Take It Easy Greasy

Jim Brewer

Jim Brewer with Special Guest Dan Smith

Take It Easy Greasy presents two Folk-Blues and Gospel masters from the old days, Jim...

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  • Take It Easy Greasy presents two Folk-Blues and Gospel masters from the old days, Jim Brewer (1920-1988 and Rev. Dan Smith (1911-1994). This album, covering 1966 through 1984, was assembled from three concerts and a studio session, all previously unreleased.

    Jim Brewer (1920-1988) – acoustic, guitar, autoharp and vocals and Rev. Dan Smith (1911-1994) – harmonica and vocals. Assembled from concert and studio recordings, this is a compendium of ‘Folk’ Blues and Gospel songs mixed with covers of Blues 78s dating back to Jim’s teenage years. This is the first time these songs have been issued, though the tapes date from 1966 to 1984. On the several numbers they play together, Dan sings and plays harmonica, and Jim backs him on autoharp.

    1. Jim’s Highway 61 4:16
    2. Corinna Corinna 2:14
    3. Crawdad Hole 1:59
    4. The Train 2:43
    5. Cotton Needs Pickin’ 3:23
    6. Babylon Is Falling Down 4:25
    7. Step It Up and Go 3:22
    8. That’s Alright 3:59
    9. Must I Go or Stay 3:47
    10. Oak Top Boogie 3:00
    11. Jim Brewer’s Talkin’ Blues 5:10
    12. Don’t You Lie to Me 2:45
    13. What You Gonna Do 2:44
    14. It Hurts Me Too 3:04
    15. See See Rider 3:20
    16. Tell Me Mama 5:16
  • Release Date: February 15, 2025

    Album produced by Andy Cohen and Michael Robert Frank

     

    Tracks 1,15 January through March 1978, produced and recorded at Reel Recording Company, DeKalb, IL by Mark Leach and Jeff Meier

    Tracks 2,3,4,5,6 recorded at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI July 29, 1984, engineer unknown

    Tracks 7,8,9,10,11,16 recorded by Bill Fonvielle at an Evanston, IL, House concert, May 13, 1966

    Tracks 12,13,14 recorded at the Gentry Remedy Company, Bloomington, IN, November 15, 1980 by Bruce Conforth and David A. Brose

     

    Songs 1,2,3 traditional, new words, music & arrangement by J. W. Brewer

    Songs 9,10,11,16 written by J.W. Brewer, Earwig Music

    Song 7 written by Fulton Allen, BMG Platinum Songs US

    Songs 4,5,6 written by Dan Smith, publisher unknown

    Song 8 written by James A. Lane, Arc Music

    Song 12 written by Hudson Whittaker, Wabash Music Company / Songs of Universal

    Song 13 written by Sam Theard, Jay Mayo Williams Music

    Song 14 written by Hudson Whittaker, publisher unknown

    Song 15 written by Gertrude Ma Rainey & Lena Arant, Universal Music Corp.

     

    Mixing, editing and mastering by Jim Godsey, JBG Audio, Palatine, IL

    Liner Notes written by Andy Cohen and Michael Frank

    Graphic design by Steven Hausheer

    Front Cover photograph by George Mitchell

    ©℗ 2025 Earwig Music Company. Inc. and Riverlark Music, LLC.

Jim Brewer Take It Easy Greasy
Genre: Blues, Folk/Americana
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