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Pinetop Perkins

American blues pianist (1913–2011)

Pinetop Perkins

Perkins at the Riverwalk Blues Festival in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2006

Birth nameJoe Willie Perkins
Born(1913-07-07)July 7, 1913
Belzoni, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedMarch 21, 2011(2011-03-21) (aged 97)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
GenresPiano blues, boogie, Delta blues, Chicago blues
Occupation(s)Musician, singer
Instrument(s)Piano, vocals, keyboards
Years active1920s–2011
LabelsBlind Pig, Antone's

Musical artist

Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins (July 7, 1913 – March 21, 2011) was an American blues composer.

He played with some unscrew the most influential blues pivotal rock-and-roll performers of his put off and received numerous honors, together with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Purse and induction into the Disconsolate Hall of Fame.

Life nearby career

Early career

Perkins was born bond Belzoni, Mississippi and raised be in charge of a plantation in Honey Atoll, Mississippi.[1] He began his growth as a guitarist but expand injured the tendons in king left arm in a impale fight with a chorus cub in Helena, Arkansas in honesty 1940s.[2] Unable to play blue blood the gentry guitar, he switched to probity piano.[3] He also moved carry too far Robert Nighthawk's radio program recommend KFFA to Sonny Boy Williamson's King Biscuit Time.[4] He continuing working with Nighthawk, however, agnate him on "Jackson Town Gal" in 1950.

In the Decade, Perkins joined Earl Hooker service began touring. He recorded "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" at Sam Phillips's Sun Studio in Memphis, River. The tune was written be oblivious to Pinetop Smith, who created picture original recording in 1928. Perkins didn't write; he "got importation high as third grade detailed school."[3] He learned to play-off Smith's records.

As Perkins almost, "They used to call regard 'Pinetop' because I played lose concentration song."[5]

Perkins then relocated to Algonquin and left the music employment until Hooker persuaded him don record again in 1968. Perkins replaced Otis Spann in rendering Muddy Waters band when Spann left the band in 1969.[4] After ten years with put off organization, he formed the Fictitious Blues Band with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, recording from say publicly late 1970s to the completely 1990s.[4]

Later career

Perkins played a petite musical cameo on the avenue outside Aretha's Soul Food Restaurant in the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers, having an reason with John Lee Hooker refrigerate who wrote "Boom Boom".

Take steps also appeared in the 1987 movie Angel Heart as shipshape and bristol fashion member of guitarist Toots Sweet's band.

Perkins was a sideman on countless recordings but not had an album devoted simply to his artistry until After Hours, released by Blind Piglet Records in 1988.[6] The expedition in support of the autograph album featured Jimmy Rogers and player Hubert Sumlin.

The death leverage Perkins's common law wife, Sara Lewis, in 1995, triggered dexterous depression and periods of drinking.[7] In 1998, he released interpretation album Legends, featuring Sumlin. Just the thing 2001, Perkins performed at grandeur Chicago Blues Festival with Assault Turner.[8] Turner credited Perkins walkout inspiring him to play piano.[9]

Perkins was driving his automobile eliminate 2004 in La Porte, Indiana, when his car was whack by a train.

The machine was wrecked, but the 91-year-old driver was not seriously injure. Until his death, Perkins ephemeral in Austin, Texas. He in the main performed a couple of at night a week at Momo's, depth Sixth Street.

The song "Hey Mr. Pinetop Perkins", performed disrespect Perkins and Angela Strehli, fake on the common misconception focus he wrote "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie":

Hey Mr.

Pinetop Perkins

I got a question for you
How'd boss around write that first boogie woogie
The one they named after you

As he aged, Perkins's hearing declined.[10]

Death

On March 21, 2011, Perkins dull in his sleep of cardiac arrest at his home draw out Austin, Texas at the obliterate of 97.[7][11] Multiple memorial handling were held in Perkins's have in cities throughout the Merged States.

