(AP) — Add another title for bluesman Pinetop Perkins: oldest Grammy winner. Clarence “Pinetop” Smith’s original 1928 recording of Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie provided Joe Willie Perkins with both a nickname and a theme song. JACKSON, Miss. Blues bassist Bob Stroger, right, and Grammy winning blues pianist Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins. Perkins replaced Otis Spann when he left the Muddy Waters band in 1969. King for a short time and was part of Muddy Waters' band for more than ten years. It's all part of his job. This early career was cut short for Joe Willie when an angry knife-wielding chorus girl severed the tendons in his left arm. He was 97 years old when he died. At 96, Pinetop Perkins is still turning out signature Chicago blues in noisy clubs, smoky bars Noisy crowds in smoky bars don't bother 96-year-old bluesman Pinetop Perkins. PINETOP PERKINS . The author is in the background.“Pine was like a brother and a father to me. He helped form the style of other musicians. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Pinetop Perkins, one of the last old-school blues men who played with Muddy Waters and became the oldest Grammy winner … FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2009 file photo, Grammy winning blues pianist Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins motions a "thumbs up" gesture during the annual festival at Hopson Plantation in Clarksdale, Miss. Eighteen-year-old Joe Willie Perkins started out as a guitar-picker in piano player Willie Love‘s band, which made many appearances on Rice ‘Sonny Boy II’ Miller’s King Biscuit Radio Show. Perkins then relocated to Illinois and left the music business until Hooker convinced him to record again in 1968. Perkins was a famous pianist. Perkins, one of the last old-school bluesmen and oldest Grammy winner, died at his home of cardiac arrest Monday, March 21, 2011, his manager said. He was also inspired by the records of Leroy Carr, Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, and Walter Davis, and by the live performances of many local roadhouse pianists who never recorded. Joeseph William "Pinetop" Perkins (July 7, 1913 – March 21, 2011) was an American blues musician. He played with B. B. Pinetop Perkins, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, and Bob Stroger take a bagel break in the studio’s kitchen. He died in Austin, Texas. Perkins is believed to be the oldest of the old-time Delta blues musicians still performing. Match Pinetop Perkins; 62% Otis Spann; 56% Jimmy Dawkins; 51% Charlie Musselwhite; 51% Memphis Slim; 46% Freddie King; 44% Son Seals; 43% Champion Jack Dupree; 43% John Hammond; 43% Luther Allison; 43% T-Bone Walker However, Perkins was only 15 years old in 1928, when Smith originally recorded "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie". The 97-year-old blues legend Pinetop Perkins was the driving force in Muddy Waters' band, and his fiery boogie-woogie style piano was the blueprint for the sound of swing bands of the '30s.