Blues
drummer and vocalist GRACE BRIM
1924 - 1999
Blues drummer
and vocalist GRACE BRIM was best known
for performing
and recording with her husband, Blues Legend
JOHN BRIM.
They were married in 1947 and Grace
performed
and recorded with John from 1948 until the early
70's.
Grace played drums on John's classic 1953 Chess
Recordings,
including; "Lifetime Baby", "Tough Times", and
"Ice Cream
Man" (later recorded by the rock group Van
Halen)
featured on the Chess LP "Whose Muddy Shoes"
(Elmore
James and John Brim).
Grace recorded
and performed with many blues icons
including;
John Brim (Fortune 1950 featuring Grace on drums
and vocals,
Random 1951, JOB 1952 & 1954, Parrot 1953,
Chess/Checker
1953 - 1956, BB 1972), Snooky Pryor,
Eddie Taylor,
Jimmy Reed, Big Maceo Merriweather,
Roosevelt
Sykes (Random 1951), and Sunnyland Slim (JOB
1952).
Grace performed
with the "John Brim and His Gary Kings"
on bills
with blues icons like John Lee Hooker, Sonny Boy
Williamson,
Eddie Boyd, Willie Mabon, Muddy Waters,
Howlin'
Wolf, Little Walter, Willie Dixon, Elmore James,
Homesick
James, Robert Lockwood Jr., and many more
during
the heyday of Chicago blues.
Blues writer
Pete Welding said of Brim's classic Chess
recordings
- "Relaxed yet forceful rhythm and beautifully
tough character".
Blues writer
Mike Rowe said of Brim's classic Chess
recordings
- "Brim's recording is one of the great moments of
Chicago
blues".
by
Michael James - AmericanLegends Music Organization -ALMO
