"My mother didn’t name me‘Blind’,
she named me‘Jim’."

Jim Brewer LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
1	1962	Blues From Maxwell Street Arvella Gray (rec. Chicago, 11 July 1960) - Corrine Corrina James Brewer (rec. Chicago, 11 July 1960) - I'm So Glad Good Whiskey's Back Arvella Gray (rec. Chicago, 11 July 1960) - Have Mercy, Mr. Percy - Railroad Song And John Henry - Have Mercy, Mr. Percy No. 2 King David (rec. Chicago, July 1960   by Donald R. Hill) - Fanny Mae - Sugar Mama - Good Mornin', Little Schoolgirl - 38 Pistol - 44 Blues Daddy Stovepipe (rec. Chicago, July 1960   by Donald R. Hill) - Tennessee Waltz - South Of The Border - Old Time Religion - Monkey And The Baboon Arvella Gray discography Daddy Stovepipe discography	notes by Paul Oliver Heritage HLP 1004 (1962) Heritage discography = Collector's Issue C-5527 (Austria 1989?) Collector's Issue discography
2	1964	Can't Keep From Crying Topical Blues on the Death of President Kennedy - A Man Amongst Men [Big Joe Williams] - I Want To Know Why [James & Fannie Brewer] - A Man For The Nation [John Lee Granderson] - Sad Day In Texas [Otis Spann] - President Kennedy Gave His Life [Mary Ross] - The Twenty-Second Day Of November [Bill Jackson] - Why Did He Have To Go? [James Brewer] - I Tried Not To Cry [Johnny Young] - Poor Kennedy [Avery Brady] - When We Got The Message [Fannie Brewer] - He Was Loved By All The People [Jimmy Brown] - Tribute To J.F.K. [Johnny Young] * - Poor Kennedy #2 [Avery Brady] * * on CD only	rec. Chicago, 1964 Testament S-01 = Bounty BY 6035 (UK 1967) = Testament CD 5007 (1994) = P-Vine PCD-5587 (Jp) Testament discography
3	1965	Ramblin' On My Mind Classic Train and Travel Blues Johnny Youngwith Little Walter Jacobs, Jimmy Walker - Hear That Whistle Blow Carl Hodges - Standing At The Greyhound Station Leroy 'Country' Dallas - She Caught The M&O Jimmy Brewer - Pea Vine Whistle Honeyboy Edwards - Highway 61 Big Joe Williams - Ramblin' On My Mind Blind Connie Williams - Key To The Highway Dr. Isaiah Ross - Hobo Blues John Lee Grandison - My Home Ain't Here Bill Jackson - Freight Train Blues Elijah Brown - Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay W. B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson - Mean Old Train rec. Chicago 1964 by Pete Welding and Norman Dayron	notes by Pete Welding Milestone MLP-3002 Milestone discography
4	1974	Jim Brewer - I'll Fly Away - Liberty Bill - She Wants To Boogie - Good Morning Blues - Rocky Mountain - St. Louis Blues - Corrina - Don't You Lie To Me - Black, Brown And White - It Hurts Me Too - Shak-A-You-Boogie - Crawlin' King Snake - Key To The Highway	Philo 1003
5	1975	Blues Scene USA Vol. 4 Mississippi Blues Bert Logan, Russ Logan, Big Joe Williams - Four O'Clock In The Morning Roosevelt Charles - Bye Bye Baby Blues Big Joe Williams, Coot Venson - Sugar Mama Avery Brady - I Don't Want You No More Big Joe Williams, Willie Lee Harris - I Can Seen My Baby In My Dreams Jimmy Brewer - Big Road Blues Arthur Weston, Big Joe Williams, George Robertson - Someday Baby Big Joe Williams, Coot Venson - Long Road Blues Johnny Young - Pony Blues Big Joe Williams, Ruby McCoy - Rising Sun Blues Johnny Young, Big Boy Spires - 21 Below Zero Jimmy Brown, Big Joe Williams, Willie Lee Harris - Goin' Back Home Big John Henry Miller, Jimmy Lee Miller - Down Here By Myself rec. Chicago 1964/65 by Pete Welding	notes by Pete Welding Storyville SLP 180 = Storyville 670180 = Teichiku ULS-1815-R (Jp) notes by Pete Welding = Storyville SLP 4035 "Blues Roots Vol. 1" Storyville discography
6	1979	Chicago Blues - Live at the Fickle Pickle Johnny Jones & Willie Dixon - Johnny's Boogie Maxwell Street Jimmy - Long Haired Doney John Henry Barbee - Baby I Need Your Love Blind James Brewer (rec. 1963) - Big Road Blues - Poor Kelly Big Joe Williams - Sugar Mama Maxwell Street Jimmy - Make Some Love To Me - Smokestack Lightnin' John Henry Barbee - Tell Me Baby Johnny Jones & Billy Boy Arnold - Sloppy Drunk - Early In The Morning - My Little Machine - Going To The River	Flyright LP 549 Flyright discography
7	1979	Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues Smoky Babe - Boogy Avery Brady - I Don't Want You No More Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues Huddie Ledbetter - Frankie And Albert, parts 1 + 2 [Jimmy Brewer - Big Road Blues Even though shown on the cover as well as on the label track listing and even though there's a picture and a short bio of Jim Brewer in the liner notes - this Jim Brewer track is actually / erraneously? not included; instead there's the following Arthur Weston track !!!] Arthur Weston - Someday Baby Big Joe Williams - Long Road Blues Big Bill Broonzy - You Better Mind Clarence Edwards - Mean Old Frisco Bert Logan, Russ Logan, Big Joe Williams - Four O'Clock In The Morning Big Joe Henry Miller, Jimmy Lee Miller - Down Here By Myself Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - 21 Below Zero Johnny Young - Green Door Blues Arthur Weston - Roll Me Over Slow Champion Jack Dupree - Back Door Special Roosevelt Sykes - Southern Style Piano Henry Brown - Low Down Drag Memphis Slim - Funky Blues Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special Sunnyland Slim - Sunnyland's Boogie Speckled Red - Cow Cow Blues Otis Spann - The Skies Are Blue Memphis Slim - A Letter Home Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes Memphis Slim - Rebecca Blues Willie Mabon - I'm The Fixer Champion Jack Dupree - I Just Want To Be Free	DLP Storyville 6.28470 = PGP RTB 2LP 3220044 to read liner notes click on pictures of covers G = German / E = English text has been black/white reversed to improve readability Storyville discography
