For blues fest, excitement gets red hot in Bisbee (4) Sep 21, 2009
Pinetop Perkins was presented with a living legend award, given by Old Bisbee Music LLC and Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation, Austin said ... We re honored to be sharing the stage with Pinetop Perkins and Tommy Castro; it s definitely a big deal. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Bisbee set for Blues Fest Sep 18, 2009
Home plate is being transformed into a stage for the event that will feature Tommy Castro, Pinetop Perkins, Big Pete Pearson, Train Wreck, The Sugar Thieves and The King Bees, said Jessica Sturdevant of Old Bisbee Music. For decades, Pinetop Perkins has been entertaining audiences, and this year he s at the Blues Fest. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Arkansas blues festival to charge admission Jul 5, 2009
Main stage acts at this year's festival will include Bobby Rush, John Primer, the Cate Brothers Band, Michael Burks, Red Holloway, Pinetop Perkins, John Hammond and Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets. Music on the stage starts at noon each day and ends at midnight. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 5-11 Jul 2, 2009
July 7: Blues pianist Pinetop Perkins is 96. Bandleader Doc Severinsen is 82. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Charley Pride, Marty Stuart, Pinetop Perkins on lineup for Mississippi Grammy event May 11, 2009
Exclusive behind-the-scenes pics from television and movie sets. THIS WEEK's HOT MUSIC VIDEO. (FOX61, CT)
Brent shares honors with her hometown of Greenville May 10, 2009
Brent was also nominated for Best New Artist Debut and the Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year. It was an electric night, said Brent, who not only found herself among some of the world s top tier blues musicians, B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Irma Thomas, Bobby Rush, Marcia Ball, Denise LaSalle and Janiva Magness she performed at the event as well. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
Eden Brent earns 2 May 9, 2009
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player: Marcia Ball. Rock Blues Album of the Year: Mess of Blues - Jeff Healey. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
State Grammy gala moves to Tunica May 9, 2009
The third annual Mississippi Grammy gala will be held May 28, this time in Tunica, with performances by such music greats as country artists Charley Pride, Marty Stuart and bluesman Pinetop Perkins. Also on the roster are R Dorothy Moore, soul-gospel greats The Williams Brothers, blues singer Eddie Cotton, pianist Eden Brent a nd singer-songwriter Nanette Workman. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Blues Music Awards span genre's past, present, future May 6, 2009
The Homemade Jamz Blues Band: These youngsters from Tupelo, Miss. are Kyle, 14, Taya, 10, and Ryan Perry, 17. (USA Today)
INgrooves Partners With Telarc and Heads Up International Apr 29, 2009
The Telarc and Heads Up catalog ranges from such jazz icons as Dave Brubeck, Michael Brecker, George Duke, Joe Zawinul, Oscar Peterson, McCoy Tyner and Stanley Clarke to blues legends like Taj Mahal, Junior Wells, Pinetop Perkins and Tab Benoit. The roster also features contemporary jazz artists like Candy Dulfer, Victor Wooten, Fourplay, Marcus Miller, Spyro Gyra, Yellowjackets, Hiroshima and Najee, as well as world and pop stars including Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
A political entry to the Grammys Feb 7, 2009
Oldest nominee Blues pianist Pinetop Perkins, 95, was born two years after devil-collaborating guitarist Robert Johnson. Sign the Grammys are overhyped Wednesday's broadcast of Katie Couric's All Access Grammy Special, in which Taylor Swift was unable to provide a single example of John McCain ever leading the charge for more Wall Street oversight. (Globe and Mail)
