No sweeter man than ol Pine. He passed the chair to me and I about had heart failure....i miss him

I LOVE WHEN I GET A CHANCE TO SEE A MAN, WHO EARNED THE RIGHT TO BE CALLED A LEGEND, IT'S A RARE AND GREAT FEELING IN YOUR SOUL TO HEAR HIM PLAY

Sure as hell 97 % of us listening to this won't make it to his age . Grand ole man .

@mustolourien5823

3 жыл бұрын

Haha you're unfair

@danieleoduro3829

Жыл бұрын

that's not how you give a compliment

@pieterbezuidenhout2741

Жыл бұрын

@@danieleoduro3829 maybe and maybe not so your comment deserves what ? At least I did NOT criticize others as you so gallantly did. Just who do you think you are ? Asshole.

If you can't " Feel The Blues " then you can't understand the music . This man is living history .

@PedalToTheMetal61888

4 жыл бұрын

...''AND WHEN YOU''re...97...years OLD...and still ...GOT...it...You IMMEDIATELY"""...become KNOWN...as...97...YEARS...''Y-O-U-N-G-"""....'''cause you still...'''G-o-t-''...it...get...me...''Hollar''''''p.s.- Baby''...i/m...B-a-c-K-''''

@thefatfrog713

4 жыл бұрын

Damn , back up here 1 month later & foot just automatically starts keeping time . Beat has set the mood for the whole day . Thanks Mr. PineTops .

@albertl.singleton8111

4 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah. He did the dam thing.

@lebredamcelroy832

4 жыл бұрын

A WONDER OF THE WORLD'S BEST HONORABLE 💯 MAN💪🏿☝🏾🙎🏿‍♀️🏋🏽‍♀️🤫💞💯💯💯🗣️

@lebredamcelroy832

4 жыл бұрын

@@PedalToTheMetal61888 SURE have the PIANO FINGERS 👈🙄🏋🏽‍♀️🎭🌞🌞🌞👈🏽🏋🏽‍♀️🏋🏽‍♀️🏋🏽‍♀️🏋🏽‍♀️💪🏿

To you haters, he's lived a hell of a lot longer than you,that man deserves respect, and .

@jeanniecarle1322

4 жыл бұрын

And accomplished a lot more than the haters!

@jeanettedavis1460

4 жыл бұрын

God bless him, amen.

@PedalToTheMetal61888

4 жыл бұрын

...and you YOUNG ...Whipper SNAPPERS are Gonna GiVe Him...R-E-S-P-E-C-T"''...right this ...minute-(-Queen-of-soul-Aretha-FRANKLIN-Turning over -in-Her-Grave-)...(-RIP)...

@gbwildlifeuk8269

4 жыл бұрын

cora lackey "he's lived a hell of a lot longer than you"? How can you say that if the haters are still alive???? Seems you rant like a hater

@ruthveal2854

4 жыл бұрын

Don't talk to a fool that want to be a fool

A gentleman from the era when musicians had class and dress style.....and this dear man still has it.

@mick4849

3 жыл бұрын

You ALL SaID IY your the best

@malcolmfanis3698

3 жыл бұрын

A

@francishintonfrancis5890

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@dollieparson9896

3 жыл бұрын

He is blessed

@JackycClark

3 жыл бұрын

Got to impress the ladies .

That's some in born talent right there, 97 and still playin em keys like that ....some of y'all who gave him thumbs downs won't even be able to wipe their asses at 50.......am jus sayin...

@jessemarshall8900

4 жыл бұрын

MAKE-IT-PLAIN !!! LOL

@marilynclarke6092

4 жыл бұрын

Amen!!!

@bryanjohnson5451

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@pault4486

4 жыл бұрын

You said man.

@solasunny8965

4 жыл бұрын

Well said!! 👍

These old legends also have the coolest names....Pinetop Perkins, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Lightnin Hopkins, T_Bone Walker, B.B.King......God Bless Them All

97 years young. Look at those wonderful hands. Love it!

