John Charles Brim (April 10, 1922 – October 1, 2003)[1] was an American Chicago blues guitarist, songwriter, and singer.
Brim began playing guitar by studying the recordings of Big Bill Broonzy and Tampa Red.
He used his royalties from Van Halen's recording of "Ice Cream Man" to open a nightclub in Chicago.
The name of the band was coincidental; they were not Brim's regular band and had been using the name because the members had previously worked with the Chicago bluesman Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers, who worked as an ice cream man on Chicago's South Side.
A studio album, Ice Cream Man, was released by Tone Cool Records in 1994.