The Blues Brothers - Live At Winterland (December 31, 1978) Full Concert, Audio 320kbps

The full unedited performance recorded on December 31, 1978, when the Blues Brothers opened for the Grateful Dead on the monumental closing night of Winterland.
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[@williamstevens5471]

It’s 2024 and still watching this awesome concert, I was 5 years old when they played this gig

[@hippiethisoldone8553]

And I was 12 !!!

[@signrossi1]

And I was 9!

[@metaliquette]

I was very old, i was 8... ans still watching this concert too ;o))))

[@mitchellglaser]

I was there that night. You can’t imagine how cool they were. Then the Dead came on at midnight and played till dawn. Beyond incredible.

[@likearitual]

Man I can only imagine. Musta been a complete blast.

[@diermajermurrihy]

Wow that’s awesome

[@13699111]

Lucky man right place right time !!!

[@Trustisalosingdeal]

Lucky you. I was 10 months old living in Europe at that time and for the obvious reasons I could not attend. God bless blues music and its unbelievable power.

[@michaelgleason4523]

Incredible

[@pablofichaje]

00:01 intro I Can't Turn You Loose 1:48 Hey Bartender 5:08 Messin' with the Kid 8:09 intro for (I Got Everything I Need) Almost 8:49 (I Got Everything I Need) Almost 11:30 horn section introduction 12:33 Rubber Biscuit 15:39 Shot Gun Blues 21:28 Groove Me 25:14 I Don't Know 30:47 Soul Man 33:52 Jake introduces the rest of the band 34:41 B Movie Box Car Blues 39:35 Flip, Flop and Fly 43:30 Jailhouse Rock 48:38 outro

[@pennylenny5]

Thanks man!

[@marsr9057]

thank you!!!!

[@attilaveres8986]

Lovely music! Thanks for the list. At the first intro there is an nice organ play starts at 30 second to 59 sec, do you know what is that called? I heard that when I was young long time ago.

[@pablofichaje]

@@attilaveres8986 thats part of the song

[@sandrarodrigueencourt2634]

Thanks a lot.

[@slovely08]

John Belushi was 29 Dan Aykroyd was 27. I suddenly feel inadequate.

[@ckbuco]

Dude, they're geniuses. I wouldn't worry about it so much...

[@toddmichaelnyc]

Young but they had so much experience performing at that point: including a background in music, which many people don't realize.

[@DesignRhythm]

Paul Shaffer said John was one of the best at timing he ever played with.. what a stud.

[@scotsnead8972]

And Steve Jordan was maybe 20?

[@dynjarren8355]

They were the two frontmen who assembled the best R&B band in the World! The best original players. You can’t go wrong with Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn and Matt Guitar Murphy! And it sounded incredible! The Blues Brothers may have started as a comedy bit but the band was the real thing!

[@JaredPrzekurat]

Dan aykroyd is by far the better part of the duo and it’s not even a debate in my eyes

[@alerey4363]

@@JaredPrzekurat his crazy moves in Soul Man "dancing" at SNL are mythical

[@dwolf4]

Add in Steve Jordan on drums and Paul Shaffer on keyboards and it’s all fire.

[@MadMacBooens]

Paul Shaffer overplays a lot of

[@MadMacBooens]

A lot*

[@andrewkimball2925]

Belushi left us to early. The Blues Brothers were on the way to revive so many classics even for its time.

[@RonMorris-j7z]

i was 23 and this never gets old

[@folly5girl]

God bless Bill Graham, The Grateful Dead, and The Blues Brothers!!!!!!!!

[@zirucweb]

YES!

[@daddyebzy]

I love when he asks the the audience to sing along, he's so sincere

[@margaretcorleoneblues]

I love him so much

[@krashboombang]

Steve Jordan is a beast, absolutely love his drumming on this live performance.

[@margaretcorleoneblues]

I think he’s touring with the Stones! since Charlie died 😢

[@monsterguyx6322]

Just imagine what it was like to see the Blues Brothers opening for the Dead...

[@alvarobcneto]

I was working in my computer the other day and listening to this AMAZING show with my dog by my side. 10 minutes later the two of us was dancing and jumping like crazy and singing and barking (I was singing, he was barking, just to make it clear). Thank you so much for uploading it and The Blues Brothers band for this gift

[@oughtssought1198]

LOL LET THE DOG SING!!!!

[@alvarobcneto]

@@oughtssought1198 sure! But he can’t reach the mic stand.

[@oughtssought1198]

@@alvarobcneto ya don't hire union stage hands here???

