pinetop perkins

Legendary bluesman Pinetop Perkins dead at 97

Topix - Entertainment News  Tue, 03/22/2011 - 00:15

In this Oct. 11, 2009 file photo, Grammy winning blues pianist Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins motions a "thumbs up" gesture during the annual festival at Hopson Plantation in Clarksdale, Miss.


 

At 96, Pinetop Perkins still turning out signature Chicago blues...

Topix - Entertainment News  Fri, 11/27/2009 - 07:38

In this Oct. 11, 2009 photograph, amateur harp player Richard Crisman of Clarksdale, second from right, and amateur guitarist Iwai Kazuhito of Japan, right, play a blues set outside the commissary at Hopson Plantation in Clarksdale, Miss., during the annual festival honoring Grammy winning blues pianist Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins who used to ...