Roaming Reviews Canadian Blues Artist Michael Pickett at The Groove Kitchen and Music Room in Preston, Cambridge Ontario. February 5, 2009.
Feb 8th, 2009 | By Marcia Dawson
The House on King Street in Preston was more than prepared to host in its own Kitchen, the Legendary Blues artist, Michael Pickett from Crystal
Beach, Ontario. The Groove Kitchen and Music Room’s owner Matt Storch was declining phone reservations and rearranging the Music Room’s
furniture, throughout the day on Thursday, stating that the few tickets remaining would ‘only be available at the door on a first come, first served basis.’
Customers hurried [more so demanded] to claim dinner reservations hours prior to the exclusive house concert, just to get through the door.
Though once inside, not necessarily were you permitted to stay, if you caused a ‘distraction’ during the performance, announces Michael Pickett.
[Note to self: Proper Audience Etiquette during a Live Concert].
Just passed the ‘Cambridge’ Delta on Dundas and Hespeler highway on the route to Preston, Michael Pickett’s Delta Blues highway met the ‘steamy’
stage, right off the train at 9PM sharp, Westminster/King. Following a brief introduction from The Groove Kitchen’s host Matt Storch, Michael Pickett
prepared himself on stage as he personally invited the audience to his home on August 30, 2009 for an outdoor concert to celebrate peace. He shared
moments from last year’s stage built by neighbours, which featured ‘three blues singers, two opera singers and a tap dancer’ as an interesting act
to follow this year.
Michael Pickett soon asked for a moment to ‘relax’, but actually transcended himself with his ‘beloved’ 1931 National steel-bodied Duolian guitar,
and traveled to a place, his own awarded place, not many may want to aspire too - a state of melancholy, performing “Daddy Where You Been So Long”,
stunning the guests. Michael Pickett, without a set list, worked the coarse and fierceness of lyric and instrumental traditions of a Mississippi Blues
past time (song, bluesharp and guitar), with two microphones, a wooden stage, a Kitchen chair and ‘unplugged’, LIVE to a packed house.
Michael Pickett told of a true story while in Nashville, of songwriting submissions with Gary Nicolson to Eric Clapton, titled: ” As Close as I Have Come.”
Another popular hit was a dedication to G.W. Bush titled: “So Out Going, He’s Gone”, a salute to United States of America president, Obama.
Also in attendance at The Groove Kitchen and not getting out of their seats, was Mo’ Kauffey and the boys from West Memphis Suicide. Many
photographers took turns, while trying not to disturb the essence.
Michael Pickett’s powerful conversation of acoustic blues will have pressed you against the wall. He can do this after three decades of practice,
without permission. You will have wished you had the luxury of a high-top chair with a back rest vs. the bar stool, for stability on this spiritual train
[transe]. Michael Pickett together with Mother Earth Management will prepare The Southern Tour, leaving tomorrow.
www.michaelpickett.com
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