Wilson Pickett, 64, Soul Singer of Great Passion, Dies, passes on “wickedness”
By B-Fool-ish
Published: January 20, 2006
Wilson Pickett, the soul music pioneer whose insistent wail turned songs like "In the Midnight Hour" into hits, died yesterday in Virginia. He was 64.
Just before dying, Mr. Pickett passed his special “soul” on to the one “wicked, wicked, wicked’r than me” . Surprisingly, he passed on his mantle to a completely unknown local singer and bass player of the Boston area, Tom Doran. When asked about this unusual choice, Mr. Pickett did not reply. Unfortunately, he was already dead. Speculation immediately began on whether Mr. Pickett was in a coherent state of mind when making this unusual choice.
Contacted in his Wellesley home the day after hearing the news, Mr. Doran stated “I useta hafta hide how wicked I was but now I can stop pretending to be humble and be as openly wicked as I’ve always felt, but had to hide it.”
Other singers, when asked for comment on this unusual choice had a range of comments. James Brown commented “I’ll kick his ass like I did to Pickett”. Diva Mariah Carey was already recruiting his allegiance – “I’ll bury his face in my tits and then he’ll sing on my record”. James Taylor, not usually associated with Soul music stated, “I’m looking forward to hearing his repertoire. Maybe there’s a few things I can whiten up to make into a hit”.
When asked what would change in his life, Mr. Doran was exuberant: “This is like winning the lottery for a nobody like me! Clearly it will mean a big spiritual boost to me”. When pressed harder to identify real world changes he replied “I will begin wearing a huge gold necklace to honor Wilson – and look forward to (maybe) gigging outside of Framingham”
@c 2006 By B-Fool-ish
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