After hours is the debut soloalbum of the blues piano player pinetop perkins. It was at this session that he recorded his version of pinetop smiths boogie woogie. Pinetop perkins boogie woogie king full album youtube. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. He recorded pinetops boogie woogie at sam phillipss sun studio in memphis, tennessee. Typeset to match the sheet music in the public domain in the eu boogie. They used to call me pinetop, he recalled, because i played that song. Pinetop continued to play with nighthawk, hooker, and others at different times and also worked at. You can buy latest album joined at the hip with willie smith 2010 pinetop perkins. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Released in 2003 from a 1979 album that was recorded in 1978. Released in 1988 by blind pig records, the album, produced by edward chmelewski and jerry del giudice, featured 12 songs, including blues standards and.
He gave himself the nickname pinetop because he liked the music of pinetop smith. Listen free to pinetop perkins boogie woogie king pinetop is just top, pinetops boogie woogie and more. Pinetop perkins download blues album pinetop perkins. He began his career as a guitarist, but then injured the tendons in his left arm in a fight with a choirgirl in helena, arkansas. Pinetop, who was born july 7, 19, near belzoni, mississippi, took up piano as a teenager. Pinetop perkins, 97, a blues pianist who worked with such legendary musicians as muddy waters, sonny boy williamson and b. Dec 14, 2016 pinetop perkins boogie woogie king full album. He admittedly wasnt the originator of the seminal piano piece pinetop s boogie woogie. Mar 22, 2011 in 1976, perkins recorded boogie woogie king, a european solo album.
Pinetops boogie woogie writtenby clarence pinetop smith, willie perkins 4. Soon perkins pictured right, ap was poached by sonny boy williamson ii, the harmonica master whose work on the king biscuit time on kffa. Pinetop perkins pinetops boogie woogie releases discogs. Pinetop perkins obituary by howard reich chicago tribune. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. King in memphis, perkins barnstormed the south with earl hooker during the early fifties. He is backed by the new yorkbased blues band, little mike and the tornadoes, using the chicago blues approach. Perkins trademark boogie woogie riffs, rumbling rhythms, lefthand lines, and.
The best was seeing pinetop on stage a couple of times with the younger daryl davis, a local washington pianist that can play the boogiewoogie with pinetop as. Pinetop was the rare musician who could fully capture the spirit of a 60yearold recording and deliver it crisply and organically. Take a little walk with me writtenby robert lockwood jr. This will include lunch for the workshop participant for three days. Although he did not have an album issued under his name as a leader until 1988, pianist pinetop perkins actually should have had one released in 1976, when he cut the eight tracks on this recently reissued evidence cd for the black and blue label. Boogie woogie king has been added to your cart add to cart. This tension between painterly and cinematic space is not only experienced as an intellectual contrast but is also felt as a dialectic between permanence and impermanence. Pinetop perkins timeline featuring albums and other.
Boogie woogie king was perkins first solo album in 1976 and. Jun 04, 2015 pinetop perkins with his pinetop s boogie woogie from muddy mississippi waters live legacy edition. In 1953 perkins recorded two versions of pinetops boogie woogie when he, boyd gilmore, and earl hooker did a session together for sam phillipss sun label in memphis. Perkins was only 15 years old in 1928, when smith recorded pinetop s boogie woogie. Flac download pinetop perkins boogie woogie king 1976. In the 1950s, perkins joined earl hooker and began touring, stopping to record pinetop s boogie woogie written by pinetop smith at sam phillips studio in memphis. Perkins has been the subject of two documentary films. Four of his songs were included two years later in an anthology series, living chicago blues. Likewise, sweet home chicago, a song vilifed by many as a trite touristpleaser, becomes vigorous and individualized in pinetops hands and is a great vehicle for his boogie style. Pinetop perkins, the boogie woogie piano player who worked in muddy waterss last great band and was among the last surviving members of the first generation of delta bluesmen, died on monday at. He played with some of the most influential blues and rockandroll performers of his time and received numerous honors, including a grammy lifetime achievement award and induction into the blues hall of fame.
Clarence pinetop smiths original 1928 recording of pinetop s boogie woogie provided joe willie perkins with both a nickname and a theme song. Apr 04, 2011 pinetop perkins born joe willie perkins on july 7, 19march 21, 2011 was an american blues musician. Pinetop s boogie woogie pinetop perkins, smith, pinetop. Silvan zingg from manno near lugano started as a little boy to improvise on the piano of his mother. The title track is a cover of robert nighthawks 1949 black angel blues sweet black angel based on lucille bogans black angel blues from 1930 covered by tampa red in 1934 with the same title and recut by. Pinetop perkins, boogiewoogie pianist to blues legends.
