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Pinetop Perkins was 83-years-old when he recorded Born in the Delta in 1996. As a singer, he still had plenty of soul and spirit and got his points across convincingly. And as a pianist, he still had sizable chops. In terms of material, he tends to favor blues standards that have been done to death, including Jimmy Reed's "Baby, What You Want Me to Do?," Peter Chatman's "Everyday I Have the Blues," Leroy Carr's "How Long, How Long Blues" and Paul Gayten's "For You My Love." One could nitpick about the onetime Muddy Waters sideman so often choosing the obvious, but given how much fun he's clearly having at this session, it's hard to complain. Thankfully, Perkins gives himself sufficient solo space, and he has competent support in harmonica player Jerry Portnoy and electric guitarist Tony O.
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Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Chatman, ComposerLyricist - Pinetop Perkins, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Smith, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Bishop, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Robinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony-O, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Vickers, Bass Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elaine Martone, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Randy Labbe, Producer, Recording Producer - Thomas Cavalier, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Telarc International Corp.
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pinetop Perkins, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Smith, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Gayten, ComposerLyricist - Michael Bishop, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Robinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony-O, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Vickers, Bass Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elaine Martone, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Randy Labbe, Producer, Recording Producer - Thomas Cavalier, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Telarc International Corp.
ELMORE JAMES, ComposerLyricist - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pinetop Perkins, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Smith, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Bishop, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Robinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony-O, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Vickers, Bass Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elaine Martone, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Randy Labbe, Producer, Recording Producer - Thomas Cavalier, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Telarc International Corp.
Robert Bruce, ComposerLyricist - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, FeaturedArtist - Avery Parrish, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BUDDY FEYNE, ComposerLyricist - Pinetop Perkins, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Smith, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Bishop, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Robinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony-O, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Vickers, Bass Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elaine Martone, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Randy Labbe, Producer, Recording Producer - Thomas Cavalier, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Telarc International Corp.
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pinetop Perkins, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Smith, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Bishop, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Robinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony-O, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Vickers, Bass Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Spires, ComposerLyricist - Elaine Martone, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Randy Labbe, Producer, Recording Producer - Thomas Cavalier, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Telarc International Corp.
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leroy Carr, ComposerLyricist - Pinetop Perkins, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Smith, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Bishop, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J Mayo Williams, ComposerLyricist - Richard Robinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Shayne, ComposerLyricist - Tony-O, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Vickers, Bass Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elaine Martone, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Randy Labbe, Producer, Recording Producer - Thomas Cavalier, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Telarc International Corp.
Jimmy Reed, ComposerLyricist - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pinetop Perkins, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Smith, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Bishop, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Robinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony-O, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Vickers, Bass Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elaine Martone, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Randy Labbe, Producer, Recording Producer - Thomas Cavalier, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Telarc International Corp.
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, FeaturedArtist - Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pinetop Perkins, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Smith, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Bishop, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Robinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony-O, Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brad Vickers, Bass Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elaine Martone, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Randy Labbe, Producer, Recording Producer - Thomas Cavalier, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Telarc International Corp.
Album review
Pinetop Perkins was 83-years-old when he recorded Born in the Delta in 1996. As a singer, he still had plenty of soul and spirit and got his points across convincingly. And as a pianist, he still had sizable chops. In terms of material, he tends to favor blues standards that have been done to death, including Jimmy Reed's "Baby, What You Want Me to Do?," Peter Chatman's "Everyday I Have the Blues," Leroy Carr's "How Long, How Long Blues" and Paul Gayten's "For You My Love." One could nitpick about the onetime Muddy Waters sideman so often choosing the obvious, but given how much fun he's clearly having at this session, it's hard to complain. Thankfully, Perkins gives himself sufficient solo space, and he has competent support in harmonica player Jerry Portnoy and electric guitarist Tony O.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:29
- Main artists: Pinetop Perkins
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Telarc
- Genre: Blues
© 1997 Telarc International Corp. ℗ 1997 Telarc International Corp.
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