8	1983	Jim Brewer: Tough Luck - Kansas City Blues - Come Back Baby - Rock Me Mama - Goin' Away Blues - Big Road - Long Ways From Home - Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad - Hair Like A Horse's Mane - Poor Kelly - Mean Old 'Frisco - Tough Luck Blues - Oak Top Boogie - Pea Vine Whistle	Earwig LPS-4904 www.earwigmusic.com
9	1995	16th Anniversary Sampler - Jelly Roll King - Jelly Roll Kings - Lightnin' Struck The Poor House - Kansas City Red - Hair Like A Horse's Mane - Jim Brewer - Oil Man - Big Jack Johnson - Be Careful How You Vote - Sunnyland Slim - I'm Gonna Build My Bed On The Bottom of...   Little Brother Montgomery - Bottom Of The Harp - Louis Myers - Wes Cide Bluze - Jimmy Dawkins - Eyes Full Of Tears - David Edwards - When The Blues Hit You - Lester Davenport - Cairo - John Primer - Shake Your Apple Tree - H-Bomb Ferguson - Past, Present, and Future - Aron Burton - Stick Candy - Lovie Lee - Better Know What You Runnin' From   Homesick James Williamson - Come Here Mama - Little Willie Anderson - Young Girl - Big Leon Brooks - Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Louisiana Red	Earwig 4943 CD www.earwigmusic.com
10	1999	20th Anniversary Collection - Jelly Roll Stroll - Jelly Roll Kings - Mr. Freddie Blues - Floyd Jones - Long Ways From Home - Jim Brewer - You Can Have My Woman - Big Jack Johnson - Gonna Put Her Down - Frank Fros - Patience Like Job - Sunnyland Slim - Daddy, When Is Mama Comin Home? - Big Jack Johnson - Hard, Oh Lord - Little Brother Montgomery - Wiggle Tail - Louis Myers - Beetin Knockin Ringin - Jimmy Dawkins - The Army Blues - David Edwards - Slow Down Baby - Lester Davenport - Lawhorn Special - John Primer - Leavin' You Tomorrow - H-Bomb Ferguson - Trouble - Aron Burton - Tell Me That You Love Me - Lovie Lee - What Done Got Into That Woman   Homesick James Williamson - 69th Street Bounce - Willie Anderson - Please Mr. Catfish - Big Leon Brooks - Parole Blues - Louisiana Red - I'm Just a Natural Man - Aron Burton - North Carolina Bound - Lil Ed / Dave Weld - You Can't Call The Blues - Johnny Jones - Life Sentence Of The Blues - Liz Mandville Greeson - Every Now And Then - David Edwards / Carey Bell - I Wanna Get Married - Willie Kent - She Got A Thing Goin' On - Sunnyland Slim / Bonnie Lee - Red's Vision - Louisiana Red - I Wanna Get In Your Head, Before I Get ...   Johnny Drummer - The Friendly Stranger - Liz Mandville Greeson - Millennium Blues - Louisiana Red	2 CD set Earwig 4946 CD www.earwigmusic.com
11	1999	I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume One CD One Willie Mabon - Michelle - I´m Hungry - I Don't Know - New Orleans Blues - I'm The Fixer James Brewer - I Know A Woman, She Lives Up The Hill - Big Road Blues - Blues In The Morning, Blues Every Turn Around - Poor Kelly Blues - I Don't No Woman, She Got Hair Like Drops Of Rain Eddie Boyd (+ Mike Bloomfield) - Five Long Years - Early Grave - The Big Question - Look Over Younder Wall Yank Rachell (+ John Lee Granderson, Mike Bloomfield) - Going To Pack Up My Things And - Every Night And Day, I Hear My Baby Call My Name - My Baby Rocks Me - My Baby's Gone, Soon I´ll Be Gone Myself CD Two Johnny Young (+ Slim Willis, Otis Spann, Robert Whitehead) - Why Did You Break My Heart - Better Cut It Out - My Baby Walked Out And Left - Step By, Baby - Monkey-Face Woman Sunnyland Slim (+ Mike Bloomfield) - Brownskin Woman - It's You Baby - One Room Country Shack - Sunnyland's Jump - Rock Me Big Walter Horton (+ Robert Nighthawk) - Let's Have A Good Time - Mean Mistreater - I'm In The Mood - Louise, Louise - You Don't Mistreat Me - Trouble In Mind Interviews Willie Mabon James Brewer Eddie Boyd Yank Rachell	2 CD set Jefferson Records SBACD 12653/4 www.jeffersonbluesmag.com
12	1999	And This Is Maxwell Street CD One - The Sun Is Shining- Johnny Young - Can't Hold Out Much Longer - Big John Wrencher - Juke Medley - Carey Bell - That's All Right - Robert Night Hawk - Red Top/Ornithology - Little Arthur King - Maxwell Street Jam - Carey Bell - Lucille - Big John Wrencher - Corinna, Corinna - Arvella Gray - Power To Live Right - Carrie Robinson - Cheating And Lying Blues - Robert Night Hawk - Honky Tonk - Robert Night Hawk - Dust My Broom - Robert Night Hawk - Peter Gunn Jam - Robert Night Hawk - I Need Love So Bad - Robert Night Hawk - All I Want For My Breakfast - Johnny Young - Take It Easy, Baby - Robert Night Hawk - Long Gone John - Unknown Harpist CD Two - Mama, Talk To Your Daughter - Big Mojo Elem - I'm Ready - Carey Bell - Carey'n On - Carey Bell - When The Saints Go Marching In - James Brewer Group - Back Off Jam - Robert Night Hawk - John Henry - Arvella Gray - Anna Lee/Sweet Black Angel - Robert Night Hawk - Love You Tonight - Big John Wrencher - The Time Have Come - Robert Night Hawk - Cruisin' In A Cadillac - Carey Bell - Honey Hush - Robert Night Hawk - I'll Fly Away - James Brewer Gospel Group - I Shall Overcome - Fannie Brewer	2 CD set Street Recordings Made For 1964 Documentary Film 'And This Is Free' P-Vine PCD-5527/28 (Jp) = Rooster CD ROO2641 (US) = Catfish CD (UK) more info more info

