Franticsmurf Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Many, many, many years ago, I was briefly a Blues Brother with a vastly more talented singer/guitarist. As he was taller than me, I was 'Jake' to his 'Elwood'. In the act we played about a third of the set as the Blues Brothers, with various other disguises that covered the Beatles and various rock and roll stars. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slojo Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 On 09/01/2023 at 07:48, Doctor J said: Not all of it Basically the Muddy Waters band plus Walter Shaky Horton on Harp, nice! My favourite film, a classic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 On 09/01/2023 at 07:47, BassAgent said: But the movie (and the music) is not about blues. It's about brothers called Blues. They never claim to play blues music. I thought they played both kinds of music, country AND western 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 I used to play several Blues Brothers tunes when I was in a soul band, fantastic fun. The Blues Brothers film was my gateway into soul and R&B back in the 80s, watched it for the first time in a long time over Christmas and it still delivers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 On 08/01/2023 at 22:10, pbasspecial said: Used to play ‘She caught the Katy’ in a band. My wife thought it was a great song too. After a gig she said ‘I really like that She’s complicated song’ took me a little while to work out she meant ‘She caught the Katy!’ 😂 As a youngster, pre- internet I hadn't really understood who Katy was ha ha! - And for those still wondering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri–Kansas–Texas_Railroad 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 My favourite film of all time. Great music, great story, amazingly well filmed and utterly bonkers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheelvy Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 This film was my gateway into liking music to begin with. Didn't even know what a bass was at the time! Would say Duck Dunn was a pretty good first influence once I figured out what that low rumbly thing was... Split my teen years between this and The Commitments. Thoroughly confused my peers who were all into Neu-Metal at the time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Here's the genesis of The Blues Brothers Band, before Jake & Elwood joined... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, iamtheelvy said: This film was my gateway into liking music to begin with. Didn't even know what a bass was at the time! Would say Duck Dunn was a pretty good first influence once I figured out what that low rumbly thing was... Split my teen years between this and The Commitments. Thoroughly confused my peers who were all into Neu-Metal at the time... Another great film, and soundtrack. The Blues Brothers were a great band both before and after the movie. I can't find the reference, but somewhere there is a quote from Duck Dunn where he recounts being criticised by a bunch of musicians for slumming it on SNL witha couple of actors. His reply was something to the effect that 1) Ackroyd really could play the blues harmonica, 2) Belushi was among the greatest vocalists he had ever worked with (think about who he worked with!) and 3) the whole band just nailed it every time. It's not on Wikipedia but must be on the net somewhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers Edited January 11, 2023 by Richard R typo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Duck is probably my favourite bassist. I never get bored hearing him play. My big bad do Think and Tail feather. Such great fun to play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossyrocks Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I must have watched the film a dozen times in my late teens and early 20’s. Me and my mates were real devotees, and used to quote lines from the film all the time. I later went on to form a soul band in the 90’s and we did quite a few of their tunes, Shake a Tail Feather, Gimme Some Lovin, Hey Bartender, Messin with the kid, and I’m sure there a couple more. In 2013, in a pinch myself to see if it’s real moment, I was lucky enough to be in the support band for a tour with Steve Cropper with The Animals, starting in Paris. I couldn’t believe it when we got the gig, I was beside myself with excitement. We often shared a dressing room, and I became his wine gopher and had to pop out to local shops to keep the dressing room stocked up. He is a lovely guy, very open, loves a good conversation, and has some great tales to tell. I still have his number in my mobile! On a separate occasion, we were on before Booker T at The Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival and again shared a dressing room. His guitarist borrowed a guitar off us and used my amp. Looking back, I have been incredibly fortunate to meet these guys. Rob 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossyrocks Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 On 11/01/2023 at 20:26, fretmeister said: Duck is probably my favourite bassist. I never get bored hearing him play. My big bad do Think and Tail feather. Such great fun to play. I read somewhere about his approach to recording bass lines. I can’t remember exactly but he used to pare back and pare back until he was left with just the minimum notes to carry it. I’ll have to try and find the info. Yes, awesome player, saw him with Clapton in 1983 at Edinburgh Playhouse. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 As a kid, when I first saw it, it was about the action and the car chases (how did the Head Nazi's car get so high after coming off an overpass?). It was much later I appreciated the music. Probably the best film soundtrack ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 7 hours ago, ossyrocks said: I read somewhere about his approach to recording bass lines. I can’t remember exactly but he used to pare back and pare back until he was left with just the minimum notes to carry it. I’ll have to try and find the info. Yes, awesome player, saw him with Clapton in 1983 at Edinburgh Playhouse. Always start with goat p1ss.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 The Blues Brothers set list has many songs we played in my school band, about 8 years earlier. I've always wanted to find a gig with a BB tribute. 60's Soul and R&B is the ultimate good time music. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) Yup, we sometimes play Tail feather and it always goes down well. It's almost the law that you should play something off the Blues Brothers soundtrack if you've got horns and keys in your band, no? Edited January 13, 2023 by neepheid 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheelvy Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 It probably should be mentioned that Lou Marini and Alan Rubin had also supplied horns for a certain Jaco P at one point too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 5 minutes ago, iamtheelvy said: It probably should be mentioned that Lou Marini and Alan Rubin had also supplied horns for a certain Jaco P at one point too... I'll try not to hold that against them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huge Hands Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 On 09/01/2023 at 07:48, Doctor J said: Not all of it Totally with you, but in interests of transparency, the band on the original JLH recording supposedly was Jamerson and the Funk Brothers moonlighting from Motown. So you could almost say this is a soul record too..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 It wouldn't change the fact that Blues is their surname only 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheelvy Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 If it’s allowable to quote the inferior sequel: “we're the Blues Brothers. We do blues, rhythm & blues, jazz, funk, soul. We can handle rock, pop, country, heavy metal, fusion, hip hop, rap, Motown, operetta, show tunes. In fact, we've even been called upon, on occasion, to do a polka! However, Caribbean is a type of music, I regret to say, which has not been, is simply not, nor will ever be a part of this band's repertoire.” 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpy Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 The Blues Brothers mean a huge amount to me. I first heard them on the radio as my dad and I returned from a mundane shopping trip to tescos ( I was about 11) and Everybody Needs Somebody to Love came on. I can remember finding it so exciting but wishing there was another gear before it ended- then Duck stepped out with that walking bassline and I was hooked. My dad knew it and as a soul fan from the first time round we really bonded over stax, muscle shoals, Motown, and when my wife and I started a soul band, got him in on sax. A great experience, but needed Duck to kick it all off. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 18 hours ago, neepheid said: It's almost the law that you should play something off the Blues Brothers soundtrack if you've got horns and keys in your band, no? I will send this on to our church worship leader,at once. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 I have the film on DVD one of my all time favourites and I like the sequel Blues Brothers 2000 where John Goodman shows he’s no slouch in the vocal stakes. Then there was the tour, vocals by one unknown instead of Ackroyd and Eddie Floyd of Knock on Wood fame who was a gas. The band was pretty much all of them, Cropper, Dunn, Murphy etc who were amazing and clearly having a lot of fun playing together live. it was at the Festival Hall which was a bit posh for them really, there’s no chicken wire over the front of the stage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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