Pinetop Perkins
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American blues pianist (1913–2011)
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Known for
- Sidemen: Long Road To Glory2016
- Muddy Waters Live in Concert 19762014
- The Man2010
- Muddy Waters: Messin' With The Blues — Self2004
- Mountain Stage Blues Special — Himself2003
- Piano Blues — Self2003
- Muddy Waters Rhythm & Blues Band Festival Concert Dortmund — Piano1976
- Austin City Limits — Self1975
- Soundstage Blues Summit In Chicago: Muddy Waters And Friends — Self/Performer1974
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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Perkins
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Belzoni
- Place of death
- Austin
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Blues Music Award
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- electric piano
- Record label
- Black & Blue
- Official website
- www.pinetopperkins.com
- Image
- Pinetop Perkins.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pinetop Perkins
- date of birth
- 1913-07-07
- date of death
- 2011-03-21
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- name in native language
- Pinetop Perkins
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