Brewer Phillips

{{short description|American blues guitarist (1924–1999)}}

Brewer Phillips (November 16, 1924 – August 30, 1999) was an American blues guitarist, chiefly associated with juke joint blues and Chicago blues.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/brewer-phillips-mn0000936998/biography|title=Brewer Phillips | Biography & History|website=AllMusic|access-date=10 March 2021}}

Phillips was born on a plantation in Coila, Mississippi and learned the blues from Memphis Minnie at an early age. He relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, and recorded with Bill Harvey, Roosevelt Sykes, later moving to Chicago where he played with Hound Dog Taylor. 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, playing both acoustic and electric guitar. He recorded for Delmark Records and JSP Records.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/brewer-phillips-mn0000936998/discography|title=Brewer Phillips | Album Discography|website=AllMusic|access-date=10 March 2021}}

Phillips died of natural causes in Chicago in August 1999, at the age of 74.{{cite web|url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1998.html|title=The Dead Rock Stars Club 1998 - 1999|website=Thedeadrockstarsclub.com|access-date=13 March 2019}}