John Brim: Complete Recordings 1950-71
Track list:
01. Bus driver
02. Dark clouds
03. Lonesome man blues
04. Young and wild
05. I love my baby
06. Trouble in the morning
07. Humming blues
08. Hard pill to swallow
09. Drinking woman
10. Don’t leave me (No name blues)
11. Moonlight blues
12. Rattlesnake
13. It was a dream
14. Ice cream man
15. Lifetime baby
16. Tough times
17. Gary stomp
18. Go away
19. That ain’t right
20. Be careful
21. You got me
22. You put the hurt on me
23. Movin’ out
Personnel:
#1: Detroit, Mi. 1950
John Brim, vcl/g; Big Maceo, pno.
#2,3: Saint Louis, Mo. 1951
John Brim, vcl/g; Roosevelt Sykes, pno.
#4-7: Chicago, Ill. 27 September 1951
John Brim, vcl/g; Sunnyland Slim, pno/vcls; Moody Jones, bs.
#8,9: Chicago, Ill. 22 August 1952
John Brim, vcl/g; Sunnyland Slim, pno; Eddie Taylor, g; Moody Jones, bs; Grace Brim, dms/hca.
#10,11: Chicago, Ill. October 1952
John Brim, vcl/g; Ernest Cotton, t-sax; Sunnyland Slim, pno; Pete Franklin, g; Big Crawford, bs; Alfred Wallace, dms.
#12,13: Chicago, Ill. March 1953
John Brim, vcl/g; Little Walter, hca; Louis Myers, g; Dave Myers, g; Willie Dixon, bs; Fred Below, dms.
#14,15: Chicago, Ill. 4 May 1953
John Brim, vcl/g; Little Walter, hca; Eddie Taylor, g; Elga Edmonds, dms.
#16,17: Chicago, Ill. March 1954
John Brim, vcl/g; Jimmy Reed, hca; Eddie Taylor, g; Grace Brim, dms.
#18,19: Chicago, Ill. January 1955
John Brim, vcl/g; James Dalton, hca; W.C. Dalton, g; Grace Brim, dms.
#20,21: Chicago, Ill. 5 April 1956
John Brim, vcl/g; Little Walter, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr, g; Willie Dixon, bs; Fred Below, dms.
#22,23: Chicago, Ill. 1971
John Brim, vcl/g; John Brim Jr, g; Steve Brim, bs; Grace Brim, dms.
Alternate takes and tracks by Grace Brim are not included.
Empty Chair 