'Pinetop' and McDonald's

Bluesman Joe Willie 'Pinetop' Perkins recently passed away. The man was 97 and played with greats such as Muddy Waters.

The interesting aspect of his life, as it pertains to this blog, is that Pinetop, who became the oldest person to win a Grammy award at the age of 94, ate McDonald's fast food every day, as Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.

So here I am, trying to give up fast food for Lent, and this talented man ate it every day and nearly lived to be 100.

Ah, but I am aware that not everyone's body or system reacts the same. Pinetop also smoked since he was 9 and drank a lot too, it seems. Maybe he would have lived to 110 had he cut out those habits :-)

God Bless Pinetop, but I don't think that diet, no matter how much I wish it would, would work for me. Plus, one of the reasons I'm trying to deny myself fast food is for budgetary purposes. It is a lot cheaper to pack my lunch.

But, my hat's off to Pinetop. His life was far from perfect, but he beat the system.