01. Big Train
02. The River
03. Love Don't Mean It
04. When I Lay My Burden Down
05. Look Out At The Weather
06. Conversation With The Blues
07. Cecil & Spadina
08. It Don't Matter To Me
09. Bad Love
10. Junk Thang
11. Mother Earth
12. Night Comes
13. Total Running Time
- vocal & harmonica, resophonic guitar...
]Personnel:...
Canadian musician Michael Pickett (b. 1950)... s
inger/songwriter and award winning recording artist 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....
..."Blues Money". This all original recording was nominated for a JUNO and received the Jazz Report and Real Blues awards for Blues Album of the Year. Michael was also presented with the coveted Maple Blues Blues With A Feeling Award in recognition of his passion and lifetime commitment to the blues....
...2000 saw the release of his second CD "Conversation With The Blues" which earned him another JUNO nomination and won the Canadian Indie Music Award for Blues Album of the Year. This extraordinary recording, described by Billboard as transcend[ing] the urban blues idiom is an eclectic mix of ten original compositions comprised of blues, r&b, soul, jazz, delta, and gospel...
...With exceptional award winning rack harmonica skills and powerful vocals, he delivers charismatic, compelling, and passionate performances that are charged with electricity and filled with authenticity, substance, and a unique style. He puts his own spin on obscure tunes of legendary icons such as Robert Johnson, Bukka White, Mississippi John Hurt, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee and showcases his own potent material...
...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... www.bluesart
