Mike Brewer

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Michael Brewer (born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1944) with Tom Shipley were the popular music duo Brewer & Shipley.

Mike Brewer formed a duo in Los Angeles in early 1966 called Mastin & Brewer with singer/songwriter Tom Mastin. The group recruited drummer Billy Mundi and bass player Jim Fielder for live dates, opening for The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield in spring 1966. When Mastin left abruptly during sessions for an album, Brewer brought in his brother Keith and the pair recorded a lone single for Columbia Records "Need Me" backed by "Rainbow" written by Tom Mastin and Mike Brewer before the former's departure. By this point, Mundi had moved on to The Lamp of Childhood and then The Mothers of Invention while Fielder had also joined The Mothers of Invention (and later Buffalo Springfield and Blood, Sweat & Tears). Following the single, Brewer ran into his old friend Tom Shipley and they founded a duo together.