Blues legend Perkins dies, 97
By Shelia Byrd and Jim Vertuno | China Daily | Updated: 2011-03-23 08:04
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Grammy winning blues pianist Pinetop Perkins at the annual festival at Hopson Plantation in Clarksdale, Missouri, on Oct 11, 2009. Perkins, one of the last old-school bluesmen and oldest Grammy winner, died at age 97 on Monday. Rogelio V. Solis / Reuters |
Old-school bluesman is the oldest Grammy winner
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