AllMusic noted that "Pickett had a distinctive rhythmic style and unique phrasing that makes his records compelling decades after his release".
With continuing diligence and the discovery of a contact made regarding royalty payments, more information emerged.
Investigations concluded that Founty's label had paid him for the recording session and that any royalties were determined by that contractual arrangement.
There is no firm evidence of his life after his only recording session, other than details concerning his given name and the dates of his birth and death.
[5] Pickett died in Boaz, Alabama, in August 1967, days short of his 60th birthday.