Pinetop Perkins, Blues Piano Player, Waters Sideman, Dies at 97
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Pinetop Perkins, the Mississippi Delta-born piano player who performed with bluesman Muddy Waters for more than a decade and started a solo career in his 70s, has died. He was 97.
He died today at his home in Austin, Texas, the Associated Press reported, citing his manager, Hugh Southard. The cause was cardiac arrest.