Pinetop perkins, the boogie woogie piano player, died monday at his home in austin, tx, according to his official website. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Joseph william perkins july 7, 19 march 21, 2011, known by the stage name pinetop perkins, was an american blues pianist. Pinetop continued to play with nighthawk, hooker, and others at different times and also worked at a laundry and a garage. Usercontributed text is available under the creative commons bysa license and may also be available under the gnu fdl. Here you can buy and download music mp3 pinetop perkins. Flac download pinetop perkins heritage of the blues. Muddy waters,buddy guy,junior wells,with pinetop perkins,bill wyman. He was also inspired by the records of leroy carr, little brother montgomery, roosevelt sykes, and. Listen online songs from pinetop perkins daily updates. Pinetop perkins and a little thing called pinetop boogie woogie right here on the biscuit king biscuit time. Boogie woogie king by pinetop perkins new on cd fye.
Joe willie pinetop perkins july 7, 19 march 21, 2011 was an american blues pianist. Pinetop perkins and friends, released on telarc in the summer of 2008, positioned pinetop in the midst of several highprofile guests including such luminaries as eric clapton, b. Delta bluesman pinetop perkins a longlasting master of. In 1976, perkins recorded boogie woogie king, a european solo album. Sent this back as the voice over piano was poor and this album is more blues than boogie woogie piano. See all 6 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Pinetops boogie woogie in f edited by tiny parham sheet. Boogie woogie king 1976 pinetop is just top pinetop s boogie woogie take a little walk with me rockin the boogie so many days jackson town gal sweet black angel lend me your love after hours 1988 with little mike and the tornadoes got my mojo workin after hours the hucklebuck sit in the easy chair thinks like a million chicken shack im your hoochie coochie. Listen free to pinetop perkins boogie woogie king pinetop is just top, pinetop s boogie woogie and more. Sweet black angel is an album recorded by blues pianist pinetop perkins and released in 1998. Pinetop perkins boogie woogie king reissue 19761992. Boogie woogie king by pinetop perkins album, boogie. Perkins played with some of the most influential blues and rock and roll performers in american history and received numerous honors during his lifetime, including a grammy lifetime achievement award and induction into the blues hall of fame. Albums include the alligator records 20th anniversary collection, martin scorsese presents the blues.
Pinetop perkins boogie woogie king 1992, cd discogs. Oh, oh, i know yall know that my book, i tell you that i wanna try that and i want you to go to bed i wanna say it again all you wanna try to get so get it stop. Pinetop s boogie woogie writtenby clarence pinetop smith, willie perkins 4. Pinetop perkins download all blues songs pinetop perkins. Perkins played with some of the most influential blues and rock and roll performers in american history and received numerous honors during his lifetime, including a grammy lifetime achievement award and induction into the blues hall of. Although pinetop never played swing, it was his brand of boogiewoogie that. Pinetop is just top pinetop perkins, perkins, pinetop. He won the grammy lifetime achievement award in 2005.
Pinetop perkins simple english wikipedia, the free. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Beginning in 1992 with pinetop s boogie woogie, he released a string of 15 albums in as many years. Boogie woogie king was perkins first solo album in 1976. Find pinetop perkins discography, albums and singles on allmusic.
The mississippi native, who is said to have taught ike turner. Pinetop perkins, joe willie perkins, american blues pianist born july 7, 19, near belzoni, miss. Perkins trademark boogie woogie riffs, rumbling rhythms, lefthand lines, and spinning phrases. B king leads tributes to pinetop perkins telegraph.
In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. He also appeared in clint eastwood s 2003 documentary piano blues. Mar 22, 2011 boogie woogie king was perkins first solo album in 1976. At the age of 18, he appeared at the masters of boogie woogie night in charleston, south carolina. Pinetop perkins simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lyrics to pinetop s boogie woogie by pinetop perkins. Perkins actually got his nickname by playing pinetop s boogie woogie, written by pinetop smith see above. By this time, pinetop had developed his own unmistakable sound. One way boogie woogie 1 hours and 00 minutes movie 2006 sixty oneminute shots with no camera movement. King, died march 21 at his home in austin from cardiac arrest. Take a little walk with me pinetop perkins, lockwood, robert jr.
Mar 22, 2011 pinetop perkins, the boogiewoogie piano player who worked in muddy waterss last great band and was among the last surviving members of the first generation of delta bluesmen, died on monday at. Sent this back as the voice over piano was poor and this album is more blues than boogie. In 1953 perkins recorded two versions of pinetop s boogie woogie when he, boyd gilmore, and earl hooker did a session together for sam phillipss sun label in memphis. King for a short time and was part of muddy waters band for more than ten years. The pair completed a session for sam phillips famous sun records in 1953. Piano blues pinetop perkins boogie woogie king 1976.
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