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     Buellish |
"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." I have played a number of different Wilson Pickett tunes in bands over the years.He was a large part of the soundtrack of my youth. | ||
| Whodom |
I have played a number of different Wilson Pickett tunes in bands over the years. We currently do "Mustang Sally", "Midnight Hour", "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" (all of which have good bass lines  ), and maybe another couple of songs of his. The man put out some good music. | ||
| Djkaplan |
"Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" was an Otis Redding/Steve Cropper song, but I bet Wilson Pickett did a great cover. Hey Mike, we're waiting for your input on the guitar thread. | ||
| No_rice |
ya that sucks, he had some really good songs | ||
| Rocketman |
And Otis never got to hear the finished version either. Rocket | ||
| Jima4media |
Otis Redding died in a light airplane crash, 100 yards from me in Lake Monona, Wisconsin on December 10th, 1967. I had tickets to see him that night at a place called The Factory in Madison. Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay was recorded in Sausalito, CA 3 days earlier. I did get to see Wilson Pickett, and Sam and Dave, at another club outside of Madison that year, as well as another startup band called Chicago Transit Authority. I later saw Chicago at the Fillmore in San Francisco in 1970, then I was off to live in Japan for a couple of years. Jim (Message edited by jima4media on January 21, 2006) | ||
| Imonabuss |
Other Pickett greats: Funky Broadway Land of a 1000 dances I Found A Love 634-5789 A Man's Way Get a copy of his hits...I believe he was the greatest of all Motown artists. | ||
| Djkaplan |
I don't believe Wilson Pickett was ever a Motown artist, but I know what you mean. It was more the era than a catagorized "sound". I'm a big fan of the Stax label and the session musicians that gave it it's signature style. Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding used the same revolving group of players on their greatest hit songs. | ||
| Buellbozo |
"Play it,Steve!" Yeah,I know...it should be on the movie thread. When I was at Memphis State in the early 70's,we'd see Steve Cropper,Isaac Hayes, and others late nite at the Dobbs House on Poplar avenue.Interesting conversations to eavesdrop on.I wish I could remember any of it.  | ||
| Rocketman |
I was waiting to surprise someone Jim  The finished version of 'Dock of the Bay' included the singing bird sound - which was added after Reading's death. Rocket | ||
| Jackbequick |
And the "dock of the bay" was either at Fort Mason or on the Presidio of San Francisco. All of those piers are long gone now but when I lived in The City in the early 60's you could still get out on them to fish or just hang out. In American English dock is technically synonymous with pier or wharf. And all the docks along the San Francisco waterfront were called piers (Pier 39, etc,). I wonder if Otis tried that in his lyrics. "Sitting on the pier of the bay..."... If he did, I'll bet he thought "Nope, it just don't sound right, I'll try dock..." Back in those days the piers down there were a great place for catching Striped Bass as they started coming back into the bay in the fall. That's the fish that took the train from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Jack | ||
| Jima4media |
Like I said, that "dock of the bay" was in Sausilito, and it is still here... I live here. Fort Mason and the Presidio are on the opposite end of the Golden Gate Bridge. Lets not be creating some mythology that just isn't true. However, I got it wrong. The song was finished with Steve Cropper in Memphis, and they were flying from Memphis to Madison. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Sittin'_on)_the_Dock_of_the_Bay And for the record, Memphis is about 800 miles from Detroit (Motown). http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=detroit,+MI+to+Memphis,+TN&btnG=Search http://www.soulsvilleusa.com/ (Message edited by jima4media on January 22, 2006) | ||
| Jackbequick |
I missed your comment about it being written in Sausalito. I can remember either reading or being told it was written across the bay. But I guess if you read it on the net that has to be right though... Thanks for the geography lesson. Jack | ||
| Bomber |
a sad day, for sure -- as Buellish said so well, the man was a major part of so many folks's sound track -- |
