Tuesday, March 22, 2011

R.I.P Muddy Waters




Legendary piano player Joe Willie “Pinetop” Perkins passed away from cardiac arrest Monday at his home in North Austin. Perkins was 97 years old.

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 23, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    Huh? Are you suggesting Muddy took his identity? OR...just a mistake with the title?

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  2. anonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 5:27 AM

    As legend has it, Pinetop was actually called Muddy Waters before "Muddy Waters" took on the stage name.

    In other words, Pinetop was the original Muddy Waters who later became a legendary blues piano player and the other Muddy Waters Sideman.

    Offstage, everyone called Pinetop "Muddy Waters".

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  3. AnonymousMarch 25, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    Oooh. Interesting!

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  4. AbelApril 1, 2011 at 2:14 AM

    soloman burke not long ago...shock!! some of songs scare me, r.i.p.

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