Made in America (Blues Brothers album)

Infobox Album
Name = Made in America
Type = Live album
Longtype =
Artist = The Blues Brothers


Released = December 1980
Recorded = 1980, Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles
Genre = Blues, blues-rock, blue-eyed soul
Length = 31:85
Label = Atlantic Records
Producer = Bob Tischler
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:n9z8b5t4tsqs link]
Last album =
(1980)
This album = Made in America
(1980)
Next album = Best of the Blues Brothers
(1981)

"Made in America" is the third album by The Blues Brothers. The second live album by the band, it was released in December 1980 as a followup to their hit film released that year, "The Blues Brothers". Commercially and critically it fared less well than the previous two albums, 1978's "Briefcase Full of Blues" and "". "Made in America" peaked at 49 on the "Billboard" chart and the single, "Who's Makin' Love", just cracked the Top 40 at 39. It was the band's last album with lead singer "Joliet" Jake Blues (John Belushi, who died in 1982).

Track listing

# "Soul Finger"/"Funky Broadway" (Alexander, Caldwell, Cauley, Christian, Cunningham, Jones, King) – 2:05
# "Who's Making Love?" (Banks, Crutcher, Davis, Jackson) – 3:33
# "Do You Love Me"/"Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me)" (Brown, Ellis, Gordy) – 2:55
# "Guilty" (Newman) – 3:41
# "Perry Mason Theme" (Steiner) – 2:04
# "Riot in Cell Block No. 9" (Leiber, Stoller) – 3:32
# "Green Onions" (Cropper, Jackson, Jones, Steinberg) – 5:45
# "I Ain't Got You" (Carter) – 2:44
# "From the Bottom" (Williamson) – 3:25
# "Going Back to Miami" (Cochran) – 4:01

Credits

* Elwood Blues – Vocals, harmonica
* "Joliet" Jake Blues – Vocals
* Steve "The Colonel" Cropper – Guitar
*Donald "Duck" Dunn – Bass guitar
* Murphy "Murph" Dunne – Keyboards, Electric piano, Wurlitzer
* Steve "Getdwa" Jordan – drums, Background Vocals
* Tom "Bones" Malone – Tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trombone, trumpet, horn arrangements
* Lou "Blue Lou" Marini – Tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
*Jeff Mironov – Guitar
* Matt "Guitar" Murphy – Lead guitar
* Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin – Trumpet, background vocals
* Tom "Triple Scale" Scott – Tenor and alto saxophones, horn arrangements
*Paul "The Shiv" Shaffer – Keyboards, piano, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer, background vocals, musical director

External links

* [http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/albums.php?album_id=3 Album information at Blues Brothers Central]