YouTube - Blues Brothers - Hey Bartender
For all you Blues Brothers fans out there, be assured i am a dedi-
cated admirer of Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi and the institution
of party blues which these guys gave to the world for a brief time
together. Belushi proved to be irreplacable after his untimely death
in 1982, but he hung around long enough on planet earth to be one
half of an unlikely blues act that in time became an international
phenomenon and continues to be revered by many to the point of
cult worship. There are many songs off the Blues Brothers sound-
track which i want to review seperately, the first one off the
starting block for me is the jump blues classic HEY BARTENDER.
The formula is pretty simple, Belushi out front as normal belting
out his style of vocals in the typically satirical manner he was
renowned for, while Ackroyd warmed his tonsils up on harmonica
backed by the best brass backing band in the business. Belushi
could never really sing, Ackroyd was even worse, but it never
mattered with the Blues Brothers because it really was a case
of taking in the whole experience. The Blues Brother movie
complimenting the soundtrack was a box office flop in 1980,
it was slow to catch on but in the end it and the music sound-
track which accompanied the movie become a cult classic and to
this day there continues to be an annual get togther in the states
to commemorate the Blues Brothers legend which was born this time
31 years ago. If you cant have fun listening to this the you aren`t
much fun obviously. It`s enough to make you shake your tailfeather.
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