Wilson Pickett
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Jimmy Johnson, Muscle Shoals Guitarist Who Backed Soul & Rock Giants, Dead at 76
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section member could be heard on hundreds of records and worked with Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, Wilson Pickett and Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Watch Bruce Springsteen's Surprise Appearance at In-Law's Rock Show
Rock legend appeared onstage with wife Patti Scialfa during Timepiece's private gig at New Jersey's Wonder Bar
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Beats Electronics Revives Muscle Shoals Studios
Dr. Dre's headphones company will help renovate and restore legendary Alabama studios
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Watch Bruce Springsteen Play 'Mustang Sally' With a Jersey Bar Band
Surprise appearance comes at a busy time for Springsteen
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Funky Midnight Mover: The Atlantic Studio Recordings 1962-1978
The first blast here may be the most incendiary debut in Sixties R&B: Wilson Pickett's raw, triumphant cry in 1962's "I Found a Love," with the Falcons. Pickett didn't hit his cocksure strut until 1965-68 hits like "Don't Fight It," "In the Midnight Hour" and "I'm a Midnight Mover." But he hardly stumbled after that, […]
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The Black Keys' Muscle Shoals Odyssey
The duo cranks out dark gritty blues in hallowed halls of Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, channeling its mystical mojo
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Wilson Pickett's Greatest Hits
Early one morning I ran out and hollered, Wilson Pickett once recalled. "My voice echoed down through the swamps, and I thought, 'Uh-oh. This is it.' " That was it, all right. Although he lacks the majestic pipes of Aretha Franklin or the finesse of Otis Redding, Pickett more than compensates with attitude. On incomparable […]
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Wilson Pickett: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The 'Mustang Sally' singer lands music's highest honor in 1991
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Wilson Pickett In Philadelphia
Wilson Pickett meets Gamble & Huff, the Philadelphia-based soulwriting and production consortium, and the results are mixed. Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and their musical staff (including Bunny Sigler and Ugene Dozier) wrote, arranged and produced all the tunes on the album. They also did all the studio instrumental work save the horns and strings. The […]
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