Roy Perkins

Louisiana pianist Roy Perkins made some minor singles on small regional labels in the late '50s and early '60s that were very much in the style of the era's New Orleans rock & roll and R&B. Perkins was not actually from New Orleans, but from Lafayette in Cajun country, some ways to the west, and his recordings sometimes had a touch of swamp pop as well. Perkins was also involved in some recordings by Bobby Page, Scatman Patin, and Harry Simoneaux, musicians with whom he played in the Riff Raffs. Perkins was born Ernie Suarez, and began playing R&B as a teenager in high school...