Perkins at the Riverwalk Blues Festival in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2006
Background information
Birth name
Joe Willie Perkins
Born
(1913-07-07)July 7, 1913 Belzoni, Mississippi, U.S.
Died
March 21, 2011(2011-03-21) (aged 97) Austin, Texas, U.S.
Genres
Piano blues, boogie-woogie, Delta blues, Chicago blues
Occupation(s)
Musician, singer
Instrument(s)
Piano, vocals, keyboards
Years active
1920s–2011
Labels
Blind Pig, Antone's
Musical artist
Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins (July 7, 1913 – March 21, 2011) was an American blues pianist. He played with some of the most influential blues and rock-and-roll performers of his time and received numerous honors, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Blues Hall of Fame.
Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins (July 7, 1913 – March 21, 2011) was an American blues pianist. He played with some of the most influential blues and rock-and-roll...
the 1950s, Joe Willie Perkins became universally known as "PinetopPerkins" for his recording of "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie". Perkins later became Muddy Waters's...
Johnny Winter's album Nothin' But The Blues along with Muddy Waters, PinetopPerkins, James Cotton, and others. In 1978, he made a guest appearance on Big...
Rimes became the youngest Best New Artist winner when she won in 1997. PinetopPerkins is the oldest person to win a Grammy. In 2011 he was awarded with Best...
next with harmonica player Paul Butterfield, Muddy Waters, pianist PinetopPerkins, and Eric Clapton. As Clapton was taking his first solo on "Further...
Wolf's bands, including Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, and PinetopPerkins. In 2010, Shepherd was nominated for a Grammy for Live in Chicago,...
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Turner was inspired to learn the piano after he heard blues pianist PinetopPerkins play at his friend Ernest Lane's house. Turner persuaded his mother...
touring band of the time, consisting of guitarist Bob Margolin, pianist PinetopPerkins, and drummer Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. Other backing members during...
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Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, Robert Lockwood Jr. & David Honeyboy Edwards PinetopPerkins on the 88's: Live in Chicago – PinetopPerkins Live...and in...
Calvin Jones, Sam Lay, and Colin Linden; in 2000 for Legends, with PinetopPerkins; in 2006, for his solo project About Them Shoes (which features performances...
Gould Janis Joplin Led Zeppelin Jerry Lee Lewis Jelly Roll Morton PinetopPerkins The Staple Singers 2006 David Bowie Cream Merle Haggard Robert Johnson...
Gould Janis Joplin Led Zeppelin Jerry Lee Lewis Jelly Roll Morton PinetopPerkins The Staple Singers 2006 David Bowie Cream Merle Haggard Robert Johnson...
Gould Janis Joplin Led Zeppelin Jerry Lee Lewis Jelly Roll Morton PinetopPerkins The Staple Singers 2006 David Bowie Cream Merle Haggard Robert Johnson...
Gould Janis Joplin Led Zeppelin Jerry Lee Lewis Jelly Roll Morton PinetopPerkins The Staple Singers 2006 David Bowie Cream Merle Haggard Robert Johnson...
Gould Janis Joplin Led Zeppelin Jerry Lee Lewis Jelly Roll Morton PinetopPerkins The Staple Singers 2006 David Bowie Cream Merle Haggard Robert Johnson...
House, issued on Adelphi Records, includes guest appearances from PinetopPerkins and Bob Margolin. Keyboard player Gregg Wetzel joined the band in 1983...
nominee for traditional male blues artist of the year 2010—Guitarist on PinetopPerkins and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith's best traditional blues Grammy-winning...
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