Pinetop Perkins Foundation - Annual Homecoming Celebration

The Pinetop Perkins Foundation would like to extend our heartfelt thank you to all who attended, participated and volunteered at the Annual Pinetop Homecoming Celebration! Your generous donations will help to provide scholarships to young musicians attending the next MasterClass Series at the Shack Up Inn and Hopson Commissary in Clarksdale, Mississippi to be held June 12 - 14, 2013.
Hopson Commissary Stage Special Michael Burks Tribute Performance with Preston Shannon, Popcorn Louden and Terry Grayson The Peterson Brothers and Clay Swafford Also Appearing Paul Oscher Bob Margolin Bob Stroger Kenny Smith Ann Rabson Bob Corritore Youth Workshop Showcase Austin Young Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Matthew Davidson Jack Gaffney Special Guests Donna Herula Jimmie Mayes Little Frank Krakowski Dave Berntson Liz Lottmann Rick Saxcat Sims	Hopson Commissary
Juke Joint Chapel Stage	Juke Joint Chapel Stage Lightnin' Malcolm Eden Brent Kenny Brown Bob Margolin and the Youth Workshop Showcase with Austin Young, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Matthew Davidson and Jack Gaffney Side Street Steppers
Acoustic Stage - (on Shack Up Inn lawn) Side Street Steppers Stephen "Blues Dude" Duncan
Bridging the Blues - September 28 - October 8, 2012 CONNECTING TWO FESTIVALS, MULTIPLE EVENTS ACROSS THREE STATES Highlighting the Highway 61 Blues Festival and the King Biscuit Blues Festival Since 2000 the Mississippi Delta region has enjoyed a blues renaissance, with the arrival of new festivals, venues, museums, and the Mississippi Blues Trail series of historic markers. In order to help maximize visitors’ experiences of the area’s blues riches, the “Bridging the Blues” project is bringing you America’s music by coordinating events over a ten-day period, from Friday, September 28 to Monday, October 8, 2012.
About The Homecoming Celebration The Pinetop Perkins Homecoming Celebration began with the dedication of the Pinetop Perkins Shack at the Hopson Plantation’s Shack Up Inn in October 2001. It became an annual event to honor Pinetop who had spent World War II on the grounds of Hopson’s driving one of the first mechanized cotton picking machines. The event quickly drew many fans and musicians each year who stopped by on the Sunday after the King Biscuit Festival to honor Pinetop. Ike Turner, Charlie Musslewhite, James Cotton, Kenny Neal, Bob Margolin, Willie Big Eyes Smith and Michael Burks joined Mississippians James Super Chikan Johnson, Lightnin' Malcolm, Cedric Burnside, and many, many more to honor Pinetop. All the proceeds raised went directly to Pinetop himself. The event drew to attract over 1000 fans to three stages of music on these Sunday afternoons. Since 2009 all the proceeds have gone directly to scholarships for youth to attend the annual Master Class workshops.
The Shack Up Inn as well as area hotels and motels fill up fast during this time of year. Book your rooms early!