Blues pianist / singer Pinetop Perkins has played with greats such as Robert Nighthawk, Sonny Boy Williamson, Earl Hooker and Muddy Waters. Now he is out on the blues label of Verve with a great CD entitled Sweet Black Angel, which included Duke Robillard (guitar), Bob Margolin (guitar), Calvin Jones (bass) and "Sax" Gorden Beadle (baritone saxophone). . This blues stays close to the 'roots' of the
… 'real' blues. The influence of the boogie woogie is clearly audible in Perkins' playing. A nice acoustic song is Look On Yonder Wall. Beautiful blues classics that can be heard on this CD include Five Years Long, Who's ol 'Muddy Shoes (Elmore James) and How Long Blues. There are two compositions of Perkins himself on this album: I ' d Rather Quit Her Than Hit Her and Pinetop's Special. (JW) _more
