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AUSTIN, Texas – Pinetop Perkins, one of the terminal old-school bluesmen who played with Muddy Waters and became the oldest Grammy succeeder this year, died weekday at his bag of cardiac arrest. He was 97.

Perkins was having dresser pains when he went to take a nap and paramedics could not revive him, said Hugh Southard, Perkins' businessperson for the terminal 15 years.

The piano man played with an aggressive style and herb with a distinctive gravelly voice.

He attended Sonny Boy Williamson on the favourite King Biscuit Time broadcasting show programme on KFFA in Helena, Ark., in the 1940s. He toured with Ike historiographer in the 1950s and joined Waters' adornment in 1969.

"He is the blues, he is the epitome of it," Southard said. "He lived it, unhearable it."

Perkins won a Grammy in Feb for prizewinning tralatitious vapors medium for "Joined at the Hip: Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith." That get made Perkins the oldest Grammy winner, edging discover New comedian George Burns, who was 95 when he won in the uttered collection for "Gracie: A Love Story" in 1990.

Perkins also won a 2007 Grammy for prizewinning tralatitious vapors medium for his cooperation on the "Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live in Dallas." He also conventional a lifetime achievement Grammy in 2005.

Even at his age, he was a lawful fixture at Austin vapors clubs, activity lawful gigs up to terminal month. He had more than 20 performances booked this year, Southard said. After they won the Grammy this year, adventurer and Perkins discussed transcription added CD.

Perkins was born in Belzoni, Miss., in 1913 and was believed to be the oldest of the old-time Delta vapors musicians ease performing.

In an 80-year career, he played at juke joints, nightclubs and festivals. He didn't move transcription in his possess study until he was in his 70s and released more than 15 unaccompanied records since 1992.

That drive to keep activity the vapors kept is what kept him alive, Southard said.

Perkins also idolized fast matter and was a carriage until the day he died.

"Two cheeseburgers, apple pie, a fag and a pretty woman was every he wanted," Southard said.

Perkins, who had no survivors, module be belowground in his hometown, Southard said, but details were not immediately available. An Austin commendation module be designed to take his chronicle and penalization module be regular within the incoming week, Southard said.

He touched to Austin in 2004 to live with an assort since he had no family.

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