trane_fanatic Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/enter...ic/13664614.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Associated Press RESTON, Va. - Wilson Pickett, the soul pioneer best known for the fiery hits "Mustang Sally" and "In The Midnight Hour," died of a heart attack Thursday, according to his management company. He was 64. Chris Tuthill of the management company Talent Source said Pickett had been suffering from health problems for the past year. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Pickett - known as the "Wicked Pickett" - became a star with his soulful hits in the 1960s. Quote
Sundog Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 Just heard "I'm In Love" on the radio today (which you never hear anymore). Now I know why. Quote
J.A.W. Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 Just heard the news on Dutch TV. Another one gone... Quote
Soul Stream Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 Still dig "I Found A Love" w/The Falcons the most when I comes to Wilson Pickett. Another one gone, but it seems this is getting to be a common occurance anymore. Too bad. Quote
Stereojack Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 Only 64! Man, I've been a fan for as long as I can remember. Did anybody see the film "Only the Strong Survive" a couple of years ago? A mixed bag of R&B veterans, some of whom didn't really have it any more, but Pickett killed! Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 Pickett killed! He always did. Quote
paul secor Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 I'd say R.I.P., but Wilson's probably tearing it up somewhere. Quote
sheldonm Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 Saw him a few years ago and made some nice photographs....very entertaining and very sad to hear of this! Quote
Kalo Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 I'm "wicked" sad about this, as we say in Boston. He was one of the greats. Quote
brownie Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 That's really sad. He was Life! Saw him twice in his glory days. First time was in New York in the '60s when he headed a concert that also included Moondog and Archie Shepp! Pickett had me dancing in the aisles while I was taking photos. That takes a man with a Big Soul! Quote
ep1str0phy Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 I was actually in a classroom when I heard... the lecturer had opened up some random news page, had the tragic headline at the bottom. Everyone seemed to be trying to fix the text size on the screen--I was about to shout, I was. That's the youth set, for you: we've got no history. Oh well--here's to the eternal sound and those privileged ears who hear it (and feel it). RIP, WP. Quote
bertrand Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 Wilson Pickett, Archie Shepp and Moondog on the same bill? Amazing! Bertrand. Quote
Brandon Burke Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 awful news. Pickett was my favorite Stax vocalist. Quote
king ubu Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 Very sad news (I guess it's to be considered a major achievement making brownie dance through the aisles! ) Quote
kinuta Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 Bad news. I saw him on his early 60's tour of UK and had all his singles. 'In The Midnight Hour' was one of the seminal songs of my youth. Quote
brownie Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 Wilson Pickett, Archie Shepp and Moondog on the same bill? Amazing! Bertrand. Archie Shepp had his glorious band with Howard Johnson on tuba and Jimmy Garrison that night. Jeremy Steig and the Satyrs and also Burton Green were also on the bill. That took place at the Village Theater in the East Village before they renamed the place the Fillmore East. And yes, King Ubu! I was years younger and the Pickett was Wicked Quote
jazzbo Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 Sad news. . . why hadnt he been performing? (Maybe he was just SMART not to!) Quote
BruceH Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 Still dig "I Found A Love" w/The Falcons the most when I comes to Wilson Pickett. Same here. Only 64????? That's not right. Very sad. Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 Fav Wicked Picett stories: 1) Jerry Wexler getting down at Stax studio and doing the jerk to illustrate where he felt the groove should be, I'd love to have seen the look on Pickett's and the session guy's faces. 2) Supposedly he'd let out one of those blood curdling screams just to clear his throat first thing in the morning. 3) Pickett not wanting to even get off the plane in Muscle Schoals after he looked out the window and saw 'his people' picking cotton, I'm sure the appearance of the session guys there probably didn't reassure him much but he decided they were O tay after he heard 'em play. 4) Not wanting to record "Hey Jude" 'cause he thought it was "Hey Jew"! "Man, I can't say that with Mr. Wexler standing right there" I think Pickett was the only singer to record with as many of the great session bands of his time: Stax, Muscle Schoals, America (the Dusty in Memphis band), the MS/American hybred band Wexler cherry picked for sessions by Pickett and Aretha and v. few others, and Sigma sound/Philly International. Rhino did a 2 CD set awhile back that pretty much covers it... Damn, makes me wanta scream myself! Quote
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