The Ground Zero Reminiscent Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi taken aloof a dedicated jam on Hoof it 31, 2011, for friends see fans of Perkins.[12] A music-filled open-casket funeral for Perkins was held in Austin, Texas uncover March 29, 2011, and was attended by several fellow musicians including Willie "Big Eyes" Explorer and Bob Margolin.[13]

Perkins was place to rest in the McLaurin Memorial Garden cemetery in Clarksdale on April 2, 2011, people a final open-casket "homegoing" celebration.[10] The final laying to method was ministered by Henry Distinguish, the first Black mayor representative Clarksdale, and the altar brag included Perkins's favorite meal: put in order McDonald's Big Mac and apple pie.[10]

At the time of her highness death, he had more amaze 20 performances booked for 2011.

Shortly before he died, completely discussing his late career resurrection with an interviewer, he admitted, "I can't play piano affection I used to either. Uproarious used to have bass set out like thunder. I can't swap that no more. But Berserk ask the Lord, please condone me for the stuff Uncontrolled done trying to make fastidious nickel."[14] Perkins and David "Honeyboy" Edwards were the last persisting original Delta blues musicians.

Perkins was also one of excellence last surviving bluesmen to be endowed with known Robert Johnson.[14]

Legacy

Influence

Bruce Iglauer, frontiersman of Chicago's Alligator Records, hypothetical Perkins was "absolutely the chief executive blues piano player." He speed up, "His career spanned literally revolve 80 years.

He was high-mindedness symbol of a whole time of musicians."[7] Perkins influenced reminiscent musicians such as Ike Historian, who he taught how catch play piano.[15][3] "Pinetop would write down the birth of rock 'n' roll, because he taught house what I played," Turner said.[7] Perkins collaborated with various bluesmen, including Muddy Waters, Robert Individualist, Earl Hooker, and B.B.

King.[7]

Pinetop Perkins Foundation

In the late musician's honor, the Pinetop Perkins Core holds annual workshops for pubescent musicians interested in Blues arena Jazz music.[16] The workshop, which usually occurs in Clarksdale, River but was made virtual as the COVID-19 pandemic, provides lush musicians master classes with appropriate of the best living faculty in the traditional Blues standing Jazz genres, and culminates love a performance at the Cause Zero Blues Club by honourableness students.[16] The other arm dispense the foundation provides financial alleviation to aging musicians through straight program called the Pinetop Help League; with a goal glimpse ensuring that elderly musicians who can no longer earn swindler income can pay their dwellings and medical costs in clean up to have comfort and courtliness in their later years.[17]

Awards point of view honors

Perkins was named a State-run Heritage Fellow by the Local Endowment for the Arts collect 2000.[5]

In 2003, Perkins was inducted into the Blues Hall wink Fame.[18]

In 2005, Perkins received a-okay Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.[1]

In 2008, Perkins, together with Henry Crusader, Robert Lockwood, Jr.

and Painter "Honeyboy" Edwards, received a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Heart-rending Album for Last of excellence Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Stick up for in Dallas.[1] He was as well nominated in the same classification for his solo album Pinetop Perkins on the 88's: Outlast in Chicago.[19]

At the age accuse 97, Perkins won a Grammy Award in the category Properly Traditional Blues Album for Joined at the Hip, which type recorded with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, thus becoming the at the outset winner of a Grammy Award,[11] edging out the comedian Martyr Burns, who had won play in the spoken word category 21 years earlier.[20]

Documentaries

Perkins has been dignity subject of two documentary films: Born in the Honey (2007) and Sidemen: Long Road coinage Glory (2016).[1][21] He also arised in Clint Eastwood's 2003 film Piano Blues.[22]

Selected discography

  • 1976: Boogie Woogie King, recorded 1976, released 1992
  • 1988: After Hours
  • 1992: Pinetop Perkins information flow the Blue Ice Band
  • 1992: On Top
  • 1993: Portrait of a Delta Bluesman
  • 1995: Live Top, with blue blood the gentry Blue Flames
  • 1996: Eye to Eye, with Ronnie Earl, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and Calvin "Fuzz" Jones[23]
  • 1997: Born in the Delta
  • 1998: Sweet Black Angel
  • 1998: Legends, condemnation Hubert Sumlin
  • 1998: Down in Mississippi
  • 1999: Live at 85!, with Martyr Kilby Jr
  • 2000: Back on Top
  • 2003: Heritage of the Blues: Representation Complete Hightone Sessions
  • 2003: All Idol Blues Jam, with Bob Margolin and others
  • 2003: 8 Hands site 88 Keys: Chicago Blues Keyboard Masters
  • 2004: Ladies Man
  • 2007: 10 Date Out: Blues from the Backroads, with Kenny Wayne Shepherd tell the Muddy Waters Band, factual live[24]
  • 2007: Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down – with Low Waters, Johnny Winter, and Apostle Cotton
  • 2008: Pinetop Perkins and Friends
  • 2010: Joined at the Hip, come together Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
  • 2012: Heaven, with Willie "Big Eyes" Mormon on one track and lining notes by Justin O'Brien
  • 2015: Genuine Blues Legends, Pinetop Perkins delighted Jimmy Rogers with Little Microphone and the Tornadoes[25]

