Briefcase Full of Blues

by The Blues Brothers

Overview

The Blues Brothers began as an affectionate joke-cum-tribute to R&B music, and taken in that spirit it retained its entertainment value, even after this live album topped the charts, sold two million copies, and produced hit singles in "Rubber Biscuit" and "Soul Man." The guardians of popular music have always been entirely too reverent and humorless, however, and it wasn't long before they were leveling charges of rip-off against the Brothers and complaining that John Belushi couldn't sing as well as Otis Redding. So what? No one seems to have noticed that Belushi was as obsessive about citing his sources as Frank Sinatra is about naming his arrangers -- you'd have thought those critics would have appreciated the footnotes. The beneficiaries of Belushi's encomiums didn't mind the increased exposure or the renewed royalty checks ("I suggest you buy as many blues albums as you can," Belushi told the audience), and even today, what comes across in these performances is the sincerity of feeling -- that and some tasty playing from a top-notch band. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	08/26/2008
Label:	Flashback Records / Atlantic
UPC:	0081227991319
Rank:	70264

Tracks

1. Opening: I Can't Turn You Loose
2. Hey Bartender
3. Messin' with the Kid
4. (I Got Everything I Need) Almost
5. Rubber Biscuit
6. Shot Gun Blues
7. Groove Me
8. I Don't Know
9. Soul Man
10. "B" Movie Box Car Blues
11. Flip, Flop & Fly
12. Closing: I Can't Turn You Loose

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Blues Brothers   Primary Artist
Donald "Duck" Dunn   Guitar (Bass)
Matt "Guitar" Murphy   Guitar
Tom "Bones" Malone   Trumpet,Trombone,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Baritone)
Steve Jordan   Drums
Paul Shaffer   Keyboards
Steve Cropper   Guitar
Lou Marini   Sax (Tenor)
Alan Rubin   Trumpet
Tom Scott   Sax (Tenor)
Elwood Blues   Vocals,Harmonica
"Joliet" Jake Blues   Vocals

Technical Credits

Bob Tischler   Audio Engineer,Audio Production
King Floyd   Composer
Chris Mars   Composer
Isaac Hayes   Composer
Floyd Dixon   Composer
Don Walsh   Composer
Charles E. Calhoun   Composer
Noa   Composer
McElvoy Robinson   Composer
Otis Redding   Composer
Ollie Hoskins   Composer
Tommy Stinson   Composer
Steve Cropper   Composer
Laila Nabulsi   Audio Production
David Porter   Composer
Delbert McClinton   Composer
Warren Dewey   Audio Engineer
Lou Willie Turner   Composer
Mel London   Composer
Willie Dixon   Composer
Junior Wells   Composer
Chuck Calhoun   Composer
Adam R. Levy   Composer
Charlie Johnson   Composer
Paul Westerberg   Composer
Willie Mabon   Composer