Music legend Wilson Pickett's family remembers late soul singer's ties and love for Louisville

It’s been 15 years since Wilson Pickett, one of the leading architects of soul music, was laid to rest.
Pickett, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, enchanted audiences with his ferocious brand of soul with chart-toppers such as “Land of 1000 Dances”, “Mustang Sally”, “Funky Broadway” and “In the Midnight Hour.”
The Prattville, Alabama native started his musical roots in gospel before hitting it big. It was the choice of music at his childhood home that all his family members enjoyed singing.
“Everybody in Pickett’s family can sing,” his sister Emily “Jeannie” Rochelle recalled. “He was a great gospel singer too. He’s the only one that the good lord blessed with it. You hear me? He was blessed to do what he was doing - what he did while he was living.”
Rochelle, nestled in her cozy Louisville home with her eldest son and two of her great-grandchildren nearby, recalled various moments throughout her famous brother’s career.
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