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Briefcase Full of Blues
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Briefcase Full of Blues
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began as an affectionate joke-cum-tribute to
music, and taken in that spirit it retained its entertainment value, even after this live album topped the charts, sold two million copies, and produced hit singles in
and
The guardians of popular music have always been entirely too reverent and humorless, however, and it wasn't long before they were leveling charges of rip-off against
and complaining that
couldn't sing as well as
. So what? No one seems to have noticed that
was as obsessive about citing his sources as
is about naming his arrangers -- you'd have thought those critics would have appreciated the footnotes. The beneficiaries of
's encomiums didn't mind the increased exposure or the renewed royalty checks ("I suggest you buy as many
albums as you can,"
told the audience), and even today, what comes across in these performances is the sincerity of feeling -- that and some tasty playing from a top-notch band. ~ William Ruhlmann