Willie Lee Perryman, who performed during his career as "Piano Red" and as "Dr. Feelgood," was a self-taught pianist who played in the barrelhouse blues style. (The term barrelhouse was used to ...

The final chapter of "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues," takes the greatest liberties in defining the musical form. Clint Eastwood adds a more personal touch than the other six films as he looks at ...

“Long tall Marcia Ball” is the hottest blues, rhythm and blues, and funky piano player this side of Professor Longhair himself. A Louisiana native who’s now based in Austin, Texas, blues singer and ...

Muddy Waters was looking for a new piano player when chain-smoking journeyman Pinetop Perkins showed off his aggressive keyboarding during a jam session. "He liked what he heard. The rest is history," ...

Muddy Waters was looking for a new piano player when chain-smoking journeyman Pinetop Perkins showed off his aggressive keyboarding during a jam session. “He liked what he heard. The rest is history,” ...

Pinetop Perkins, a regal piano player who was one of the last of the original Mississippi Delta blues musicians, died Monday of cardiac arrest at his home in Austin, Texas. He was 97. “He was ...

Piano man Ricky Nye admits there was no “grand design” when he started his Blues and Boogie Piano Summit 15 years ago. He was simply carrying out what he sees as the highest calling for those into the ...

Mark “Mr. B” Braun, the area’s busiest boogie woogie piano specialist, is not letting the 25th anniversary of Blues & Piano Boogie Celebration go by quietly. As part of a nearly week-long celebration ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago blues piano player Piano C. Red, who performed with Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Fats Domino and Buddy Guy before being paralyzed in 2006, has died. Red’s son, James Britton, ...

Marshfield resident Anthony Geraci has recorded enough albums to know what makes for a good session; like-minded musicians who also get along. Luckily for music fans, Geraci has a boundless list of ...