Re: [Harp-L] Re: Sweet Sounds of Summer

["Robert Paparozzi" <chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well actually it was BOTH that inspired them....Donnie & Downchild had some 
original blues songs like "Shotgun Blues" and "Everything I Need, 
Almost"....that Belushi and Ackroyd loved when they were still in 
Canada.....

but then when Belushi was on location in the Portland-Eugene OR area 
shooting "Animal House" he'd go out and hear Curtis Salgado and started to 
hang with him and then got the idea for the Blues Brother vibe.....

the first Blues Brothers record is dedicated to Curtis! but they also 
included the above tunes by Downchild on the same record.....must have been 
a nice royalties check for them as the record was HUGE.-)

(When the Blues Brothers hit in the 80's, I must say I was a bit offended by 
the "Jiveness" of it....but have come to realize that they were responsible 
for exposing BLUES and R&B to a MASS audience that would have NEVER EVER 
bought a Blues record.....that vibe worked it's way around the globe and 
helped a lot of older AND younger Blues and R&B musicians make a living!  )

Harp Content: when I play with the Original Blues Brothers Band I get a nice 
3 Chorus feature on "Shotgun Blues".........a slow Blues in Bb

best,
rob paparozzi



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:18 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Sweet Sounds of Summer


> > Seriously, for fans it's definitely historic in that it was Donnie and 
> > the
> > Downchild Blues Band who inspired the original Blues Brothers' act . . .
>
> I believe Donnie would get some argument about that from Curtis Salgado.
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