Pianist Pinetop Perkins was an ideal sideman for blues heroes Muddy Waters, Robert Nighthawk and Sonny Boy Williamson. And he's played everywhere, from Arkansas juke joints and Chicago blues dens to ...
There's an old saying from the Delta that goes, "You gotta live the blues to play the blues." It makes sense. Lyrics like "If I get to thinkin' about my baby, I wanna jump overboard and drown" don't ...
Don’t put Pinetop Perkins in a pine box — because he’s still got things to do. At a few weeks shy of his 95th birthday, Perkins, who joins Koko Taylor for a taping of tonight’s etown radio show, can ...
Pinetop Perkins will headline the Pocono Blues Festival in Lake Harmony on July 24. David ‘Honeyboy’ Edwards, 95, will grace the stage at Briggs Farm Blues Festival in Nescopeck on Saturday. Edwards ...
B.B. King called Perkins, who played locally, “one of last great Mississippi Bluesmen.” In this 2009 file photo, Grammy winning blues pianist Joe Willie ‘Pinetop’ Perkins gestures during a festival in ...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Add another title for bluesman Pinetop Perkins: oldest Grammy winner. The 97-year-old Perkins snagged a statue Sunday for best traditional blues album for "Joined at the Hip: Pinetop ...
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