Blues Brothers 2000 (soundtrack)
Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the third studio album by The Blues Brothers, their twelfth release, overall. It is a soundtrack album to the 1998 film, Blues Brothers 2000, the sequel to the 1980 film, The Blues Brothers.
Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
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Released | February 3, 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1997 | |||
Genre | Blues, blues rock, blue-eyed soul | |||
Length | 60:29 | |||
Label | Uptown/Universal | |||
Producer | Paul Shaffer | |||
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In addition to tracks by the Blues Brothers Band performed with guest artists such as Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Dr. John, Lonnie Brooks, Junior Wells, Eddie Floyd and Wilson Pickett, there are songs by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Blues Traveler as well as an all-star blues supergroup, the Louisiana Gator Boys, featuring B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Bo Diddley, Charlie Musselwhite, Doctor John, Lou Rawls, Koko Taylor, Isaac Hayes, Billy Preston and other artists.
This is the first official release to feature John Goodman after his first performance with the band at the House of the Blues in Los Angeles in 1995.[1]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Born in Chicago" | Nick Gravenites | Paul Butterfield Blues Band | 3:05 |
2. | "The Blues Don't Bother Me" | Murphy | Matt "Guitar" Murphy | 3:32 |
3. | "Harmonica Musings" | Popper | John Popper | 0:32 |
4. | "Cheaper to Keep Her" | Mack Rice | Elwood Blues, Lonnie Brooks and Junior Wells | 3:13 |
5. | "Perry Mason Theme" | Fred Steiner | Blues Brothers | 2:29 |
6. | "Looking for a Fox" | Clarence Carter/Marcus Daniel/Rick Hall/Wilbur Terrell | Blues Brothers | 2:46 |
7. | "I Can't Turn You Loose" | Otis Redding | Blues Brothers | 2:24 |
8. | "Respect" | Redding | Aretha Franklin and the Ridgeway Sisters | 3:00 |
9. | "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)" | Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd | Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett, Jonny Lang and the Blues Brothers | 3:29 |
10. | "Maybe I'm Wrong" | Popper | Blues Traveler | 5:33 |
11. | "Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend" | Stan Jones | Blues Brothers | 3:10 |
12. | "John the Revelator" | Son House | Taj Mahal, Sam Moore and Cab Blues | 3:53 |
13. | "Let There Be Drums" | Sandy Nelson/Richard Podolor | Carl LaFong Trio | 1:14 |
14. | "Season of the Witch" | Donovan Leitch | Dr. John and The Blues Brothers | 5:09 |
15. | "Funky Nassau" | Tyrone Fitzgerald/Raphael Munnings | Queen Mousette, Cab Blues, Elwood Blues, Mighty Mack and The Blues Brothers | 4:11 |
16. | "How Blue Can You Get?" | Jane Feather | The Louisiana Gator Boys | 5:18 |
17. | "Turn On Your Love Light" | Deadric Malone/Joe Scott | Blues Brothers | 3:30 |
18. | "New Orleans" | Frank Guida/Joseph Royster | The Louisiana Gator Boys and the Blues Brothers | 4:01 |
Other songs in the film
In addition to the soundtrack, there are songs that appear in the film as background music that do not feature on the soundtrack. They include:
- "Last Night" by the Blues Brothers Band - plays when Elwood and Buster drive through the city, to Willie's Strip Club
- "Gumpstumper" by Ben Vaughan - plays during the car chase scene between Elwood, Mack, Buster and the Russian gangsters, after Willie's Strip Club is burnt down
- "Honkytonk Dancing Machine" by Tracy Byrd - plays in the background of the scene at Bob's Country Kitchen
- "Please Please Please" by James Brown and Blues Brothers - the lady is leaving at the end of the movie
- "Checkin' Up on My Baby" by Junior Wells and Lonnie Brooks - at the last credits, Junior Wells sing in the film before he passed away, and Lonnie Brooks sing too with his guitar at Willie's Strip Club
Credits
- "Mighty" Mack McTeer - vocals
- Buster Blues - vocals
- Cab Blues - vocals
- Elwood J. Blues - vocals, blues harp
- Steve "the Colonel" Cropper - guitar
- Matt "Guitar" Murphy - lead guitar
- Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass
- "Blue" Lou Marini - alt, tenor and baritone saxophone
- Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin - trumpet
- Tom "Bones" Malone - trombone, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone
- Birch "Crimson Slide" Johnson - trombone
- Paul "The Shiv" Shaffer - keyboards, producer
- Leon "The Lion" Pendarvis - keyboards
- Murphy "Murph" Dunne - keyboards
- Anton Fig - drums
- Steve Potts - drums
- Willie "Too Big" Hall - drums
- John Popper - harmonica