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AUSTIN CITY LIMITS: Bettye LaVette/Pinetop Perkins

R&B veteran Bettye LaVette sings songs from her album The Scene of the Crime, followed by legendary pianist Pinetop Perkins and his blues classics. Saturday, June 27th at 11:00 p.m. on KUAT6 and HD. by Colleen Greer

There are few vocalists today that have transgressed various musical genres with the same flare and grace of Bettye LaVette. This soulful songstress started her career at age 16 and through the years her repertoire has included blues, country and rock.

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R&B veteran Bettye LaVette

Earning multiple Grammy nominations and recording all-star blues CDs is not the way most 90-somethings spend their days, but Austin’s Pinetop Perkins is doing just that. Regarded as one of the greatest blues pianists of all time, Perkins began playing the blues in the late 1920s.

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Pinetop Perkins

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