Pinetop Perkins

About

Joseph William Perkins (July 7, 1913 – March 21, 2011), known by the stage name Pinetop Perkins, was an American blues pianist. Perkins played with some of the most influential blues and rock and roll performers in American history and received numerous honors during his lifetime, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Blues Hall of Fame. Perkins was born in Belzoni, Mississippi. He began his career as a guitarist, but then injured the tendons in his left arm in a fight with a chorus girl in Helena, Arkansas.

Top Tracks

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   Pinetop's Boogie Woogie

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   Blues After Hours

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   Pinetop Boogie woogie

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   Take It Easy Baby

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   Chicken Shack

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   Big Fat Mama

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   Kansas City

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   High Heel Sneakers

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