The Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival hit its stride today, its first full day! So it's fitting that we kick off our coverage with someone who's even more steeped in the blues than the festival itself ...

Pinetop Perkins was one of the last great Mississippi bluesmen still performing. He began playing blues around 1927 and is widely regarded as one of the best blues pianists. He created a style of ...

I’m sure Perkins knew this song before he did the impossible, replacing the irreplaceable Otis Spann in Muddy Waters’ band. He played this song with Muddy countless times and this one continues to be ...