@creativeministriesofchrist8722

3 жыл бұрын

God bless him

To the thumbs downs and anybody else who needs to hear it, Just getting to hear the purity and soul, by either listening, or being privileged to play alongside someone who's lived through what this man has, and share his gift of music should be celebrated.

singing and playing the piano probably all his life, thats why he is full of life and still has the ability to go on stage. Bravo to you sir

@petrocoetzer504

4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@AngelShona1

3 жыл бұрын

Bravo 👏. Wonderful. Music in yr blood. Blessed

To those who gave this amazing legend a thumbs down. You need to be put in a barrel and rolled down the hill. You need to be ashamed of yourselves. Bravo and congratulations maestro! You’re an inspiration and I wish you continued health, happiness and ultimate blessings.

@bobby12348

5 жыл бұрын

Hehe😁😂

@michaelritete4864

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah let float down the huka falls in taupo nz

@francograpelli3060

5 жыл бұрын

Haha, you spoke out what i was thinking. :))))

@kskraus2262

5 жыл бұрын

Juliet Robin .lmao, it’s great to hear a new saying. Roll them over Niagara Falls.

@georgeshirkey6076

5 жыл бұрын

We’re having a party

Proud as hell of my people !!! That brother still got it . 97 and can still put it down ? C'mon man , when you got it , you just got it.

@oldline90

Жыл бұрын

Every human is out of Africa so he’s my people too.

@Jerry-fd7yd

3 ай бұрын

​@@oldline90 Exactly 💯 Africa 🌍 the birthplace of civilization.

Go Daddy.... youth of today don't recognize real natural born talent..too busy rapping and hollering out mess they call music.... pinetop still got it @ 97 years young..still listening 2020

Pinetop never slacked up. He ate a McDonald’s meal just about every day. I was at a funeral. A Big Mac Meal was placed in his casket with him.

I love this man. I could watch and listen to him play all day. I am a 79 year old white woman. Any more of his recordings out there? I want to know all about him. What a guy. God has been good to him.Thank you for this opportunity to experience this wonderful performance

@zivkovicable

Жыл бұрын

he recorded hundreds of tunes by himself and as a sideman. i'd encourage you to explore because this is not him at his peak...Understandably.

@tomcooley3778

Жыл бұрын

Real tasty though.I could listen for hours .

Living near the Blues Capitol of World Chicago I have been Bless to see Pinetop and many Blues pianists!!!! Made a CD at 95 !!!!!

I love it when an old person PROUDLY PROVES THEY STILL HAVE IT & NEVER LOST IT OR HAD TO LOOK FOR IT!!! Much love from Mobile Alabama.

@francesray1595

4 жыл бұрын

Do. You. Have. Any. Of. Jimmie. Rodgers. Music

@francesray1595

4 жыл бұрын

Look

@francesray1595

4 жыл бұрын

What. Do. You. mean. .look

@francesray1595

4 жыл бұрын

How. Do. I. Look

@lebredamcelroy832

4 жыл бұрын

The BEST IN THE WEST👈🏽💪🏿🏋🏽‍♀️🏋🏽‍♀️💯💞🌞🌞👈🏿

In 2020 I'm still dancing alone for great blues respect 97 old pinetop Perkins

A pint of whisky and a pack of cigarettes every day of his life. Never ill a day of his life. Without a doubt, the sweetest man you would ever hope to meet. Died peacefully in his sleep. Beloved by all who knew him. Rest in Blessed Peace, Top. You are sorely missed by millions of folks. 🌹

@homesickclifford1966

5 жыл бұрын

Check him out w/Ann Rabson. Careless Love.👌

@thomasharrison6701

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely Blessed...... Peace be upon you forever. Good Brother....

@bluegtturbo

5 жыл бұрын

In the end the cigarettes and whiskey caught up with him, struck him down at 98 ..lol

@ianmoseley9910

5 жыл бұрын

bluegtturbo My father smoked all his adult life - died of lung cancer age 49 😪

@Vidar.m

5 жыл бұрын

Whiskey and ciggarettes did not make him old, he could lived longer.

