Another Bluesman Gone Home...

targa911S · 03-21-2011, 04:49 PM

Pinetop Perkins, dead at age 97. Rest in peace. Back with Muddy again.

KFC911 · 03-21-2011, 04:56 PM

Damn...One of the kindest gentlemen I've ever met. I've got a vivid memory of him playing in a friend's living room a few years back. RIP Pinetop...

targa911S · 03-21-2011, 04:59 PM

Get out! Really? I still can see him in a red suit and a red derby hat at Skippers Smokehouse in Tampa.

KFC911 · 03-21-2011, 05:06 PM

I remember you telling me that several years ago...when you mentioned "your" Pinetop (drummer?) in passing and I asked. Bob Margolin (mentored by Muddy) has lived in this area for years, thus the connection. Pinetop almost moved down here, due to health reasons, and in with a friend who's like a "mother" to many of these "older cats"...you'd dig the pics on her fridge Dave. I'm actually smiling now despite sorrow...Pinetop was like that.

targa911S · 03-21-2011, 05:14 PM

Keith that is SOOOO cool.

Gogar · 03-21-2011, 06:46 PM

I saw him in the back hallway at Antone's about a month ago, lookin' smooth as always. RIP Pinetop.

craigster59 · craigster59's Garage

Damn, I hate to see the old guard go. RIP Pinetop.

targa911S · 03-21-2011, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Gogar

I saw him in the back hallway at Antone's about a month ago, lookin' smooth as always. RIP Pinetop.

Always the sharp dressed man. Buddy Guy has got to hear the clock ticking.

onlycafe · 03-21-2011, 07:55 PM

just saw him last week on a pbs special.
godspeed pinetop, r.i.p.

azasadny · azasadny's Garage

Sad when these old masters go....

azasadny · azasadny's Garage

Meanwhile, Keith Richards is still with us... Where's the justice?!

KFC911 · 05:23 AM

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Meanwhile, Keith Richards is still with us... Where's the justice?!

You dis Keef in front of a lot of these old blues guys (particularly Muddy's contemporaries) and they'd set you straight REAL quick

. Without KR (and the Stones), most of these older cats would've died in obscurity a few decades ago and NEVER enjoyed their success in later life. JMO, but the Stones (amongst a few others of note) were my doorway to the blues scene.

targa911S · 03-22-2011, 05:40 AM

Amen. Keith is one of my biggest heros. Although for me, I was listening to the old delta boys long before I heard the stones.

Gogar · 03-22-2011, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by azasadny

Meanwhile, Keith Richards is still with us... Where's the justice?!

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Originally Posted by KC911

You dis Keef in front of a lot of these old blues guys (particularly Muddy's contemporaries) and they'd set you straight REAL quick

. Without KR (and the Stones), most of these older cats would've died in obscurity a few decades ago and NEVER enjoyed their success in later life.

That's true on a lot of levels; Without Keith Richards Hubert Sumlin would have died of lung cancer five years ago.

craigster59 · craigster59's Garage

Lost 2 of the greats of "Bakersfield Sound", Ferlin Husky and now Ralph Mooney. RIP boys..
Obituary: Ralph Mooney dies at 82; influential steel guitarist played with Buck Owens, Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard - latimes.com

Paul_Heery · Paul_Heery's Garage

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Originally Posted by Gogar

That's true on a lot of levels; Without Keith Richards Hubert Sumlin would have died of lung cancer five years ago.

I had to look that up. Quite a story and quite a life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/nyregion/06artsnj.html

azasadny · azasadny's Garage

Sorry guys, I didn't mean to rile anyone up, I was referring to Keith's "lifestyle choices". I didn't know he was up for sainthood. Seriously, Little Feat and Led Zeppelin got me into the blues, but I don't look at Lowell George or anyone in Led Zeppelin as positive role models. I'm glad you guys see another side to Keith and I'm very glad you're into the blues because they are fantastic!!

KFC911 · 03-22-2011, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Gogar

That's true on a lot of levels; Without Keith Richards Hubert Sumlin would have died of lung cancer five years ago.

Although I seen Hubert a bunch of times over the years too, I "don't get out" much in recent years, and wasn't even aware. Thanks...

KFC911 · 03-22-2011, 04:46 PM

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Sorry guys, I didn't mean to rile anyone up, I was referring to Keith's "lifestyle choices". I didn't know he was up for sainthood. Seriously, Little Feat and Led Zeppelin got me into the blues....

I was just pickin' with ya, not riled. Many of these older guys weren't saints either...just survivors. I think I went through three copies of "Waiting For Columbus"....definitely one of my "10 desert island discs". Same for Zep, early Allman Bros., Derek & TD, etc. All of 'em rocked me into the blues, but KR was always the one to always shine the spotlight back and give tribute to these older guys...Muddy, Wolf et al and they DO appreciate it.

"Saint Keith" .... I don't think so, doesn't sound right AT ALL!
"Saint Keef" .... maybe with LOTS of practice

Zeke · 05:05 PM

I can't seem to embed the YouTube link, but go there.
YouTube - Goin' Down Slow
If that doesn't work, Google Youtube and "goin down slow."

He was the master. And he wrote his own eulogy. Listen to it.

edit: I see St. Louis Jimmy actually wrote the song.