Pinetop Perkins - On the 88’s: Live in Chicago (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 167 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 113 Mb
Label: Sagebrush | # SB-CD-101 | Time: 00:48:39 | Scans included
Genre: Piano Blues, Chicago Blues, Boogie-Woogie
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 167 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 113 Mb
Label: Sagebrush | # SB-CD-101 | Time: 00:48:39 | Scans included
Genre: Piano Blues, Chicago Blues, Boogie-Woogie
In 2001, legendary blues pianist Pinetop Perkins was edging up on 88 years of age when he played the concert date in Chicago documented on this album. Perkins sounds plenty spry here, but this certainly doesn't capture the great man at his best; Perkins was a pioneer of the boogie-woogie style and was a longtime member of Muddy Waters' band, but most of On the 88's: Live in Chicago is devoted to easygoing midtempo numbers that sound a bit timid compared to what he played in his prime. Perkins shows he still had a great touch on this recording, and his timing is more than fine, but his left hand doesn't quite anchor these tunes the way he did in his salad days (it might have helped if he'd been given a better piano for this gig, since the instrument has the tone of a second-rate electronic keyboard), and even if his singing is game, his voice was showing its wear.