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
Soundtrack album by
The Blues Brothers
ReleasedFebruary 3, 1998
Recorded1997
GenreBlues, blues rock, blue-eyed soul
Length60:29
LabelUptown/Universal
ProducerPaul Shaffer
The Blues Brothers chronology
Blues Brothers & Friends: Live from House of Blues
(1997)		 Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1998)		 The Blues Brothers Complete
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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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.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Born in Chicago"Nick GravenitesPaul Butterfield Blues Band3:05
2."The Blues Don't Bother Me"MurphyMatt "Guitar" Murphy3:32
3."Harmonica Musings"PopperJohn Popper0:32
4."Cheaper to Keep Her"Mack RiceElwood Blues, Lonnie Brooks and Junior Wells3:13
5."Perry Mason Theme"Fred SteinerBlues Brothers2:29
6."Looking for a Fox"Clarence Carter/Marcus Daniel/Rick Hall/Wilbur TerrellBlues Brothers2:46
7."I Can't Turn You Loose"Otis ReddingBlues Brothers2:24
8."Respect"ReddingAretha Franklin and the Ridgeway Sisters3:00
9."634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)"Steve Cropper/Eddie FloydEddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett, Jonny Lang and the Blues Brothers3:29
10."Maybe I'm Wrong"PopperBlues Traveler5:33
11."Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend"Stan JonesBlues Brothers3:10
12."John the Revelator"Son HouseTaj Mahal, Sam Moore and Cab Blues3:53
13."Let There Be Drums"Sandy Nelson/Richard PodolorCarl LaFong Trio1:14
14."Season of the Witch"Donovan LeitchDr. John and The Blues Brothers5:09
15."Funky Nassau"Tyrone Fitzgerald/Raphael MunningsQueen Mousette, Cab Blues, Elwood Blues, Mighty Mack and The Blues Brothers4:11
16."How Blue Can You Get?"Jane FeatherThe Louisiana Gator Boys5:18
17."Turn On Your Love Light"Deadric Malone/Joe ScottBlues Brothers3:30
18."New Orleans"Frank Guida/Joseph RoysterThe Louisiana Gator Boys and the Blues Brothers4:01

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

References
  1. https://www.weinschenk.de/blues-brothers/filme/the-return-of-the-blues-brothers/index.html


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