Silky’s Sunday Blues: Pinetop Perkins Edition

At 97 years-old, Joseph “Pinetop” Perkins is the oldest living Delta blues musician who continues to tour and perform live shows in the United States - David “Honeyboy” Edwards is another elder blues statesman, he’s still rockin’ at 95. 

Perkins plays “Chicken Shack”  on WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour:

Perkins performs “How Long” with LA Jones and The Blues Messengers:

Pinetop’s rendition of a blues standard, “Got My Mojo Working”:

This post was written by Silky Johnson on August 22, 2010
Posted Under: Silky's Sunday Blues