Death claims bluesman Pinetop Perkins at last.

Obituary Dept.:
Durable Mississippi Delta bluesman Pinetop Perkins has passed away, aged 97.

I saw him once a few years ago at Casbeer's, frail and thin but still an impressive artist well into his 90s. May we all do so well.

LA Times:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/03/pinetop-perkins-dies-one-of-the-last-links-to-the-first-generation-of-american-blues.html

Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/21/people-perkins-idUSN0137469020110321?pageNumber=2

Houston Press:
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2011/03/pinetop_perkins.php?page=2

PinetopPerkins.com:
http://www.pinetopperkins.com/pabio.htm