Edwin "Buster" Goodwin Pickens (June 3, 1916 – November 24, 1964)[1] was an American pianist.
[5] Following service in the United States Army in World War II, Pickens settled in Houston, Texas.
Further recording work followed over the next eighteen months, as Pickens played in different sessions as part of the accompaniment to Cain, Bill Hayes, and Goree Carter.
[2] Pickens was shot dead by his cousin after an argument in a bar in Houston, in November 1964.
[1][2] The album, recorded in Houston by Chris Strachwitz, Mack McCormick and Paul Oliver, contained "Santa Fe Train" / "Rock Island Blues" / "Ain't Nobody's Business" / "Colorado Springs Blues" / "She Caught the L & N" / "Remember Me" / "Women in Chicago" / "The Ma Grinder, No.