A great loss to the blues community
NotaSuv
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Had the pleasure of seeing/listening to this legend many many times
RIP Pinetop
Blues legend Pinetop Perkins dies at 97
March 21, 2011, 6:10 PM EST
AUSTIN, Texas ? Pinetop Perkins, one of the last old-school bluesmen who played with Muddy Waters and became the oldest Grammy winner this year, died Monday at his home of cardiac arrest. He was 97.
Perkins was having chest pains when he went to take a nap, and paramedics could not revive him, said Hugh Southard, Perkins' agent for the last 15 years.
The piano man played with an aggressive style and sang with a distinctive gravelly voice.
He accompanied Sonny Boy Williamson on the popular King Biscuit Time radio show broadcast on KFFA in Helena, Ark., in the 1940s. He toured with Ike Turner in the 1950s and joined Waters' band in 1969.
"He is the blues. He is the epitome of it," Southard said. "He lived it, breathed it."
RIP Pinetop
Blues legend Pinetop Perkins dies at 97
March 21, 2011, 6:10 PM EST
AUSTIN, Texas ? Pinetop Perkins, one of the last old-school bluesmen who played with Muddy Waters and became the oldest Grammy winner this year, died Monday at his home of cardiac arrest. He was 97.
Perkins was having chest pains when he went to take a nap, and paramedics could not revive him, said Hugh Southard, Perkins' agent for the last 15 years.
The piano man played with an aggressive style and sang with a distinctive gravelly voice.
He accompanied Sonny Boy Williamson on the popular King Biscuit Time radio show broadcast on KFFA in Helena, Ark., in the 1940s. He toured with Ike Turner in the 1950s and joined Waters' band in 1969.
"He is the blues. He is the epitome of it," Southard said. "He lived it, breathed it."
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His blues are gone now, RIP.
What does a blues singer sing about in Heaven?>
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Truly sad. Probably the last of the original bluesmen.
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RIP Pinetop. Thank you for all the wonderful music.
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Polkersince85 wrote: »His blues are gone now, RIP.
What does a blues singer sing about in Heaven?
Taking a stab at this, but I'm going to say Mo' Betta Blues.
RIP brother.Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!
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I saw him a few times, he was great.
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Bye Mr. P. Thanks for the soul!!
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