January 4, 2015

PINETOP PERKINS w/ the Tony O Band - Live 1994.10.30 Dinosaur Bar-B-Que Syracuse, NY






 Pinetop Perkins was one of the last great Mississippi bluesmen.  He began playing blues in the late 1920s, and is widely regarded as one of the best – and certainly most enduring – blues pianists. He has forged a style that has influenced three generations of piano players, and continues to be the yardstick by which great blues pianists are measured.

Born Willie Perkins in Belzoni, Mississippi in 1913, Pinetop started out playing guitar and piano at house parties and honky-tonks, but dropped the guitar in the 1940s after sustaining a serious injury in his left arm. He worked primarily in the Mississippi Delta throughout the 1930s and ‘40s, spending three years with Sonny Boy Williamson on the King Biscuit Time radio show on KFFA in Helena, Arkansas. Pinetop also toured extensively with slide guitar player Robert Nighthawk and backed him on an early Chess session. After briefly working with B.B. King in Memphis, Perkins barnstormed the South with Earl Hooker during the early ‘50s. The pair completed a session for Sam Phillips’ famous Sun Records in 1953. It was at this session that he recorded his version of “Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie,” a song originally written and recorded by pianist Clarence “Pinetop” Smith – the influential blues pianist who had died from a gunshot wound at age 24 in 1929. Although referred to as “Pinetop” when he played on King Biscuit in the 40s, it was his sensational version of this song that secured his lifelong nickname.

Although he enjoyed success as a solo artist since the 1980s, Pinetop was known for holding down the piano chair in the great Muddy Waters Band for twelve years during the pinnacle of Muddy’s career. Replacing Otis Spann in 1969, Pinetop helped shape the Waters sound and anchored Muddy’s memorable combo throughout the seventies with his brilliant piano solos. In 1980, Pinetop and other members of Muddy’s crew struck out on their own and formed the Legendary Blues Band – a group that recorded two records for Rounder and toured extensively, culling several GRAMMY® nominations.

 Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins
July 7, 1913 - March 21, 2011

 
Please consider honoring Pinetop's legacy by donating to The Pinetop Perkins Foundation.  Donations can be made by check or through PayPal.
The Pinetop Perkins Foundation is a tax exempt non-profit organization. It's mission is to provide encouragement and support for youth and young people at the beginning of their musical career; and help provide care and safety for elderly musicians at the twilight of their career.



Setlist :

Set 1:
01 Opening (:18)
02 Instrumental Opening (4:29)
03 Instrumental Band Intro (2:38)
04 Instrumental Pinetop Intro (6:57)
05 High Heeled Sneakers (5:51)
06 Goin' Down Slow (6:40)
07 For You, My Love (4:54)
08 Song For Sunnyland Slim (8:24)
09 Kansas City (4:15)
10 Hoochie Coochie Man (7:09)
11 Sweet Home Chicago (7:49)

Set 2 - Disc 1:
01 Let Me Love You Baby (5:03)
02 Instrumental (4:29)
03 Blow Wind Blow (5:22)
04 You Don't Have To Go (7:23)
05 Caldonia (6:06)
06 Low Down Dirty Shame (6:49)
07 Instrumental (4:22)
08 Take Your Eyes Off My Woman (6:46)
09 Hold Yourself (4:33)
10 Miss Ida B. (7:21)
11 Just A Little Bit (4:39)
12 How Long (6:46)

Set 2 - Disc 2:
01 I Keep On Drinkin' (To Drive My Blues Away) (6:45)
02 Big Fat Mama (3:33)
03 I Almost Lost My Mind (6:50)
04 Got My Mojo Working (4:48)
05 Outro (2:36)
06 Instrumental (7:05)
07 Baby, What You Want Me To Do (7:42)
08 Kidney Stew (7:03)
09 Chains of Love (7:54)
10 Got My Mojo Working (5:00)

 over 3 hours here !!
Ill call quality of the recording a 8/10

Pinetop Perkins : electric piano
Tony O : guitar
Matt Turnbull : harmonica
Danny Spidudo : drums
Jimmy Quinn : bass


LINKS: all zippy

1 comment:

Gus said...

simplemente extraordinario