Music Appreciation
Related: About this forum40 years ago today...this album was released
Here's a cool article that had some tidbits I had never heard about the band and the album.
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/blues-brothers-briefcase-full-of-blues/
The Polack MSgt
(13,175 posts)And put me on the path to beinga blues fan.
It's also a great album. These guys were RCA records heavy hitters top to bottom.
Docreed2003
(16,846 posts)The talent alone in the band is astounding. I didn't realize that John and Dan had insisted that their royalties would be given to the original artists. Pretty cool
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Love the album, LOVE the movie!
Hate Illinois Nazis!
Docreed2003
(16,846 posts)"Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips!"
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)My son says he learned to count by watching the car crashes. I guess I made them watch too much when they were little.
TEB
(12,823 posts)Because all our children love this movie because of dad
Initech
(100,029 posts)"We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes. It's dark and we're wearing sunglasses."
"Hit it!"
Such a classic!
TEB
(12,823 posts)I was maybe 12 or 13 sitting in our bedroom my brother and I figuring it out on guitar ( Matt guitar Murphy) we were two scrawny white kids finding our blues