[@alvarobcneto]

@@oughtssought1198 sorry I’m from Brasil and didn’t get te reference

[@oughtssought1198]

@@alvarobcneto best reply yet thx for the much-needed laughs don't know how to say it in Portuguese, but el gusto es mio

[@TheIcanntspel]

Master bluesmen practicing their craft.

[@picure]

“So much of the music we hear today are pre programmed disco…”

[@Billfish57]

That whole band was so stacked with top of the line players, you couldn't put together a better band to go on the road with if you life depended on it. John Belushi really pulled that show out of his ass and hit the world at the right time for that music to come back, but to get the original guys that recorded many of those songs was just amazing and can never happen again. Now you need to find computer software from the 90's to put together an original old band. Those players were so good and so humble. They had to be, just look who they were on stage with, each player was about the best in the world at what they did. It was truly an all star band that played together so well. Studio players are like that. What a tight band that was and no wonder. I wore that album out in the summer of 1979 and that music takes me back to that year every time. Love it.

[@michaelotterbeck9290]

The Talent in THIS BAND IS AMAZING Steve “The Colonel “ Cropper Donald “Duck” Dunn “Slappin” Steve Jordan Matt “Guitar” Murphy Alan “Mr.Fabulous “Rubin Tom “Bones “ Malone “Blue”Lou Marini Paul Schaffer Tom Scott and of course “Joliet” Jake Blues and Elwood Blues

[@DesignRhythm]

Steve Jordan & Steve Cropper still kickin' Ace as we speak.

[@Steambull1]

I agree with everything, of course, but I always thought that The Blues Brothers was more Aykroyd's brainchild? He was the one that listened to Soul, Blues, Rhythm & Blues etc and introduced it to Belushi along with the pitch, so he was also probably the one in charge of getting the cream of the crop musicians. Belushi was mostly into Heavy Rock before Aykroyd played him some of his albums. My source for this is Dan himself from the awesome first DVD release featurette.

[@degenerate4life734]

The first moment you heard BELUSHI during this performance, you knew it was ON!!!!!

[@guitarnutbolinuli5788]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

[@johnwerner4925]

I think folks should send out thanks to Jeff Nemerovski that this video and audio exist. As an executive in radio advertising he apparently knew Bill Graham well. Graham had big plans for the closing as he had staged many concerts there, even more after closing Filmore West somewhere around 1971. Bill loved the room but couldn't interest the landlords in investing in myriad repairs needed to keep it open. So for a appropriate closing he pulled out his trump card which was requesting The Grateful Dead to do the honors. I'm not really clear on how The Blues Brothers became the warm-up act (others please elucidate) but, it probably at least had something to do with the mad reception they had earlier received three months earlier at The L.A. Amphitheater when they opened for Steve Martin. A better match may not have been possible as this was a kind of hugely unexpected REAL party band with the chops to get any event started in fine form. Back to Jeff Nemerovski...Bill told him he could have sold more tickets to this show than any he had ever staged which inspired Jeff. He made arrangements for the show to be broadcast (and taped) and it was shown on WQED (local PBS) and simulcast in stereo on KSAN radio. Now Bill was known to tape shows but this tipped it up a big notch as often Bill's early videos were in black and white and not always in the best sound quality. This one survives in pretty fine form for what is mostly been traded in bootlegs in the past. I know The Grateful Dead have actually done a release of this on DVD (not seen it unfortunately in it's released form) so there must be the potential for even better video and audio that this KZbin release??? Let's hope The Blues Brother's full concert resurfaces sometime in a more pristine form if possible, but this stuff rocks and I think when watching it how bad the current musical landscape has become in large part. Real blues musicians practicing their craft and knocking it out of the park with the help of two very talented men in black suits. Love it! Thanks for posting it cause it was easier than digging out my old DVD a guy from Sweden sent me years ago (kudos to nice folks like him).

[@folly5girl]

Thank you for sharing this ❤💕

[@funnybone6149]

Belushi was a entertainment power house Musician Comedian Actor Their was almost nothing he couldn’t do. I can only imagine how different this world would have been if he was in Ghostbusters, instead of passing when he did

[@kathyhoskin8350]

I was there. The Blues Brothers were the show.

[@oughtssought1198]

uh hmmm I seem to recall there was some other band too

[@kathyhoskin8350]

@@oughtssought1198 Ya! Jerry!