If you can still play piano and sing at 97 yeRs old you are a treasure that everyone will revere. I will revere pine top. Fo sho

97 yrs old and cooler than the other side of the pillow....

@MrMartininuk

4 жыл бұрын

People who put thumbs down to this must be having a laugh, being ironical to attempt humour. For anyone to be onstage at 97 plaYING PIANO IS AN UTTERLY INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT THAT DEMANDS RESPECT, Sadly,he didn`t make it to 98 but he must have brought a lot of enjoyment to so many people in his lifetime, Music is a better skill than fighting.May he rest in peace after such an effort.

@MikeM275

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrMartininuk ..I cannot begin to imagine how anyone could thumbs down this. Mind boggling. I would guess a few were by mistake, and others are simply anarchists? I don't know... but RIP to this great and talented man...

@MrMartininuk

4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeM275 ....Or it could be like Labour voters voting for Boris ....perversity syndrome

97 year young man still has it all, GOD BLESS HIM..Thank you I just happened UPON THIS and GLAD I STOP TO LISTEN. .. I really enjoyed this....GOD BLESS ALL.

I have no doubt that if my dad had lived that long he would still be playing. When it's in your blood, nothing can stop you

@lynetteowens7242

3 жыл бұрын

Who said he's stopped Brenda? He's with alot of other legends in heaven

He is awesome to watch live. If you gave it a thumbs down you just aint got no blues inside you. Can you even imagine what that man has probably been through in almost 100 years living here. Its a testament to his courage that he is still alive, and singing his music. Haters, just don't bother listening.

@michaelboyce7079

Жыл бұрын

If you don't like the blues, you must have a hole in your soul!

Such a blessing to be able to make music to the end of your time in a body. I'm feeling blessed to share tonight.

Who the hell could possibly even think of giving this a thumbs down?! You have to be out of your mind!

Hip Hop doesn't hold a candle to this talent.

Even at 97 years of age he can still fire up the blues and send shivers down your spine, pure class and with a heart to share what he has achieved in his time.

@teresashadding6559

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful never heard of him till now. Great voice and playing. I've known two people who could really play piano. Wish I could meet him!!!

@mc-lb9dk

2 жыл бұрын

997 pro mille

OMG! This is amazing! 97 yrs old and still rocking awesome. I have no words that can say how much awesome he is.

🎼🎹It's All About The MUSIC💝. Loved this video, thank you! Out of Chicago, I'm the youngest of a professional jazz musician father (piano, upright bass, guitar, vocals) and classical pianist mother. While racism and classism ran amok on the streets, behind the club scene (owners, managers, agents), and throughout every American institution----money and skin color had no power on stage. Only TALENT----not only technical mastery but the ability to communicate and Especially to MOVE fellow musicians and the audience. We met and knew countless entertainers! Gigs rarely paid well so we lived through some serious poverty. My dad's rough lifestyle (whiskey, cigarettes, and plenty of etc😎😉) concluded late one night in his 50s while jamming ON STAGE at the piano; pronounced DOA at Cook County ER. So he went out doing exactly what he Loved. For sure, we had more books and musical instruments than furniture and clothing----yet the riches they both left me outlasted any material wealth. Gracias por la musica y el amor💝⚓ (🌎neLove)🕊☮

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh daaaaayum. This legend right here deserves every credit listed in any music genre. Blues, RnB, Soul and Poetry. And that's just 4 of your 5-a-day. Eeejut Fools walking around thinking they're gangsta, flashing cash and automobiles...... Naaaa, all you need is a Porkpie Hat or a Badass Trilby, real swagger and a story to tell. And this legend has walked his walk to talk his talk. Maximum respect to him

My brother was a musician in Austin Texas and playing out one night he spots Pinetop in the front row with a lady my brother said he thought was an aid/friend....my brother put the spotlight on him and asked if he would like to come up onstage and play with the "boys"..He did and it was one of the best nights of my brother's life as he said. My brother passed 2 years ago . RIP Donnie. Miss and Love you ! He was in a band called Rebel Kind in Austin years ago.

