"GREAT CANADIAN BLUES ARTISTS"
2006
MICHAEL
PICKETT WAS BORN IN TORONTO ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1950. PICKETT COMMENCED HIS MUSIC
CAREER AS A MEMBER OF "WHISKEY HOWL", A SEMINAL CANADIAN BLUES BAND,
BASED IN TORONTO, ONTARIO. AFTER THE BREAKUP OF "WHISKEY HOWL" IN THE
EARLY 1970S, PICKETT CONTINUED HIS CAREER AS THE LEAD SINGER AND HARMONICA PLAYER
FOR BLUES BAND "WOODEN TEETH", OF WHICH HE WAS A CO-FOUNDER. AS OF THE
LATE 1970S, PICKETT DEVELOPED A CAREER IN HIS OWN NAME, WITH BOTH "THE MICHAEL
PICKETT BAND", AND AS A SOLO ARTIST. AMONG OTHER AWARDS, HE IS THE RECIPIENT
OF SEVERAL MAPLE BLUES AWARDS, HONOURING HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO BLUES MUSIC. NOW
HE PLAYS OCCASIONALLY AND HOSTS HIS CONCERT FOR PEACE EVENT AT HIS HOME
IN CRYSTAL BEACH, ONTARIO EACH SEPTEMBER, A MUSICAL COLLABORATION WITH HIS MANY |