40 Years Ago Today - Briefcase Full of Blues

[Steam McQueen]

Briefcase Full of Blues is the debut album by The Blues Brothers, released on November 28, 1978, by Atlantic Records. It was recorded live on September 9, 1978 at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, when the band opened for comedian Steve Martin.

Here's a great article about this magical milestone ...

"In the early days, a lot of the press reported that John and Dan were making fun of the music," Cropper said in 2014. "Duck and I read that and said: 'What? We couldn't make fun of our music.' We had to do some interviews and let them know how serious they were. Dan studied hard to learn how to play harmonica. John had been a rock and roll drummer long before he became famous as a comedian. It ended up being one the best collections of blues musicians I've ever seen."

- ultimateclassicrock.com/blues-brothers-briefcase-full-of-blues/

If you don't have the album handy you can always listen to it on daTube ...





Great stuff!

[Elwood]

Nov 28, 2018 17:15:55 GMT -5 Steam McQueen said:

"In the early days, a lot of the press reported that John and Dan were making fun of the music," Cropper said in 2014. "Duck and I read that and said: 'What? We couldn't make fun of our music.' We had to do some interviews and let them know how serious they were. Dan studied hard to learn how to play harmonica. John had been a rock and roll drummer long before he became famous as a comedian. It ended up being one the best collections of blues musicians I've ever seen."

From "Walk This Way - The Autobiography of Aerosmith, by Stephen Davis and Aerosmith:

(Sometime in 1976..)