[@oughtssought1198]

@@kathyhoskin8350 thx for my first good laugh of the morning not yr comment ... that was as clear as daybreak amen to that It's the new YT feature, "Translate to English" that YT added pretty cheeky on their part considering what YT's grammar+spelling autocorrection software does to "translate" accurate grammar+spelling into nonsense & what's up with insisting a worldful of users all have to use English? thanks for the laugh, & not to be contrary or anything, but I have a leftover knee-jerk reaction = every time somebody says "Yeah Jerry!" to me I automatically say "Yeah Bob" or "Yeah Bobs", meaning the 2 Giants, Hunter+Dylan, whose shoulders of lyricism Jerry stood on to offer what he did of himself (& not the fun SF acapella group, "The Bobs" ... if yr curious about those other Bobs you could start w/ their acapella version of the Dead's forever non-standard 2nd set standard "Drumz=>Space" ... tho' you may have to listen to some other titles to find it tagged onto the end of another piece ... "Helter Skelter" might work wish you well navigating another week of the US Blues shootout at the fantasy factory try not to get addicted to whichever "Mute" button you prefer? or don't try. how's that last line for the standard price+value of free advice? wishing you+yours well, long may you wave if you remember to keep surfing

[@dominich.9745]

I want that snare drum.Steve Jordan and Duck Dunn,what a rhythm section.

[@fabriziopolonia4156]

I had the cassette of this concert when I was a kid. this was a world class band, all from first to last, they had a groove, a tone, a fantastic way of playing. there will never be a line-up like this again ... this band was really cool

[@seancuebas2332]

Briefcase Full of Blues changed my life!

[@zirucweb]

Mine too!

[@razziechkn]

What a epic opening act for the Gratful dead on New Years!!

[@s.a.srandymcfab1082]

Dear brother my sister was in the Blues Collective n I was brought up on this! The good stuff. My birthdate was 30/12/1978 and I didn't know then but I do now thanks to you I was and am the only dude who was born yesterday to something that was real n good! Thank you Sir! Never mess with the kid bartender.

[@oughtssought1198]

not the "only", friend, and gratefully, far from it a toast to yr blessings

[@daviscoghlan6381]

Only 10k views is a crime. First place I'm going with my new time machine

[@johnpeace971]

After Hendrix

[@AudioFileZ]

Thanks for the good quality post. I've had a boot DVD of this concert and I must say this version is clearer. I love this, can you imagine the audience's delight that this was legit and pumped blues.

[@zirucweb]

Thanks a lot for your feedback! 🤩

[@wsjustice]

The Blues Brothers Band is legit my go to when I want to get down! Dance fool!

[@bethmcavoy8062]

Matt Guitar Murphy killed it

[@ThreeToesofFury]

WOW! As one of the worlds biggest Blues Brothers fans, i realllllly appreciate this.

[@KK-kz3cb]

Man Pigpen would’ve really loved this show. RIP

[@CindyBarg]

My heart skipped a beat when John did that entrance...

[@margaretblues4777]

He’s so sexy 😭

[@ronschaffer5959]

When you see me in person, your heart will skip two beats. I'm the real deal, baby...the whole damn show!

[@margaretblues4777]

@@ronschaffer5959 no John is perfect

[@jimfitzgerald6510]

Cropper and Murphy were having a blast.

[@Research0digo]

None of these guys died - they simply changed venues. _/|\_

[@M1STYWORLD]

long live the blues

[@andreabiondi2715]

Bellissimo!!........è come un medicinale contro il cattivo umore ma senza controindicazioni!!!!!

[@TheTrohl]

Matt "Guitar" Murphy was a fucking beast.

[@zirucweb]

Awesome!

[@barguybrady]

Said it Before, I'll Say It Again: If Jake Blues had hung around a little longer, there would have been a "Blues Brothers Christmas Movie / Album" And It Would Be the Greatest Christmas Music Album on This Green Earth.

[@jakemckean3069]

Zero way belushi wouldve done something so corny, dan on the other hand would do it lmfao

[@bobbyg433]

@@jakemckean3069 aykroyd was in the process of writing return of the blues brothers

[@wuffalo]

@@bobbyg433 any more details on that version?

[@bobbyg433]

@@wuffalo I only read about it in the book "wired"

[@wuffalo]

@@bobbyg433 i wouldnt trust it too much then. from what i know, return of the blues brothers was just the original script for the 1st movie dan aykroyd wrote before it was revised by john landis for being too long

[@jerrytutt7563]

I sat first row at the old poplar creek music theater in Chicago

[@antonybaston7349]

My favorite band of all time !!!!

