A great great soul singer, "Mustang Sally" and "In The Midnight Hour" are both classics.

yeah - just read that...another of the great ones gone. He certainly influenced the Stones a great deal, no question about it.

Oh, man, we've lost one of the all-time greats, "Wicked" Wilson Pickett. He was a tremendous soul artist, with so many classic songs. I can still remember "Midnight Hour" being played at just about every high school dance I attended. RIP

Oh no, that is sad.
I played him only a couple of days ago.
My favourite, of many, is You Left The Water Running.


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I'd make a small bet that Buddy Guy plays "Mustang Sally" at Legends this coming week...

He's opened with that song for Stones gigs before, and does it real well.

Farewell, WP!

"It's just that demon life has got me in it's sway..."

He played here in New Brunswick, Canada back in 1968. It was my first 'concert' by someone famous. He was amazing and had a great act with assistants coming out to wipe the sweat off him during various songs.

God bless him,what a voice ,what a groove.....the golden age.Deep soul..

was thinking it would be cool for Mick to acknowledge the Wicked Pickett tomorrow at MSG somehow - prolly too late to work up a song, but he should at least ad-lib something during the show.

just put on "The Wicked Pickett" and "The Exicting Wilson Pickett" and you'll hear why he is held in such high esteem.........he was one of the elite soul singers of all-time....and check out his earlier band The Falcons...awesome as well



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RIP Wilson....Thanks for all you gave..Midnight Hour one of the classic recordings of all time.



ROCKMAN

Rest in Peace!

What sucks is that he was only 64. Same age as Charlie and what Brian would have been, I think.

Bill said in 1965 that "In the Midnight Hour" was his favorite song of the year. Good taste.

#......Go ahead....Bite the Big Apple....Don't mind the Maggots.....Uh Huh...#

His 'Land of 1000 Dances' used to open 'Ready Steady Go', they knew how good he was even tho few of us knew of him, & lets not forget 'Everbody needs Somebody to Love', Ive got a great version of the Stones on RSG that I'll have to dig up & share

Too late to play one of his songs? Naaaaaw.... The boys are up to it.

Charles Baudelaire
1821-1869

THANKS to Wilson for bringing the SOUL Music to me (from the 1960`s up to 2006)

I `m sure that he`s now "in the land oft 1000 dances" and more !



Gerhard from Germny

* It would be nice If the STONES will perform a Pickett Song on the tour.

God bless you Wil.

Shit...one of the greatest voices ever. RIP!

would be nice if the band acknowledged him ,in some way, tonight.

Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour





ROCKMAN

...how about The Stones digging out "If You Need Me" off of "Five By Five", a little number often done live by the band in the 60's, and coincidentally co-written by The Wicked Pickett ?

Yeah, I was thinking about that one... thing is, I think the stones based their arrangement more on solomon burke's version. sb was huge for mick, wp less so, really... for that very reason, though, I'd like to hear them give "Mustang Sally" or "In the Midnight Hour" a try. Wedding bands do it, it can't be too hard to whip up.

I saw him once live, back in 93. It was a three-day music festival and I attended two days. Between the people I saw there were The Kinks, The Animals, Dylan, Robert Plant, John Mayall, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and a few more. But the one who got the whole audience jumping and dancing and cheering like only a fool audience in Spain can jump, dance and cheer was Mr. Pickett himself. Amazing energy and relationship with the people!.

A very sad loss.

[There'll be no wedding today...]

Spotlight on Lou Rawls y'all
Ah don't he look tall y'all
Singin' loves a hurtin' thing now
Oh yeah, oh yeah

Spotlight on Wilson Pickett
That wicked picket Pickett
Singin Mustang Sally
Oh yeah, oh yeah

Sam Moore & James Brown need to watch out this year...

RIP... what a voice.

his version of ''Hey Jude''was so damm good.Will never forget.Peace .

Its real sad ..seems like everybody goes away...we still have..Al Green S.Burke...Bobby Womack...and the Stones...but time is going fast now!!!So tonight I will drink andd toast for Wilson.

Wasn't that a man?
Absolutely devastating. Go straight to Heaven, Mr. Pickett.

shame he was great...saw him at bb kings 3 years agop was a great show...........ride on wilson!!

Ride that Mustang straight to Heaven, baby

Don't forget "Funky Broadway".



It would be a great treat and nice gesture for the Stones to cover a Wicked song in that slot of the show.

blondie must know all those licks... I say for 1 tune bring him up front and let keith and ron jam on top of it.