The Stuff They Talk About

1. Orange Mound 
2. Robert Reed Church
3. Beale Street Historic District
4. Sharecropping
5. B.B. King
6. 1070 WDIA – The Heart & Soul of Memphis
7. Elvis Presley 
8. Willie Mitchell 
9. Al Green
10. Memphis Soul
11. The Blues 
12. Soul
13. Rhythm and Blues
14. Stax Records
15. The Mar-Keys
16. The Jackson
17. KC and Sunshine 
18. The Doobie Brothers
19. The Temptations
20. Ike & Tina Turner
21. John Mayer 
22. Rod Steward 
23. Buddy Guy 
24. ProTools
25. Ann Peebles
26. Melissa Etheridge
27. Paul Rodgers
28. Mark Ronson
29. Jeff Bhasker
30. Lana Del Rey
31. Trombone Shorty
32. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
33. Steve Jordan 
34. Willie Weeks 
35. Bruno Mars 
36. Uptown Funk 
37. Mystikal
38. Philip Lawrence 
39. Mehanata (Bulgarian Bar)

This episode is sponsored by Gorilla Coffee.