Combining '60s-style British Invasion rock with a raw punk energy, Charlie Pickett emerged as a leading player on the Southern Florida indie scene of the '70s and '80s. Backed by his bands the Eggs and the MC3, Pickett issued several well-regarded, if obscure albums (later compiled on 2008's Bar Band Americanus), before shifting away from music. He returned to regular activity with 2018's See You in Miami.
Born in Athens, Ohio in 1953, Charlie Pickett moved with his family to Dania, Florida at age two, where an early love of Alvin & the Chipmunks eventually gave way to LPs b...