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Blues on WGBH
 Saturdays, 9pm on WGBH 89.7
Hosted by Brendan Hogan (shown), Blues on WGBH covers the rich legacy and living tradition of the blues. Listen for artist spotlights at 11pm.
COMING UP ON BLUES ON WGBH
Saturday, July 5, 2008, 11pm on WGBH 89.7
Piano player Pinetop Perkins (shown, born Joe Willie Perkins on July 7, 1913, in Belzoni, Miss.) turns 95 this year. One of the very last of a rare breed of Delta blues musicians,
Perkins began his career as a guitarist but switched to the piano after injuring the tendons in his left arm in a fight with a choirgirl in Helena, Ark. Pinetop played in Muddy Waters's band for more than a decade before leaving in 1979 to start the longstanding Legendary Blues Band with singer Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. Perkins currently resides in Austin, Texas, where he plays regular gigs at famed blues club Nuno's on Sixth. In 2005, Perkins received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Blues on WGBH
Sat., 9pm, WGBH 89.7
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