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Brewer Phillips

Brewer Phillips was an American blues guitarist, chiefly associated with juke joint blues and Chicago blues.

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Brewer Phillips (November 16, 1924 – August 30, 1999)1 was an American blues guitarist, chiefly associated with juke joint blues and Chicago blues.2

Phillips was born on a plantation in Coila, Mississippi,3 and learned the blues from Memphis Minnie at an early age.2 He relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, and recorded with Bill Harvey, Roosevelt Sykes, later moving to Chicago where he played with Hound Dog Taylor.3 Following Taylor's death in 1975, Phillips recorded under his own name and also performed with J. B. Hutto, Lil' Ed Williams, and Cub Koda, among others,2 playing both acoustic and electric guitar. He recorded for Delmark Records and JSP Records.4

Phillips died of natural causes in Chicago in August 1999, at the age of 74.12

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  1. "The Dead Rock Stars Club 1998 - 1999". Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. "Brewer Phillips | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Blues (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 291. ISBN 0-85112-673-1.
  4. "Brewer Phillips | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
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