@BluesPianoSheets

3 жыл бұрын

That is a truly wonderful story

Bless him he stands with the great and the best. Such talent never dies.

97!! It's the MUSIC that's keeping that man alive!!! Bless him!!...and BTW, I've seen giraffe's legs shorter than that cat's fingers... lol

First, of GREATNESS!!!! That sounds great to me he's doing it still at, 97! He got my Respect. Wishing him a blessed life and He can TICKLE THEM IVORY KEYS!!! Great job! We need to enjoy these great legends while we can....thank you for sharing this with us. Have a blessed life. BE SAFE!!!!

These fellas that came up in hard times can never be replaced, the are singing their lives, and put it into entertainment, God bless this brother. Straight up class baby!

Mr Perkins are are so Wonderfully Amazing to me. Thank you for blessing me (us) with the music and singing today. JM

Blues is part of your soul. It stays with you.

I have been blessed in my life to see Pinetop Perkins play live several times and have photos with them and it was a joy to meet him and hear him play Live blues at such an old age. This was in Chicago in the early 2000s he would play at Rosas blues lounge on Armitage.

@BluesPianoSheets

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, you're very lucky, what a great experience

@mr.e1220

4 жыл бұрын

@@BluesPianoSheets time really flies. I have got the opportunity to see many live Blues musicians in Chicago and some are no longer with us. Thanks for keeping the Blues alive.

This man was a legend. It would have been a privilege just to see him play for a bit. Half of the blues piano stuff I play today, he invented. RIP.

Barely hanging onto the keyboard, but still doing it. Much respect. Much. 🤟

Had less than a year left when he gave this performance - one of the last blues men to have known Robert Johnson. And he had 20 gigs lined up the day he died. What a way to go - strong till the end.

OMGosh. I hope I live to 97, nevermind the fact that this man sounds wonderful at 97. Wish I could've heard him when he was younger. Peace be with him, a true talent.

If I reach 97, I'll be happy if I remember my own name.

@theresapickett2178

5 жыл бұрын

I heard that ! 😂

@eugeneluke1990

5 жыл бұрын

97 Wow! What a Blessing,am so amazed that he remembers every word,well done young Man🙏👏👏👏👏👏

@kskraus2262

5 жыл бұрын

William Mitchell You’ll have music though. Watch the documentary Alive Inside and you’ll get your music ready. Just watch the trailers!

@peghal521

5 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@evonne1957

4 жыл бұрын

William Mitchell ikr?😎

A living legend.... gods creation and gift to us, pray for the 744 lost souls who didn't get it!

This proves that music really adds life!

794 untalented people clicking thumbs down. This is was a really cool performance. I hope my hands have that much dexterity left at age 60 years of age, not even thinking of 97.

I just love it when the younger men show care for the elderly. Much respect! Talent and he has a atrong voice and knows how to tell a story.

well of course he stuns! That's Mr Pinetop! Nobody like him one of the greats

@garysurigao8422

4 жыл бұрын

To be in his 90's and be able to maintain his timing in playing an instrument and singing at the same time is amazing. It's a blessing for ME to witness this phenom as well as it is a blessing from the MOST HIGH to share with us all a brother with extraordinary talent and longevity

Look at the guy's hands, beautiful! Those aren't an old person's hands. A classy, stylish dude, still rocking at an age when most of us will just be dust.

Awesome! What a great musician. I truly admired his presence. May God Bless my brother always. Amen!

great that there's a film of this! what a voice, still, at 97! we're all so sorry you're gone, but thank you so much for the gift of your music. rip!

@bettyvowles3340

5 жыл бұрын

Jane Millerick 9uuh

@theopryme1978

4 жыл бұрын

Movie

@guyminto9926

4 жыл бұрын

@@bettyvowles3340 posted pi

@guyminto9926

4 жыл бұрын

On P

@barbarawinterbourne3736

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry to he of his passing one of the greats.

