If you wanted to write a novel about Delta blues, you could cover a lot of ground with one main character — Pinetop Perkins. Born in 1913 in Belzoni, Miss., cousin to Elmore James and “Homesick” James ...

Pinetop Perkins, 97, a blues pianist who worked with such legendary musicians as Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson and B.B. King, died March 21 at his home in Austin from cardiac arrest. Last month, ...

Pinetop Perkins was one of the last great Mississippi bluesmen still performing. He began playing blues around 1927 and is widely regarded as one of the best blues pianists. He created a style of ...

Blues musician Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, who this year became the oldest person ever to win a Grammy Award, died at his Austin home on Monday at age 97. "He went to take a nap and didn't wake up," ...

. Perkins was around 30 at the time, and had been playing professionally since he was a teen in the ’20s. In 2010, Perkins and Smith are touring together. They’ll be at the State Theatre Friday.

Pinetop Perkins, the boogie-woogie piano player who worked in Muddy Waters’ last great band and was among the last surviving members of the first generation of Delta bluesmen, died Monday at his home ...

LITTLE ROCK — LEXINGTON, Ky. - Pinetop Perkins is much loved for his ageless boogie-woogie piano rolls and bold blues phrasings. "I think people like the stuff I'm doing," said Perkins, who turned 95 ...