Pinetop Perkins

Pinetop Perkins
Born: Jul 7, 1913 in Belzoni, MS
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Genre: Blues
Styles: Piano Blues, Chicago Blues, Acoustic Blues, Boogie-Woogie
Biography: He admittedly wasn't the originator of the seminal piano piece "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie," but it's a safe bet that more people associate it nowadays with Pinetop Perkins than with the man who devised it in the first place, Clarence "Pinetop" Smith. Although it seems as though he's been around Chicago ...Read full biography
After Hours
Released: 1988
Label: Blind Pig Records
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Easy-grooving blues and boogie is backed by the competent New York City-based blues band Little Mike and the Tornadoes. Though Perkins followed Otis Spann as the piano player in the Muddy Waters band, ...Read full review
Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Released: 1992
Label: Texas Music Group
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The maze of new and recent discs by this veteran Chicago piano man can be daunting, but rest assured that this is one of his best to date. Many of the songs are Perkins standbys -- "Kidney Stew," "Caldonia," ...Read full review
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