A solid rock that rolls with the blues.

When a 97 year old man talks. Everybody need to listen

WOW!

Proves that music keeps you alive. Whether it's playing, listening, or dancing to it, it'll keep you young!

Great musicians never die!! They just play till they can’t no mo’!! Freakin awesome. But I gotta say...his fingers look to be as long as my forearm.😎

This blues man rocks!!! 97 is a trivial number in his victorious lifetime...

I hope when I'm 97 I can sound that good.What a master& his diction is superb,total clarity.Awesome this is why he endured so many years.Thank the Lord.

Dude's got lot talent and age it's nothing its what's in the heart. He's music blessed a lot of people that's why blessed 97+ years.

This Gentleman is hereto teach us all what you have to do to be able to be a true Blues Man. You don’t learn this off no sheet music you just have to live the blues.

A great blues legend playing piano & singing at 97👍😁. We should all be so lucky! Thanks for posting👏.

Thank you pinetop. A true blues master showing he still had it. Men like him in his generation, truly lived the blues. I hate how my people treated his people back then.

@reason5591

4 жыл бұрын

Yeh I would have bitched slapped them

@solasunny8965

4 жыл бұрын

Your people? Is there a difference?

@donnafoster2512

4 жыл бұрын

His music gave me feelings i have not had. In years. He gave me my tingle back. My ability to be grateful for life. The blues ..wow nothing like it. Thank you to the person that recorded this..

@donnafoster2512

4 жыл бұрын

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It’s a pity when today we lose young talented musicians to drug binges/overdoses.A real pityI take my hat off to this man.Much respect and love sir.

One word respect to a true bluesman

This man is AMAZING. God's child...music for heaven.

Even when Pine Top was 97 he was still contributing to our world. I pray to God that I may also contribute. I'll be 70 in two weeks and I play music, mostly guitars every day of my life. I am a Fresco Painter and my dream is to paint stories from the Bible on the walls in churches until age 129. -Peter Thanks Mom.

Saw him many times over the years..the folks who took care of him in his later years were good people. Pinetop was the real deal.

A legend, saw him years ago in Chicago, one of those , thrill of a lifetime moments.

@BluesPianoSheets

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, sure would have been one of those moments

Man, that's so amazing! Living blues history, lucky those who were there!

Caught him in a bar in Austin Texas about 10 years back AWESOME!!!!!! A true blues musician. Played “Big fat mama” and had the place rocking. I met him after the show, a wonderful man.

@BluesPianoSheets

4 жыл бұрын

What a great experience and memorable time.

Strictly Legendary

My deepest respect for PINETOP!!!!! Blues living tradition!!!!!

Golden and perpetual.

Just AWESOME!! NOW IM SEARCHING FOR ALL OF HIS MUSIC..Thanks for sharing..for all of u thumbs down, u guys must be alot better I take it...R I P MY MAN!!!

That’s a god given talent and still going strong at 97yrs of age.god bless you Mr pinetop perkins

@patwaits9214

4 жыл бұрын

I' just sayin, that is boss.

Outstanding to say the least....

Got to meet Mr. Pinetop in 1997, I could hardly believe it, got his autograph too! Pinetop Perkins and Muddy Waters played the blues the way the blues ought to be played.

Last of the Delta blues musicians. RIP.

@OriginalOldSkoolFunk

5 жыл бұрын

Love Pinetop and was lucky enough to see him, Willie Big Eyes Smith, and Hubert Sumlin perform together several years ago at Beale Street Blues Fest in Memphis. Now RIP to them all...but we still have another great Delta Bluesman by way of Chicago left. Buddy is the last of the Delta Blues man and he's still going strong.

@alanabrahams2232

5 жыл бұрын

Henry Gray - still with is bless him

@memoryrinehart

4 жыл бұрын

@@OriginalOldSkoolFunk Buddy who?

