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Joseph William Perkins (July 7, 1913 – March 21, 2011), known by the stage name Pinetop Perkins, was an American blues musician, specializing in piano music. He played with some of the most influential blues and rock and roll performers in American history, and received numerous honors during his lifetime including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and induction into the Blues Hall of Fame.
Perkins comes from the generation of artists who worked their way from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago, stopping in Memphis and St. Louis along the way. They eventually fused a new sound of country twang and urban grit that became known as Chicago blues.
Perkins wasn’t formally taught on the piano. He learned by watching others, and he couldn’t read sheet music. Yet his style has influenced rock icons like the Rolling Stones and Ike Turner.
Perkins was born in 1913 in Belzoni, Miss. He’s lived the evolution of blues music, spending his early years playing in the Delta. In the 1940s, he performed with Sonny Boy Williamson on the popular King Biscuit Time radio show broadcast daily on KFFA in Helena, Arkansas.
Perkins backed slide guitarist Robert Nighthawk on an early Chess Records recording and toured with Turner in the 1950s. Later, Perkins joined Muddy Waters’ band to replace pianist Otis Spann in 1969. He played a brief musical cameo on the street outside Aretha's Soul Food Cafe in the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers, having an argument with John Lee Hooker over who wrote "Boom Boom." He also appeared in the 1987 movie Angel Heart as a member of guitarist Toots Sweet's band.
Until his death, Perkins lived in Austin, Texas. He usually performed a couple of nights a week at Nuno's on Sixth Street. In 2005, Perkins received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2008, Perkins received a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album for Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas together with Henry James Townsend, Robert Lockwood, Jr. and David Honeyboy Edwards. He was also nominated in the same category for his solo album, Pinetop Perkins on the 88's: Live in Chicago.
At the age of 97, he won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album for Joined at the Hip, an album he recorded with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. Perkins thus became the oldest-ever Grammy winner. A little more than a month later, Perkins died on 21 March 2011 at his home in Austin, Texas.
How Long is a Compilation album set to be released on July 17th.
Tracklist:
01. Come Back Baby - 4:49
02. 5-10-15 Hours - 4:47
03. Back to the Chicken Shack - 4:07
04. Miss Ida B - 6:10
05. If You Love Me You Say - 4:14
06. Ladies Call Me Pinetop - 5:48
07. Got My Mojo Workin - 4:25
08. Sugar Sweet - 3:16
09. How Long Blues - 5:27
10. Big Fat Mama - 4:24
11. Sittin On Top Of The World - 3:01
12. Rhumba Man - 3:51
13. Do Unto Others - 4:19
14. People Like That - 3:47
15. Pinetop's Last Blues - 3:17
Media Info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Channels: joint stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: Xing
MPEG-1 layer 3
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