Willie Mitchell – Mercy
This is a remarkable quirk of history: A track by Memphis organist Willie Mitchell that sounds a hell of a lot like skinhead reggae. It also sounds a lot like Booker T. and the MGs, as you might expect, but the scratchy shuffling rhythm is unmistakably reggae. Except this was 1966, when Jamaicans were still playing ska and rock steady. Reggae hadn't even been invented yet. Maybe Lee Perry needs to kick some credit back to Willie Mitchell.
