Big George Brock

George Brock (May 16, 1932 – April 10, 2020), billed as Big George Brock, was an American blues musician. A native of Mississippi, he moved to Missouri in the 1950s and operated a series of nightclubs. He played alongside Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed, and Albert King. Brock starred in the 2006 film Hard Times, a documentary about his life.

Life and career Brock was born in Grenada, Mississippi on May 16, 1932. By the time he was eight, he was working as a sharecropper picking cotton.

As a teenager he moved to Mattson, Mississippi. There he met Muddy Waters, and they performed together on weekends. In the late 1940s he moved to Walls, Mississippi. While working as a pipeliner on Highway 61, Brock met Howlin' Wolf. He became his roadie and performed with him. He focused on his music career because it was more lucrative, forming his own band Big George & the Houserockers. Brock toured overseas in England, Italy, Switzerland and France. He continued to perform and regularly headlined various blues festivals, including the Bluesweek Festival and the Big Muddy Blues Festival.

Personal life Brock was married three times and claimed to have 42 children. In 2021 the Killer Blues Headstone Project placed a headstone for George Brock at Laurel Hill Cemetery in St. Louis.

Discography Albums 1987: Should Have Been There (self-released) 1999: I Got To Keep My Bedroom Door Locked (self-released) 1999: Front Door Man (Tee-Ti) 2005: Club Caravan (Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, Inc.) – Big George Brock & The Houserockers 2006: Round Two (Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, Inc.) 2006: Hard Times (Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, Inc.) 2007: Live At Seventy Five (Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, Inc.) 2007: Heavyweight Blues (APO Records)