I'm sorry to hear of Wilson Pickett's passing. His voice and style were unique.
One of his hits, a cover of the Beatles' "Hey Jude," was recorded at the suggestion of Duane Allman. To Pickett's credit, he was willing to follow the advice of some young studio musician he'd never worked with before, and it paid off for him.
Wail on, Wicked Pickett.
RIP Wilson Pickett
Posted by: YO at January 19, 2006 06:52 PMAmen. He was one of the greatest, right there with Otis Redding. RIP, and thanks for many sweet memories.
Posted by: carl in Atlanta at January 19, 2006 07:05 PMThe Wicked Pickett will be missed. He was most definitely one of a kind. I'll always cherish "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You", in my opinion, a very "wicked tune" back then.
RIP, Wicked Pickett.
Posted by: Trambo at January 19, 2006 11:31 PMMy band plays a dozen or so Wilson Pickett tunes. He was the essense of soul singing, in my opinion. Make sure you have "The Exciting Wilson Pickett" in your collection. The cover photo is classic.
Posted by: mike at January 20, 2006 09:12 PMI saw Billy Joel in Boston last night. He acknowledged Pickett's passing and performed a great cover version of "Midnight Hour".
It was a very classy, well delivered tribute.
There should be more moments in life like that. Y'know, somewhat spontanteous nice deviations from the norm. Eh. I'm rambling. Billy did good. That's my point.
Posted by: bostonirish at January 20, 2006 11:11 PMWilson had an awesome voice, one of the best ever. In MY universe, nobody cared. I'm a 28-year old cracker in NYC and NOBODY cared. I miss the music, I didn't even live it. NO Wilson tributes, nothing. It's a shame.
Posted by: YO at January 21, 2006 05:23 AMWhat kind of sterile environment are you in, YO, that people can't appreciate someone with the amount of talent that Wilson Pickett had?
I don't care for Billy Joel, but he did a good thing.
Posted by: Donnah at January 21, 2006 02:59 PMTracks like “634-6789,” “In the Midnight Hour” and “Mustang Sally” hit me like a freight train. The music was simplistic, but the arrangements good. The tunes led me to the rest of the Stax catalog at a time when I needed to learn that being a musician was more than fast fingers and knowing all there is to know about the Dorian mode.
I never had a chance to see Wilson live, but I’ve never gone more than a few months without one of his Cd’s lodged in my car stereo to keep me swaggering on the way to work.
Sorry about the multiple Trackbacks. The program told me they weren't going through.
Posted by: joe-6-pack at January 26, 2006 08:18 AM