Wilson Pickett

[flaming]

I have looked at posts over the last couple of days and find it surprising that no-one mentioned the passing of Wilson Pickett to the great soul disco in the sky. Good ole Wilson. Good memories for a lot of us.

[ScreaminTree]

Couldn't agree more, flaming. I'm mentioning him now!

When I "got Soul" in the mid-80's ('cos rock had "got" big-haired, widdly tedium), Wilson was part of the sountrack of my life. Especially "Land Of a Thousand Dances" and "Funky Broadway".

Great voice, charisma, and his version of "Hey Jude" is awesome.

[Eastender]

Another legend passed on. Land of a Thousand Dances just Class.......

[CT]

I think everyone was too busy with the whale.

[monroe]

I grew up with "Midnight Hour" and "Mustang Sally"

THE BEST

[flaming]

Glad to see there's some support for the "Wicked Pickett". I ran a mobile disco. (gigs in peoples' homes)in the '70s. All the numbers mentioned were a mainstay. "The Midnight Hour" particularly pleased all types and ages. Good soul and Tamla sessions were always my personal favourites.

[Mortartube]

I do a mobile disco now and I played Mustang sally as a tribute, to a reaction of apathy. Bloody heathens.

[flaming]

mortartube: if you are reading this - we never know how it will go! Wedding receptions were my pet hate because of the wide age group and taste. We actually started in 1967 and didn't have enough soul for the then pre-teens at our first gig. We got by playing the same discs over and over. Later , by '69 soul and Tamla pleased everyone young; early Abba was lukewarmly received and Queen emptied the dancefloor!