Charlie Pickett

Bio:

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Allmusic.com

No Depression

Uncut Magazine

The story from multiple points of view (with the confusion inherent to that approach--like that of The Sound And The Fury) is at www.trashfever.com. In short, we created and performed a semi-respectable body of work and had fun doing it.

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Video of In the Wilderness played live at Union Pool in Brooklyn, NY at CMJ 10-25-08.

Video of Charlie and his band playing Dust My Broom at a house party in St. Pete, 5-27-2007

Video of Charlie playing If This is Love, Can I Get My Money Back at WMNF's Tropical Heatwave in Tampa May 1, 2004.

Video of Charlie & the MC3 playing A. on Horseback, Cameo Theatre, Miami Beach, 11-14-1986 (opening for Sonic Youth and fIREHOSE)..

Another Night at the Agora Trailer

Member Since:

June 24, 2006

Members:

Charlie Pickett, guitar, slide guitar, tuneless vox, composuer; Johnny Salton, lead guitar hero (really); Dave Froshnider, bass, vox, composer; Johnny "Sticks" Galway, drums, heart; Marco Pettit, bass, vox, inner beauty; Eddie O'Brien, bass, guitar, black Irish leveler; Pat Johnson, guitar, bass, brains; Courtland Joyce, drums, smiles; Barry Seiver, guitar fill-master; Kenny Lindahl, bass, literary criticism; Mike Vullo, knowledge, drums; Bobby Tak, drums, inner rage; F. Clarke Martty, drums, Louisiana boy, RnR historian, Ian Hammond, guitar, eyes; Jim Duckworth, guitar, savior; Rick Rossano, guitar, string-squeezer.

Influences:

History-Level One: Mick Taylor-era Rolling Stones, Albert King, Son House, Fred McDowell, ZZ Top, and Mountain.
History-Level Two: Johnny Winter, Zep (please excuse), Savoy Brown, Foghat (Father, forgive me ...), Harvey Mandel-era Canned Heat, Flamin Groovies, The Pirates (Mick Green), Chuck Berry, Sex Pistols (wait, I already said Chuck Berry), Jimi, Gun Club, Hypsterz-Mighty Mofos, Rank and File, Dream Syndicate, The Bangles (see me if you have a problem with this), REM, J.L. Hooker, Jan and Dean, Marriott-Humble Pie, Steppenwolf (no apologies necessary nor forthcoming), Elmore James, Hound Dog Taylor, JB Hutto, (Non-)Mississippi John Hurt, Burdon-Animals, J.L. Lewis, John Salton, Louis Reed-VU, Ten Years After (no apologies, etc.), Kinks, Creedence, Link Wray, and Dead Boys.
History-South Florida (direct to all senses -- our scene was the best in the country but you had to be here to soak it up): The brilliant triumverate of The Cichlids, The Eat, and The Reactions, then Z-Cars, Critical Mass, The Bobs, and The Chant.
Current: DT Martyrs (last incarnation), Savoy Brown Live in Central Park, Throw Rag, RL Burnside, North Mississippi Allstars, Gary Mitchell (KMA if you don't approve), Social Distortion Live CD, Sonny Landreth, and Boss Martians.
Literary/Cultural: Mark Twain, Petroleum V. Nasby, Artemus Ward, Ayn Rand, Robt. Heinlein, Larry McMurtry, A. Tolstoy, C. Dickens, Herman Wouk, Thomas Friedman, Phillip Roth, Marvel Comics Group (mid-60s), The Gallant Men, movies, ... blah, blah, blah.

Sounds Like:

Just 4/4 guitar rock or 4/4 punk rock or 4/4 blues-rock. With a sophomoric twist. Anchored (in the past) by heroin danger/doldrums/stupidity/low-rent drama. Add great friends and mix.

Record Label:

Bloodshot Records.