At the age of four he sang for his grandmother who tossed him nickels and dimes while she sat at the kitchen table sipping her whiskey-laced tea. His mother bought him a harmonica when he was about 13. Shortly after that he saw Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee on tv and he was hooked for life. The soul of this timeless genre is deeply rooted in his psyche and he continues to nurture this passion.
Pickett embraces the Blues with style, substance and musical integrity. In the 70s, 80s, and 90s he established himself as a musically ground-breaking, electrifying singer/songwriter/harmonica player, leading seminal bands Whiskey Howl, Wooden Teeth, and the Michael Pickett Band. Musically profound, they pushed the envelope for Blues and funky Roots music. He provided the direction for all three projects and surrounded himself with some of the top musicians in the country.
Pickett now performs exclusively as a solo acoustic artist touring throughout Canada, the US, the UK. and Europe, appearing in Blues, Folk, Jazz clubs, coffee houses, house concerts, theatres, festivals and is no stranger to standing ovations and calls for encores. He has hosted and participated in harmonica and acoustic guitar workshops over the years and is a professional, private instructor of these instruments. His presence in songwriting circles has proven to be extremely valuable because of his authentic representation/ interpretation of acoustic Roots/Blues.
Album:
Conversation With The Blues
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:10
Size: 140.0 MB
Styles: Pop/Rock/Blues
Year: 2000
Art: Front
[5:01] 1. Big Train
[4:26] 2. The River
[5:10] 3. Love Don't Mean It
[4:33] 4. When I Lay My Burden Down
[4:49] 5. Look Out At The Weather
[6:24] 6. Conversation With The Blues
[4:33] 7. Cecil & Spadina
[4:07] 8. It Don't Matter To Me
[4:52] 9. Bad Love
[4:58] 10. Junk Thang
[7:08] 11. Mother Earth
[5:05] 12. Night Comes
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Album:
Blues Money
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:44
Size: 118.4 MB
Styles: Pop/Rock/Blues
Year: 1998
Art: Front
[4:50] 1. World Gone Crazy
[2:43] 2. Blues Money
[4:29] 3. Shake
[4:38] 4. The Sweetest Sound
[5:14] 5. 1988
[5:01] 6. All Of These Blues
[2:33] 7. Call Your Name
[3:23] 8. Work So Hard
[4:08] 9. Walkin'
[3:46] 10. Trouble
[5:44] 11. I Won't Be Your Fool
[5:10] 12. My Mind's Made Up
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