Music GroupsRemembering Wilson Pickett
Soul legend Wilson Pickett died of a heart attack yesterday. There have been a lot of obituaries and articles to commemorate the singer. Geoff Boucher's obit for the LA Times is a good overview of the man, musically and otherwise. So is Jeff Leeds' piece for the NY Times.
People are commemorating Pickett by buying his music. At Amazon.com Wilson Pickett's Greatest Hits shot to #39 from #2,266 in one day. The soundtrack to "The Commitments," which helped introduce Pickett's music to a new generation, climbed to #651 from #2,245.
More information can be found at AllMusic's biography and discography, and at his Wikipedia entry.
