# What is the genre of music featured in "The Blues Brothers"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-genre-of-music-featured-in-the-blues-brothers/653720 "2013-03-23T05:52:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-genre-of-music-featured-in-the-blues-brothers/653720/21 "2013-03-23T19:57:00Z")
Yeah, I’d just generally put it under the category of “soul.” There’s a mix of styles going on, but Memphis Soul seems to be the backbone for a lot of the numbers (and with Donald Duck Dunn on bass, that’s not surprising.) ---
**Author:** ![Krav\_Manga](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krav_manga/32/3153_2.png) [@Krav\_Manga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krav_Manga)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-genre-of-music-featured-in-the-blues-brothers/653720/22 "2013-03-24T09:57:47Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I have a distinct memory of Dan Akroyd’s voice introducing themselves as a “Rhythm and Blues” band. Rhythm and Blues Revue. Tonight only. [http://www.hark.com/the-blues-brothers/tonight-only-the-fabulous-blues-brothers-rhythm-and-blues-revue](http://www.hark.com/the-blues-brothers/tonight-only-the-fabulous-blues-brothers-rhythm-and-blues-revue) ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-genre-of-music-featured-in-the-blues-brothers/653720/23 "2013-03-24T23:55:08Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Most of the music on the soundtrack, IMHO, falls under the definition of “soul” - Aretha, James Brown, Ray Charles and Sam & Dave, with the latter duo being the direct inspiration for the Blues Brothers characters. Yep I’m with you Soul all the way. Well except rawhide of course. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-genre-of-music-featured-in-the-blues-brothers/653720/24 "2013-03-25T00:09:34Z")
> [@sisu](#): > > Yep I’m with you Soul all the way. Well except rawhide of course. And [Sink the Bismarck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8CfhDELAnE), which was cut from the final film. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-genre-of-music-featured-in-the-blues-brothers/653720/25 "2013-03-25T03:52:37Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > And [Sink the Bismarck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8CfhDELAnE), which was cut from the final film. Pendants gotta pendant 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-genre-of-music-featured-in-the-blues-brothers/653720/26 "2013-03-25T04:54:35Z")
The most correct description would be “A Viable Commercial Product” . . . at least that’s how Don Kirschner first introduced them: > [@](#): > > I’m Don Kirschner, and welcome to “Rock Concert”. In 1969, Marshall Checkers, of the legendary Checkers Records, called me on a new blues act that had been playing in a small, funky club on Chicago’s South Side. Today, with the help of Jerry Erdegan, and the staff of Pacific Records, their manager, Morey Daniels, and with the support of fellow artists Curtis Selgado and the Cray Band, they are no longer an authentic blues act, but have managed to become **a viable commercial product**. So now, let’s join “Joliet” Jake and his silent brother Elwood - The Blues Brothers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-genre-of-music-featured-in-the-blues-brothers/653720.md?page=1)