@OriginalOldSkoolFunk

4 жыл бұрын

@@memoryrinehart Buddy Guy...of course...😏

97 and still bluesing?amazing!

Wow this man still has IT!So good may he live forever!

Let’s just enjoy this amazing music

This proves that music is the real-life fountain of youth.

@jimaglenn

5 жыл бұрын

Many great musicians died very young.

@johnnybgoode1950

5 жыл бұрын

@@jimaglenn Sure, but not from normal aging. Drugs, violence, accidents and the like can kill at any age. Musicians like PineTop and Andres Segovia not only lived into their 90's but had very youthful spirits due to their love of music.

@jimaglenn

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnnybgoode1950 Freddy King, Magic Sam, Jeff Healy come to mind without doing alot of research into the certainly many many more that have did young from natural causes. You can research that for yourself if you don't believe. Many folks have lived into their nineties with a youthful spirit from the love of goatherding or whatever.

@johnnybgoode1950

5 жыл бұрын

@@jimaglenn I said that music was the fountain of youth. not that youth are immune to disease. People who do what they love are famous for long lives. People who aren't even musicians have died from retinoblastoma. stomach ulcers and heart attacks like the people you mention. At least you admit that music can be the fountain of a youthful spirit.

If you have music in your soul it never leaves you.

@rolandosanchez3664

4 жыл бұрын

That goes the same for love my dad passed at 93 and he loved us all we all miss him. 💯🙏🏻❤️😊

He is ENJOYING his talent with 100% satisfaction 🥰

I was there and I saw him!!! RIP Pinetop Perkins!!

@BluesPianoSheets

5 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a great experience

@JeanetteFaith

5 жыл бұрын

@@BluesPianoSheets It could have been better. I was there with my HORRIBLE 2nd husband! LOL!!!!

God Bless you Pinetop.I hope you and Eddie Kirkland are playing the blues in Heaven.

WHAT CAN I SAY .. GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL OLD MAN..

97 !! and those fingers can still play Blues on the pea anna!! And great skin!! MAN!

Hey he's got 97 yrs worth of life that qualifies him 2 know & sing the Blues! I think its great @ 97 he's out & up there doin it! I think its Great

He still has it. My deceased sister loved the Blues, and who doesn't???

What sort of fool do you gotta be to thumbs down this artist!? Music never leaves the soul,legendary!

In 1995 I met and had my picture taken with Pinetop at the King Bisquit Blues Festival in West Helena Arkansas, It was my 40'th birthday and I was blown away when he wanted to be with me in a birthday photo. I also got a Happy Birthday kiss on my cheek. To me it was an honor.

@BluesPianoSheets

2 жыл бұрын

Wow Donna, what a nice memory to treasure

@donnatew7842

2 жыл бұрын

@@BluesPianoSheets Forever! And to anyone who has never gone to the festival do so, it is phenomenal! Sitting on the Levy of the Mississippi River listening to Delta Blues. Saw Buddy Guy, Pinetop Perkins, Luther Allison, Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues and much more. On the last day Sunday, I had fried chicken made by the lady's group from the Babtist Church of West Helena and walked over and Watched Dr. John open the show, you can't beat that!

@BluesPianoSheets

2 жыл бұрын

@@donnatew7842 Oh my gosh Donna that does sound amazing, I would so love that. I live all the way down under in New Zealand but that is definitely going on my bucket list.

Pinetop was the nicest, kindest hearted gentleman to walk among us. His talent a national treasure. We are less without him walking this earth.

"Nobody gets outta this place without singing the blues." --Albert Collins

we get old, but if we still have sound minds, we can still enjoy the Blues, good performance by the old boy.

@suebritt8394

4 жыл бұрын

Your music takes me out of this world Pinetop! Thank you for sharing your gifts!!! May God's blessings continue to flow...

God Bless this guy. It's obvious the music gives him life. Amazing. Loved it.

My HERO god bless him.🇨🇮🇬🇧🇬🇷🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇨🇾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙏🙏👍👍

Oh, those beautiful hands! Meant to play the piano!