If you wanted to write a novel about Delta blues, you could cover a lot of ground with one main character — Pinetop Perkins. Born in 1913 in Belzoni, Miss., cousin to Elmore James and “Homesick” James ...

Muddy Waters was looking for a new piano player when chain-smoking journeyman Pinetop Perkins showed off his aggressive keyboarding during a jam session. “He liked what he heard. The rest is history,” ...

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 a nap and didn't wake up," ...