Pinetop Perkins, one of the last old-school bluesmen who played with Muddy Waters and became the oldest Grammy winner this year, died Monday at his home of cardiac arrest. He was 97.
Perkins was having chest pains when he went to take a nap and paramedics could not revive him, said Hugh Southard, Perkins’ agent for the last 15 years.
The piano man played with an aggressive style and sang with a distinctive gravelly voice.
“He was one of the last great Mississippi Bluesmen,”
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