[@filipporimondi7857]

Shivers down my spine..

[@jiehhsiang]

Wow, such a wonderful concert. I’ve had the CD for years, but seeing it on video is something else!

[@MeherabadMoments]

Been listening to the Dead for a long time but first time I've seen this. Great version of "Soul Man"!

[@MeherabadMoments]

And Paul Shafer, too--oh, my!

[@BadBaron2]

Thank you so much!!❤❤

[@DonVintaggio]

Best entrance EVER

[@IndigenousPathways]

What a fantastic performance. Thanks for sharing!

[@jonathanmurrin5827]

This is a legit classic band by.

[@goodwintrent4453]

Shot gun Blues - Matt Murphy gives us both barrels! He was on fire that night.

[@dabrosjohnston4286]

Great blues band that was created from Dan Akryods vision!

[@margaretcorleoneblues]

John’s vision

[@Cindrbell]

B movie.... My favorite

[@Trustisalosingdeal]

Amazing! ❤️

[@djnicksedits5525]

Awesome how they announce the band and song they are covering. Great stuff here. If you guys like this please go listen to the originals.

[@Elwooddudes]

Awesome thanks for putting this up!

[@zirucweb]

You bet!

[@michellesault7977]

Nothin will ever compare

[@degenerate4life734]

Belushi was feeling great the moment he stepped on stage that night!!! He had some good shit.

[@rongwynne3824]

I had to guard Jake's beer supplies, there was lots of concern regrading 'misted' bottles...and the LSD confetti..

[@razziechkn]

He was with the dead! You better be on!!

[@isaacsilverman9976]

Grab some dope snd I'll pull you in

[@anamariagalves927]

The best concert

[@TheLeonarto]

LOVE THIS !!!❤

[@tnjef537]

I got to see Steve Jordan sit in with Grateful Dead, Spring 1995 BJCC Birmingham, AL @ the last truly great; Grateful Dead show.

[@zowiealbe2052]

Oh,yeah.

[@nuono992]

I just found out about that video, im 1994 but i loooove the blue brothers holy shit this is awesome

[@Grooves70]

Spettacolo,che tempi!

[@legbad7706]

This would have just been so epic to see.

[@oeildeserpent5103]

Elwood for ever.

[@anamariagalves927]

Extraordinarios!!

[@wewin03]

Looked up cool in the dictionary and it said see Steve Cropper.

[@jonarnepetersendentredje6254]

this looks like one of the most awesome awesomest things in the world

[@simonebulleri1975]

terrific

[@The93ssfd]

i saw these guys at saratoga springs SPAC on july 4. a special date. this talented group had the place going crazy! it was such a thrill. dan akyroyd said while people in russia are trying to squeeze into our levi jeans the USA is the greatest country in the world! the audience went wild.i still have the ticket!

[@margaretblues4777]

Was that the concert they recorded Made in America at?

[@kesaresan]

🎉🎉🎉🎉 ever

[@MrDukeSilverr]

I think one of the reasons i love the blues brothers is that this was born out of a bit but birthed honest and pure music made by the most skillfull musicians of their fields of the time, the mix of this concert is kinda rough, but what u can hear on Briefcase full of blues and made in america is honestly insane

[@Pound_Shift]

Belushi,to me ,was an amazing singer

[@christianbalocco2913]

Dan Aykroyd?

[@LikeigiveAFaboutU]

Both of them were absolutely great performers. If I find a blues brothers sticker anywhere, I'm definitely putting it on my guitar.

[@michaelotterbeck9290]

The Worlds Most Dangerous Band from Rock Island Illinois The Show Band of Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues The BLUES BROTHERS😌

[@shellielharrisjr9371]

💜💯⭐🥛🍯🍾🍷🧋🥤🥃🥂🍻🍺🍺🍻🧃🎟🎫🎰.

[@bahaouiabderrahim1989]

Black or White, it is not point the question, humanity it is. You are kind human Blue Brothers. ☺✌👍

[@bahaouiabderrahim1989]

JUST HUMAN, JUST YOU ARE.☺

[@bahaouiabderrahim1989]

UN HUMAIN DE NOS JOURS EST UNE PERLE RARE. ÊTERE, SIMPLEMENT UN HUMAIN. ☺👉✌

[@JamesChatting]

Steve's having a great time on Boxcar

[@elvispresley2328]

rubber biscuit was awesome, man he could sure wale

[@BobzCountryBunker]

Flip, Flop & Fly - I don't care if I die 🎶🎶 😎😎🎶🎶

[@SimonMoreau-mx6ql]

A voir...!@ 1 con ery des. .BLUES BROTHERS ...avec tt le monde...W !! Daut chercer..1 peu... !! MAIS C' EST ...SUPER TOP..!! HE HE..!

