If you wanted to write a novel about Delta blues, you could cover a lot of ground with one main character — Pinetop Perkins. Born in 1913 in Belzoni, Miss., cousin to Elmore James and “Homesick” James ...

Pinetop Perkins was one of the last great Mississippi bluesmen still performing. He began playing blues around 1927 and is widely regarded as one of the best blues pianists. He created a style of ...

. Perkins was around 30 at the time, and had been playing professionally since he was a teen in the ’20s. In 2010, Perkins and Smith are touring together. They’ll be at the State Theatre Friday.

Blues musician Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, who this year became the oldest person ever to win a Grammy Award, died at his Austin home on Monday at age 97. "He went to take a nap and didn't wake up," ...

Pinetop Perkins, the boogie-woogie piano player who worked in Muddy Waters’ last great band and was among the last surviving members of the first generation of Delta bluesmen, died Monday at his home ...

On March 21, 2001, the Blues world lost a legend when Joseph Willie “Pinetop” Perkins passed away at his home in Austin, Texas. Born in Belzoni, Mississippi in 1913, Mr. Perkins started out on guitar.

Pinetop Perkins, the Mississippi Delta-born piano player who started a solo career in his 70s after performing with fellow bluesman Muddy Waters for more than a decade, has died. He was 97. He died ...

Music commentator and admitted carrier of the "Boogie-Woogie Flu," Mitch Myers, takes us on an audio tour of the history of this unique American musical genre. From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS ...

Pinetop's Blues; G-Flat Blues; Streamline Train; Pitchin' Boogie; Mistaken Blues; Travelin' Blues; I Don't Know; Mercy Blues; Doll House Boogie; Whistlin' Blues; Deep Morgan; 22nd Street Stomp; Pickin ...

Cleo Brown makes a rare appearance to perform her greatest hit, "Pinetop's Boogie-Woogie," and to recall the style's heyday in the 1930s. Cleo Brown On Piano Jazz Pianist and vocalist Cleo Brown (1909 ...