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Pinetop Perkins
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At 87, the great Chicago pianist Pinetop Perkins isn’t as flashy and energetic as he was in the Muddy Waters Band for so many years. He’s content to let his own electric-blues quartet do most of the work on familiar blues-and-rock standards like “Hi-Heel Sneakers” and “Kansas City.” Though his gruff voice keeps the songs bright, he shows fire only in short bursts, such as the bum-ba-bum-ba opening to “Down In Mississippi.” These days, despite cameos by Corey Harris and harpist Sugar Ray Norcia, Perkins is much more effective by himself, when he can really stretch out.
