Legendary multi-Grammy-winning blues pianist Pinetop Perkins has died at his home in Austin, according to his Web site. Perkins, who was part of Muddy Waters’ band for years, was 97. No cause of death ...

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - 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 ...

B.B. King called Perkins, who played locally, “one of last great Mississippi Bluesmen.” In this 2009 file photo, Grammy winning blues pianist Joe Willie ‘Pinetop’ Perkins gestures during a festival in ...

Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a two-part series. Pinetop Perkins’ formula youth seems hard to swallow: He’s smoked cigarettes for 86 years, eats at McDonald’s every day and goes to ...

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Pianist Pinetop Perkins was an ideal sideman for blues heroes Muddy Waters, Robert Nighthawk and Sonny Boy Williamson. And he's played everywhere, from Arkansas juke joints and Chicago blues dens to ...

There's an old saying from the Delta that goes, "You gotta live the blues to play the blues." It makes sense. Lyrics like "If I get to thinkin' about my baby, I wanna jump overboard and drown" don't ...

Staff and Wire Reports AUSTIN, Texas — Pinetop Perkins, one of the last old-school bluesmen who played with Muddy Waters and who became the oldest Grammy winner this year, died Monday at his ...