A Conversation with Pinetop Perkins By POOR WILLIAM The legendary Grammy-winning blues pianist Willie “Pinetop” Perkins died Monday, March 21, 2011, in Austin, TX. Pinetop was slated to attend his 12th annual Pinetop Perkins Homecoming Celebration in Clarksdale at Hopson’s Commissary (the plantation where he had been an ace tractor driver) and the Shack […]
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A Conversation with Pinetop Perkins
March 22, 2011 5 Comments
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