Blog posts for Big D

RIP Pinetop Perkins July 7, 1913 to March 21, 2011. Nobody can live forever, but for a period of time in his long life of 97 years, the legendary Pinetop Perkins made us think it was possible. It is with tears that we say goodbye to one of the most loved and highly respected blues musicians of our time. Pinetop Perkins died today of heart failure at his home in Austin, Texas.

This may be a SMALL thing, but seem to have a life of its' own. One of the twenty-nine songs of Robert Johnson is "Crossroad". By the passage of time and ear-to-mouth transfer of the title it has become crossroads by the addition of the s on the end. Let's set the record straight.

After two nights of competition here in Memphis, we moove to the semiFinal round tonight. The level of competition is very high with over 200 acts here fro all over the world. New Oleans own Big Daddy O' has advanced to the next round. From tonight's performances will be picked the 8 solo/duo acts the will be in the finals tomorrow night at the Historic Orpheum Theatre.

Trout did a fine job with "Crossroad" this week, I had a chance to listen while in Cherokee to do a little gem mining.