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I taught myself off records, Memphis Slim, them old piano players, then added to it. Yeah, hard and loud, beat it to pieces.

Pinetop Perkins

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Pinetop Perkins
Age: 97 †
Born: 1913
Born: July 7
Died: 2011
Died: March 21
Jazz Pianist
Musician
Pianist
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Humphreys County
Mississippi
Joseph William Perkins
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Memphis
Pieces
Slim
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Piano
Taught
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