Portrait of a Delta Bluesman

• Artist: Pinetop Perkins
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1993
• Total Time: 55:22
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Blues

Review

Considerably more ambitious than just another Perkins set, this solo disc intersperses key songs from his storied history with interview segments that reveal much about the man himself, from his Delta beginnings to when he replaced Otis Spann in Muddy Waters' vaunted band. ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Beginnings	Robert Lamm	Pinetop Perkins	(:21)
Come Back Baby	Lightnin' Hopkins, Walter Davis	Pinetop Perkins	(4:57)
Big Fat Mama	William Perkins	Pinetop Perkins	(3:38)
The Chimney Story		Pinetop Perkins	(:37)
Baby, What You Want Me to Do	J. Reed, Jimmy Reed	Pinetop Perkins	(4:08)
Pinetop's First Band		Pinetop Perkins	(:33)
Chicago Stomp	Pinetop Perkins	Pinetop Perkins	(3:06)
Stabbed by an Angry Woman		Pinetop Perkins	(:29)
Chains of Love	Little Brother Montgomery, Van Wells, Andy Bell, Ahmet Nugetre, Vince Clarke	Pinetop Perkins	(6:38)
Earning His Name		Pinetop Perkins	(:15)
Pinetop's Boogie Woogie	Pinetop Smith	Pinetop Perkins	(3:15)
Delta Ramblings		Pinetop Perkins	(:19)
Grindin' Man	William Perkins	Pinetop Perkins	(6:08)
The Wolf and the Mule		Pinetop Perkins	(:41)
Forty-Four	Chester Arthur Burnett	Pinetop Perkins	(4:11)
When I Lost My Baby	Ivory Joe Hunter	Pinetop Perkins	(5:04)
Early Piano Influences		Pinetop Perkins	(:30)
Caldonia	Fleecy Moore, Fleecie Moore	Pinetop Perkins	(4:18)
Joining Muddy Waters' Band		Pinetop Perkins	(:29)
Pinetop's Blues	Pinetop Smith	Pinetop Perkins	(5:45)

Credits

George Kilby Jr. (Producer), Pinetop Perkins (Guitar), Pinetop Perkins (Vocals), Shonna Valeska (Photography), George Kilby (Producer), Katsuhiko Naito (Engineer), Bob Ward (Digital Editing), George Kilby Jr. (Liner Notes), Johnny Rodgers (Portraits), Bob Ward (Producer), Pinetop Perkins (Piano), Robert Spencer (Photography)