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===Late career===
Perryman continued to be a popular performer in [[Underground Atlanta]]. He made several European tours late in his career, including appearances at the [[Montreux Jazz Festival]], the [[Berlin Jazz Festival]], and the inauguration of Chancellor [[Helmut Schmidt]], and he also performed on [[BBC Radio]]. During this time, he was befriended by Bill Wyman, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, and Paul McCartney, and Pete Ham of Badfinger wrote a song in his honor.

Muhlenbrink's Saloon closed in 1979, and Perryman found himself without a regular job. That lasted until 1981, when he was hired to perform five nights a week at the [[DuPre Excelsior Mill|Excelsior Mill]] in Atlanta. In 1984, he asked co-owner Michael Reeves to arrange a live recording, and Reeves arranged for a mobile recording in October of that year.

In 1985, Perryman recorded the song "Yo Yo", a duet with [[Danny Shirley]], who was later the lead singer of the band [[Confederate Railroad]]. The record reached the national chart in that year.

The tapes from the Excelsior Mill remained in Reeves's possession for twenty-five years. In April 2010, he formed a partnership with the writer and producer David Fulmer to release a CD of the recording under the title ''The Lost Atlanta Tapes''. The CD was released by Landslide Records on August 17, 2010.