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Mookie Brill & Nappy Brown
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Thomas Brill, "Mookie" to his fans, is an American roots musician. Well versed in Blues, Rockabilly and Country music, he has been at it for well over a quarter century. He is best known as a bass fiddle player and ocassionally as an electric bassist.

Recently Mookie has won 3 Blues Music Awards (frmly W.C. Handy Award) for Bass Player of the year. He is also an exciting vocalist, and also plays harmonica, guitar, drums and a bit of mandolin. He has worked with and/or appeared on recordings with Carey Bell, Billy Boy Arnold, John Brim, Nappy Brown, Levon Helm, Wanda Jackson, Louisiana Red, Bob Margolin, Big Bill Morganfield, Pinetop Perkins, Jimmy Rogers, Steven Segal, Hubert Sumlin, Kim Wilson, and many others. He currently is playing bass with blues artists such as Big Bill Morganfield and Lurrie Bell. Also, he gigs with rockabilly outfit The Parodi Kings, which features guitarist Mike Hendrix. Mookie is currently writing and compiling songs in anticipation of putting out his own record sometime in the near future. He is also available for session and live gigs, U.S. and abroad.

 

 

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