Visual Sound: Issue 10

WILSON PICKETT,
“LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES”

Rock’n’Roll Hall of Famer Wilson Pickett was one of the baddest soul men who ever walked the planet. A resident of Englewood, he once drove his car up the Mayor’s lawn to presumably make a point. When he called me on the phone to do an Aquarian Weekly interview, he told me of the time that he and the Isley Brothers went hunting together outside Las Vegas, yet when Pickett had to get back to do an early show, they refused to lend him their car. So he took his gun out and started shooting. This clip, from the 1971 movie Soul To Soul, was filmed in Ghana.

WHITNEY HOUSTON, “HOME”

Merv Griffin introduces Whitney Houston to America.

THE RASCALS,
“GOOD LOVIN’”

The recent death of Rascals drummer Dino Danelli hit home hard for those of us who thought of him as the first great rock star drummer/entertainer.

THE ROYAL ARCTIC INSTITUTE,
“SHORE LEAVE ON PHARAGONESIA”

They’re from Hoboken and Weehawken. The Royal Arctic Institute have no singer and we hope they never get one. It’s one of the many reasons they’re so unique. This is from their 2021 From Catnip To Coma album, produced by bassist James McNew of Yo La Tengo. The new album, From Coma To Catharsis, is due soon.