Albums by Pinetop Perkins
ALBUMHow LongPinetop Perkins
ALBUMHeavenPinetop Perkins
ALBUMJoined At the Hip: Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" SmithPinetop Perkins
ALBUMOn TopPinetop Perkins
ALBUMLadies ManPinetop Perkins
ALBUMThe Complete Hightone SessionsPinetop Perkins
ALBUMPïnetop Is Just Top (Blues Reference (recorded in Switzerland 1976))Pinetop Perkins
ALBUMThe Memphis Barbecue SessionsBig Jack Johnson, Kim Wilson & Pinetop Perkins
ALBUMBack On TopPinetop Perkins
ALBUMLegendsPinetop Perkins & Hubert Sumlin
Artist Biography
Prominent in the development of a modern boogie woogie style, pianist Pinetop Perkins accompanied Big Joe Williams, Robert Nighthawk, and Sonny Boy Williamson (I). He also recorded a celebrated version of Pinetop Smith's "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" in 1953, leading many to mistakenly attribute the original composition to him (Perkins acquired his nickname from the tune). In Chicago, he took over the piano chair from Otis Spann in Muddy Water's band in 1969. Perkins released contemporary blues albums into the 2000s, in 2010 collaborating with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith for Joined at the Hip, which won a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album. On March 21, 2011, Perkins died from a heart attack at age 97 at his home in Austin, Texas.
Hometown
Belzoni, MS, United States
Genre
Blues