[@toddpenlon1774]

Just got a Jake blues neck tattoo, iconic!

[@LObostudios19]

Kick ass

[@darkmarc]

Could this place seriously only afford ONE spotlight? It seems like they're only working with one, and it doesn't know where to be half the time...

[@zirucweb]

They were no easy people on stage... 😁

[@chrisklein2118]

Paul Schaffer was the musical director and on the keyboards

[@tato4612]

Cool to think that half this crowd is on acid watching this, waiting for the Dead

[@zirucweb]

Yeah... maybe... hahaha

[@mitchellglaser]

I certainly was!

[@marktrue6780]

The coolest shit ever!!!!!

[@SimonMoreau-mx6ql]

Decembre 1978 35:16 ,31 ,concert des'blues' winterland ...! ..cherchez un peu...!!

[@ludwigtheludwig]

Steve Jordan = Law

[@johnnesnay6871]

In 1978 John Belushi was age 29 and Dan Aykroyd was age 26

[@splintercell0147]

Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues!

[@labos7250]

Hahahah that was some mad shit elwood was doing at 12.40. Love it

[@thomasobrienphotography]

OMG

[@turkishattila]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@EthanRock101]

At the very ends of my playlists..... this is my “go to”. ....goatpiss into gasoline.

[@amtraktraveler9118]

Murph and Magic Tones!

[@neirakmusic]

Before the movie!

[@joealvarez5893]

👍👍😎

[@kendallruff8090]

Tight band

[@josephcalitri5710]

God this band is so goddamn unreal

[@raulcabrero2170]

I do than if be now to madfriend in the car whith the blues bros to velocity at Road home in after. Yeahhhh even blues bros

[@dharrell2000]

This is sick

[@TheRiskyBrothers]

27:27 That's what it takes to catch ghosts, ladies and gentlemen.

[@Research0digo]

It's a good thing I don't know who the chief lighting guy was.

[@bahaouiabderrahim1989]

YOU ARE HUMAN. ☺

[@ronschaffer5959]

Thank you...when I look at my Johnson, I often confuse myself for a donkey.

[@ReubenHillier]

this was 2 years before the movie come out how is this possible?

[@robertclarke8014]

The “Blues Brothers” originated on SNL in the late 70s and because Akroyd and Belushi were such huge fans of old school blues tunes they formed a touring band. The films references to “getting the band back together” are a direct connection to this touring act.

[@rongwynne3824]

@@robertclarke8014 (It's AYKROYD) Actually it was a collection of random events that put the band on the road in a movie. First they did a show on SNL as the BB's. ( using the SNL Band with Paul, Bones, Blue Lou, and Mr. Fabulous Al Ruben) Michael Klenfner/Atlantic saw the show and offered them a single record deal. Then Steve Martin asked them to open his Amphitheater shows and they decided to record the live Atlantic /Briefcase record there. While all this was happening they assembled the "band". They all were/are top musicians long off the road) The movie was entirely different. After Belushi called Dan at his farm to tell him of all the interest in a record. Dan and I started working on a premise of taking the band on the road like all musicians. When we told Atlantic and Brillstein of the idea they bought it...we jumped in a car went to St.Louis and drove into Illinois looking for some of Jakes references, Calumet, empty malls and lift bridges. that's history now.

[@zirucweb]

@@rongwynne3824 Great story! Thanks!

[@Warpedsmac]

@@rongwynne3824 Hello Mr Gwynne from Sunny Australia, I notice you are able to name some of the band members....I wonder if you would be able to name the entire ensemble and which instrument they played...I realise this is a bit of a task, but I feel sure others would benefit from your knowledge also....and yes, like other commentors here, I did not know this happened before the movie....it is utterly fantastic.!!!!

[@peezdoc]

@@Warpedsmac Joliet Jake Blues (John Belushi) - vocals; Elwood Blues (Dan Akroyd) - harmonica, vocals; Steve Cropper - guitar; Matt Murphy - guitar; Donald Dunn - bass; Tom Malone - trombone, trumpet, saxophone; Lou Marini - saxophone; Tom Scott - saxophone; Alan Rubin - trumpet; Paul Shaffer - keyboards; Murphy Dunne - piano; Steve Jordan - drums; Willie Hall - drums