"Good Evening, Ladies and Gentlemen and welcome to the Universal Amphitheater. Well, here it is the late 1970's going on 1985. Y'know so much of the music we here today is pre-programmed electronic disco, we never get a chance to hear master blues men practicing their craft anymore. By the year 2006, the music known today as the blues will exist only in the classical records department of your local public library. So tonight, Ladies and Gentlemen, while we still can, let us welcome from Rock Island, Illinois, the blues men of Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues:
The Blues Brothers!"
"Briefcase Full Of Blues", debut album by the Blues Brothers; in my collection, I have a 1978 "Atlantic Records" german release.
When I was a child, in the '90s, I watched the "Blues Brothers" movie hundreds and hundreds times. It's a great movie, with fantastic music and great musicians; spectacular car chases and accidents.
Obviously, I always loved the main characters dress code!
There's only one sad aspect I see in this movie:
dozens of Dodge Monacos were destroyed... sigh.
Back on topic:
I have the original soundtrack of the movie in my collection, in Compact Disc format. Anyway, Briefcase Full Of Blues is a great piece - relaxing and funny (thinking about John Belushi screams!!) at the same time. Some people might not appreciate the fact that ALL the tracks are covers of blues and soul songs from the 1950s to the 1970s but I don’t see it as a problem.
"Briefcase Full Of Blues" reaches position number 1 on the "Billboard 200", sold over two million copies in the US and went double platinum!
I'm really proud to own this pearl.
I have the original soundtrack of the movie in my collection, in Compact Disc format. Anyway, Briefcase Full Of Blues is a great piece - relaxing and funny (thinking about John Belushi screams!!) at the same time. Some people might not appreciate the fact that ALL the tracks are covers of blues and soul songs from the 1950s to the 1970s but I don’t see it as a problem.
"Briefcase Full Of Blues" reaches position number 1 on the "Billboard 200", sold over two million copies in the US and went double platinum!
I'm really proud to own this pearl.
Blues Brothers band:
"Joliet" Jake Blues (John Belushi) – lead vocals
Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) – backing vocals, harmonica, lead vocals on "Rubber Biscuit"
Paul "The Shiv" Shaffer – backing vocals, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, acoustic piano, musical director
Steve "The Colonel" Cropper – guitar
Matt "Guitar" Murphy – guitar
Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar
Steve "Getdwa" Jordan – backing vocals, drums
Lou "Blue Lou" Marini – tenor and alto saxophones, backing vocals
Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin – trumpet, backing vocals
Tom "Triple Scale" Scott – tenor and alto saxophones, backing vocals
Tom "Bones" Malone - tenor and baritone saxophones, trombone, trumpet, backing vocals, horn arrangements
(thanks Wikipedia!)
See you next Sunday!
In the next post I will talk about a weird, very old and fascinating object that I own about a year.
~ Chris ~
In the next post I will talk about a weird, very old and fascinating object that I own about a year.
~ Chris ~
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