RIP Joe Willie “Pinetop” Perkins – “It is with deep sadness that we announce Pinetop Perkins passed away peacefully at home on Monday, March 21, 2011 in Austin, TX at the age of 97.” One of the last great Mississippi bluesmen, having played with Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Nighthawk, and for a number of years, the great Muddy Waters. Pinetop & friends at his 95th birthday; Pinetop Perkins with Willie Big Eyed Smith; Muddy Waters with Pinetop Perkins, 1970s
Pinetop Perkins, Harvelle’s Santa Monica – Mojo Workin’
Miss Ida Bee and How Long – both about 1990 with LA Jones & the Blues Messengers
At SXSW 2005
