Sunday, September 20, 2009

10 Great Soul Songs Covered By The Blues Brothers

Under the direction of the soulless Paul Schaffer and with the help of original Stax session men Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve Cropper, and Willie Hall the Blues Brothers played a mixed bag of cover tunes, always acknowledging their sources when played live. At their best, the Blues Brothers made you feel like you had been invited to a Saturday Night Live after party, exposing you to some great soul music and encouraging you to seek out the original tunes. At their worst, the Blues Brothers played coked-up obliterations of some truly great music. So, here are some of the originals, featured in Briefcase Full of Blues, and the soundtrack to their first movie.

I Can't Turn You Loose - Otis Redding
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Messin' With the Kid - Junior Wells
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Rubber Biscuit - The Chips
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Groove Me - King Floyd
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Soul Man - Sam & Dave
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Flip, Flop & Fly - Downchild Blues Band
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Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini
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Shake Your Tailfeather - Bobby and James Purify
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Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson
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Everybody Needs Somebody To Love - Solomon Burke
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1 comment:

Evil Genuis @StandBy4MindCtl said...

these all were set to auto play in g reader. it made for a musical wake up.