JOHN BRIM ( II )


Viene a colación el primer tema que os ponemos de JOHN BRIM.,  TOUGH TIMES, por mostrar exactamente la misma cadencia a que nos referiamos en nuestro post anterior en el cual os hablábamos de Chuck Berry  y su No Money Down.  Oídlo ! ..... asimismo resaltar que otra de las piezas de Brim que podéis oir es Rattlesnake con Little Walter a la armónica, en esta ocasión nos recuerda un montón a Hound Dog ,..... a ver que os parece. Lo que si está claro como un pelín más abajo indicamos que JOHN BRIM se supo rodear en todo momento de jovenes promesas que la mayoría de ellos llegaron a ser grandes figuras. 

Aunque nunca fue una gran estrella en su estricto sentido de la palabra , John Brim hizo una contribución significativa al catálogo de Blues escribiendo algunas canciones que han  sido versionadas  muchas veces, La larga carrera de John tomó en los primeros años del blues eléctrico de Chicago justo después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y duró hasta bien entrado el nuevo siglo.
Brim  nació en Kentucky en 1922 y aprendió guitarra de escuchar discos Tampa Red y Big Bill Broonzy. Él llegó a Chicago a través de Indianápolis en 1945 y compartió escenario en la escena del lado Sur club con Williamson John Lee 'Sonny Boy' y Muddy Waters. Cuando conoció a su esposa Grace en 1947 contrato a un  baterista y harmonica con talento,  ella cantó en debut discográfico de John  en 1950. La pareja se unió con el pianista de Big Maceo Merriweather, y tocaron juntos  regularmente hasta su fallecimiento en 1953. Los Brims luego se trasladaron a Gary, Indiana, donde formaron The Gary Kings y jóvenes talentos  como Albert King y Jimmy Reed pasaron a formar parte de su banda en algún  momento de la misma mientras se labraban su porvenir. 
                         

John Brim made great records for J.O.B, Parrot, Blue Lake and Chess. 'Tough Times', thought by some to be a steal of 'I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man', was actually recorded a month earlier in December 1953. Despite some obvious similarities the two are however quite different. 'Tough Times', on which Brim's wife 


                             



Little Walter harmonica 



John Brim (April 10, 1922 – October 1, 2003) was an American Chicago blues guitarist, songwriter and singer. He wrote and recorded the song "Ice Cream Man", which was later covered by Van Halen on their first album. The song was also covered by Martin Sexton on his 2001 double album Live Wide Open. David Lee Roth's version appears on his album Diamond Dave. Brim died of heart cancer on October 1, 2003.

Brim began playing guitar by studying the recordings of Big Bill Broonzy and Tampa Red. He moved to Indianapolis in 1941 and Chicago in 1947. His wife Grace was also a talented musician who played drums and harmonica.
Brim recorded for several labels, including releases on Chess Records. "Ice Cream Man" was recorded in 1953 but not released until 1969. Other tracks recorded on the Chess label include "I Would Hate to See You Go" (1956). The album "Whose Muddy Shoes" includes all his songs from the 1950s on that label.

Brim also operated a dry cleaners and a record store. He used his royalties from Van Halen's recording of "Ice Cream Man" to open a nightclub in Chicago.

Brim continued to perform occasionally around Chicago, and was a regularly featured performer on the Chicago Blues Festival beginning in 1991, when he was backed by the local Chicago blues band The Ice Cream Men (drummer Steve Cushing, guitarists Dave Waldman and "Rockin'" Johnny Burgin, and harmonica player Scott Dirks). The band name was coincidental; they were not Brim's regular band, but had been using that name because the members had previously worked with Chicago bluesman Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers, who worked as an ice cream man on Chicago's south side.
He recorded four songs for the German Wolf label in 1989. A CD titled Ice Cream Man was released on Tone Cool Records in 1994. It received a W. C. Handy nomination as the best Traditional Blues Album of the Year.
Brim appeared at the 1997 San Francisco Blues Festival. He made another album in 2000, and continued to give live performances, such as in Belgium in 2001 and at the 2002 Chicago Blues Festival.
On the morning of October 1, 2003, Brim spoke briefly on the phone with his son, before he was struck with chest pains. Brim was rushed to the hospital, but died just before the ambulance reached the hospital, and the doctor discovered that the 81-year old's cause of death was heart cancer. Brim's funeral was held on October 10, 2003.






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