When was the pianist that had the Born in the Delta born?
Born in the Delta Born in the Delta is an album by blues pianist Pinetop Perkins that was released on May 27, 1997. Pinetop Perkins was 83 years old when he recorded the album in 1996, having begun his recording career very late in life.
Mercy Dee Walton Mercy Dee Walton (born Mercy Davis Walton, August 3, 1915 – December 2, 1962) was an American jump blues pianist, singer and songwriter, whose compositions went from blues to R&B numbers. According to journalist Tony Russell in his book "The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray", "Walton created a series of memorable blues about the unattractiveness of rural life, sardonically aimed at the black migrant workers in southern California who constituted his typical audience".