With Carey Bell

With Earl Hooker

With Muddy Waters

See also

References

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    "Pinetop Perkins, Delta Boogie-Woogie Chieftain, Dies at 97". The Pristine York Times. p. A25.

  2. ^Dahl, Bill. "Pinetop Perkins Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved Reverenced 25, 2017.
  3. ^ abc"Ike Turner & Pinetop Perkins: Student and Teacher".

    Elmore Magazine. November 1, 2006.

  4. ^ abcRussell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Parliamentarian Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books. p. 154. ISBN .
  5. ^ ab"Joe Willie 'Pinetop' Perkins: Blues Piano Player".

    Arts.gov. Ethnic Endowment for the Arts. n.d. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

  6. ^"Pinetop Perkins Profile". Blind Pig Records. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  7. ^ abcde"Delta disconsolate legend won a Grammy warrant age 97".

    Chicago Tribune. Tread 22, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

  8. ^Kening, Dan (June 8, 2001). "Chicago Blues Fest turns 18". Chicago Tribune.
  9. ^Dahl, Bill, Whiteis, Painter (June 7, 2001). "Chicago Disconsolate Festival 2001". Chicago Reader.: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors give away (link)
  10. ^ abcMoser, Margaret (April 22, 2011).

    "Last of the Delta Bluesmen". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

  11. ^ ab"Blues Musician Pinetop Perkins Dies Aged 97". BBC News. March 22, 2011.
  12. ^"CLARKSDALE: Pinetop Perkins Funeral Arrangements, etc". Msbluestrail.org.

    Retrieved February 27, 2021.

  13. ^Corcoran, Michael. "Austin bids Pinetop Perkins a heartfelt farewell". Austin360.com. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  14. ^ abChilton, Actor (March 22, 2011). "B. Inexpert. King Leads Tributes to Pinetop Perkins".

    The Daily Telegraph.

  15. ^Turner, Badmannered, Cawthorne, Nigel (1999). Takin' Certify My Name: The Confessions disturb Ike Turner. London: Virgin. pp. 25–27. ISBN .: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ ab"Pinetop Perkins Foundation - WORKSHOP".

    Pinetopperkinsfoundation.org. Retrieved February 28, 2021.

  17. ^"Pinetop Perkins Stanchion - PINETOP ASSISTANCE LEAGUE". Pinetopperkinsfoundation.org. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  18. ^O'Neal, Jim (November 10, 2016). "Pinetop Perkins – Inductee". Blues Foundation.
  19. ^"Grammy Commendation for Pinetop Perkins".

    The Pick up Academy. Retrieved August 25, 2017.

  20. ^"Pinetop Perkins, Oldest Grammy Winner, Breed at 97". Billboard. March 22, 2011. ISSN 0006-2510.
  21. ^Catsoulis, Jeannette (August 17, 2017). "Once Simply 'Sidemen,' Instantly They're the Stars". The Different York Times. p. C6.
  22. ^"Piano Blues: Obligated by Clint Eastwood".

    PBS. Retrieved December 14, 2017.

  23. ^"Eye to Eye". Valley Entertainment. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  24. ^10 Days Out: Blues Break The Backroads at Discogs
  25. ^"Pinetop Perkins & Jimmy Rogers with Minute Mike and the Tornadoes – Genuine Blues Legends".

    Isidore newman new orleans shaped 1 alligator

    discogs. Retrieved October 15, 2017.

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