Recordémosle en acción, en un enérgico "Kansas City" junto a la última gran banda de Muddy (Varsovia, 1976). "...with my Kansas City woman, and a bottle of that cherry wine":
Y por cierto, qué curioso, a lo mejor está cambiando un poquillo la perspectiva desde aquellos "corregidos" tiempos, los 90, en que obligaron a Robert Johnson a "dejar de fumar". Esto dice hoy el New York Times sobre Pinetop Perkins:
"His longevity as a performer was remarkable — all the more so considering his fondness for cigarettes and alcohol; by his own account he began smoking at age 9 and didn’t quit drinking until he was 82. Few people working in any popular art form have been as prolific in the ninth and tenth decades of their lives."
-Jay Bee Rodríguez
Pinetop Perkins, segundo por la izq., en el show radiófonico de Sonny Boy
Williamson "King Biscuit Time", en la KFFA de Helena, Arkansas.
Williamson "King Biscuit Time", en la KFFA de Helena, Arkansas.
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