Wilson Pickett > In the Midnight Hour
Composed by Wilson Pickett & Steve Cropper

In 9th grade my great friend Rodney Johnson and I had a “band” because after the Beatles you had to be in a band. I taught myself guitar (you had to play guitar; accordian and flute, my other two instruments didn’t really work), Rodney sang and played tambourine (he was a drummer, but we had no drums), and our buddy Phil Couremanche played second guitar. Rodney named us “The Evil Lords” (hah!).

In the 10th grade we got together with Phil Alexander on guitar and vocals, Ray Frisby on drums and vocals, and Brian North on bass. Now we had a real band.

“In the Midnight Hour” was our closer at every gig (though it’s really a cheat playing Wilson’s here; we copped The Rascals ). Rodney was an unbelievable singer, and had some of Wilson’s moves to bring the house down.

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