Legendary multi-Grammy-winning blues pianist Pinetop Perkins has died at his home in Austin, according to his Web site. Perkins, who was part of Muddy Waters’ band for years, was 97. No cause of death ...

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 ...

In late 1963, as gigs and recording work slowed in New York for drummer J.C. Heard, he began to listen more intently to his brother-in-law, bassist Al McKibbon. If you want more work, McKibbon said, ...

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - 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 ...

September 10 and 11, 2010: Jack-of-all-trades Austin guitarist Jake Langley took blues piano legend Joseph William Perkins of Belzoni, Miss., into Yellow Dog Studios. Austin had long been home for ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a two-part series. Pinetop Perkins’ formula youth seems hard to swallow: He’s smoked cigarettes for 86 years, eats at McDonald’s every day and goes to ...

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 ...

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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