John Brim and Pinetop Perkins Chicago Blues Session Vol 12(blues)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]

JOHN BRIM and PINETOP PERKINS
CHICAGO BLUES SESSION VOLUME 12
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John Brim picked up his early guitar licks from the gramophone records of Tampa Red and Big Bill Broonzy, before venturing first to Indianapolis in 1941 and Chicago four years later He met his wife Grace in 1947; fortuitously, she was a capable drummer and harmonica player who played on several of Brim's records. She was also the vocalist on a 1950 single for the Detroit-based Fortune Records, that signaled the beginning of Brim's discography.



Pinetop Perkins was born in Belzoni, Mississippi He began his career as a guitarist, but then injured the tendons in his left arm in a fight with a choirgirl in Helena, Arkansas. Unable to play guitar, Perkins switched to the piano, and also switched from Robert Nighthawk's KFFA radio program to Sonny Boy Williamson's King Biscuit Time.
He continued working with Nighthawk, however, accompanying him on 1950's "Jackson Town Gal".
In the 1950s, Perkins joined Earl Hooker and began touring, stopping to record "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" (written by Pinetop Smith) at Sam Phillips' studio in Memphis, Tennessee. ("They used to call me Pinetop," he recalled, "because I played that song.") However, Perkins was only 15 years old in 1928, when Smith originally recorded "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie".
Perkins then relocated to Illinois and left music until Hooker convinced him to record again in 1968.
When Otis Spann left the Muddy Waters band in 1969, Perkins was chosen to replace him. He stayed for more than a decade, then left with several other musicians to form The Legendary Blues Band with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, recording through the late 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s.
Although he appeared as a sideman on countless recordings, Perkins never had an album devoted solely to his artistry, until the release of After Hours on Blind Pig Records in 1988.

Tracklist:
01 - I'm Gonna Let You Go
02 - Take It Easy Baby
03 - Let Me Hold You
04 - High Heel Sneakers
05 - Driving Wheel
06 - Naptown
07 - Going Down Slow
08 - Call Me Easy Papa
09 - How Long
10 - You Put the Heart on Me
11 - Movin' Out

Tracks 1,3.6 & 8
John Brim (guitar,vocals)
John Primer (guitar)
Billy Branch (harmonica)
Willie Kent(electric bass)
Tim Taylor (drums)
Recorded: 7 Feb 1979 in Chicago

Tracks 2,4,5 ,7 & 9
Pinetop Perkins (piano,vocals)
Tim Taylor (drums) (except track 4)
Micheal Strasser (drums) (track 4)
Recorded: 9 Feb 1990 in Chicago

Tracks 10,11
John Brim (guitar,vocals)
Grace Brim(drums)
John Brim Jr (bass)
Recorded: Late 1970’s for B & B Records