Brewer Phillips
Guitarist
1924 – 1999
Who was Brewer Phillips?
Brewer Phillips was an American blues guitarist, chiefly associated with Juke joint blues and Chicago blues.
Phillips was born in Coila, Mississippi, United States, on a plantation and learned the blues from Memphis Minnie at an early age. He relocated to Memphis and played with Bill Harvey, Roosevelt Sykes, and Hound Dog Taylor. Following Taylor's death in 1976, Phillips recorded under his own name, as well as playing with J. B. Hutto, Lil' Ed Williams, and Cub Koda amongst others. He performed on both acoustic and electric guitar, and recorded for Delmark Records and JSP Records.
Phillips died of natural causes in Chicago, Illinois, in August 1999, at the age of 74.
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