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Taking a stab at the Blues Roadhouse incident leads ‘Pinetop’ Perkins into musical history

But for a juke joint stabbing somewhere in the mid-1940s, Joe Willie “Pinetop” Perkins might be performing Friday night at the 66th National Folk Festival as the world’s greatest blues guitar player instead of the world’s greatest blues piano player. Perkins, an enduring legend at 91, will perform… Read More

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Taking a stab at the Blues Roadhouse incident leads ‘Pinetop’ Perkins into musical history