This is one Mission from God I support fully! What a public service for dedicated blues enthusiasts like myself. I am pumped to say the least.
Billboard Magazine reports that Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi’s widow Judy are starting Blues Brothers Records through an A&R and distribution arrangement with Blue Note Records.
The new record label is dedicated to development of blues artists. Blue Note Records President Don Was will be handling A&R duties for Blues Brothers Records, Judy Belushi will be the creative director and Blues Brothers manager Eric Gardner will run the administrative side of the label.
I respect the thought process given to the multi-prong distribution strategy. 1) The label’s music will be distributed by Capitol Music Group’s Blue Note Records.
2) Using BluesMobile to help tell, sell and promote the artists and their music. Elwood’s BluesMobile is the syndicated radio show Aykroyd has hosted for 22 years. A radio show I was completely unaware of until today.
3) Once the roster is large enough to produce a revue-style show, the Blues Brothers Records team envisions the artists traveling as a road show to Live Nation’s House of Blues. Aykroyd was one of the founders of the venue.
According to Billboard, still performing with Jim Belushi as the Blues Brothers, Dan Aykroyd hopes the label can generate new audiences for blues and vintage R&B the way Briefcase Full of Blues did in 1978 when it reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 3 million copies shipped.
This is awesome news! What a great tribute besides bringing the music to a new generation to enjoy! Thanks for sharing! ~KaiCarra
Dan Aykroyd is quite the entrepreneur. I imagine this idea occurred to him when he played James Brown’s manager in the film, Get On Up.
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#Music News! Dan Akroyd is “on a mission” to bring the blues to the next generation. Methinks we will hear again of the “Blues Brothers”…
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K