Pinetop Perkins

Back in the mid-sixties, Vanguard issued a series of three albums called Chicago/The
Blues/Today!, produced by Sam Charters. In retrospect, most of the performances weren't
really exceptional -- Johnny Shines. Walter Horton, Johnny Young, Junior Wells and Otis
Rush have since made better recordings -- but when these LPs appeared, they were a
revelation. Because here was evidence of a blues tradition, rooted in the Deep... More >