Ice Cream Man

John Brim | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 10, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tone Cool Records
• ASIN: B000003A0M
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #360,465 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ice Cream Man

2. Jump With Me

3. Lonesome Blues

4. Tough Times

5. Wake Up America

6. This Old Hangover

7. Old Time Boogie

8. Be Careful

9. Standin' Around Cryin'

10. Messin' Around

11. Can't Hold Out Much Longer

12. I Wonder Why

13. Goin' Down Slow

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars John Brim Comes Back From Obscurity, January 28, 2002

By 

peter krampert (eharmonica.net) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ice Cream Man (Audio CD)

John Brim began playing music as a teenager while growing up in Kentucky. he moved to Chicago in 1945 and over the next two decades he played with John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson, Eddie Boyd, Muddy Waters, Jimmy reed and others. When the Blues declined in the 1960's he faded out of the limelight.

This album shows that John Brim can still front a band with style. Backed by top Blues players like Bob Margolin on guitar and the amazing Jerry Portnoy on harmonica, Brim sings with panache, exhibiting that over the intervening years, he's kept up his chops. I'd even recommend that you get yourself a recording of "Ice Cream Man" from the 1950's and compare it to this later version. Very nice indeed.