Sources / Further reading:
- Clas Ahlstrand: Blind Jimmie [sic!] Brewer.- Blues Unlimited 48 (1967), p. 11-12
- Joe Riley: An Interview with Jim Brewer.- JEMF Quarterly 17 # 64 (1981), p.215-218
- Ludwig Reitz: Blind Jim Brewer.- Blues Forum 6 (1982), p. 9-11
- Andy Cohen: Jim Brewer: Blues Traditionalist.- Sing Out! Vol. 31 #2 (1985), p. 26-32
- Andy Cohen: Jim Brewer 1920-1988 - Bluesman.- Sing Out! (1988), p. 32
- Jim Brewer obituary.- Living Blues 82 (1988)

source of left column picture: http://www.sonic.net/~talcroft/ATIMS/Biojimmybrewer.html (Studio IT)

thanks to Alan Balfour and Colin Talcroft for additional info / label scans

from Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who (1979), p. 65;
photo by Ray Flerlage

with Michael Kennedy and Strawberry Cloud
at the New Harmony Festival of Traditional Music, June 1977;
source: Sing Out! 31/2 (1985), p. 30;
photo by Dillon Bastin

Chicago, Maxwell Street Market, may 11, 1980; source: Blues Forum 6 (1982), p. 11; photo by Friedemann Heinze

On the main stage at the '84 Old Songs Festival; source: Sing Out! 31/2 (1985), p. 26; photo by Armen Katchaturian

Chicago, 1967; source: Blues Forum 6 (1982), p. 9 photo by Clas Ahlstrand

On stage at the '84 Old Songs Festival; source: Sing Out! 31/2 (1985), p. 27; photo by Armen Kachaturian

On stage at the '84 Old Songs Festival; source: Sing Out! 31/2 (1985), p. 32; photo by John Reese

source: Sing Out! 31/2 (1985), p. 29; photo by Robert Barclay