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The Blues Brothers are a Grammy Award-nominated
American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians
Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday
Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd, respectively in character as lead
vocalist "Joliet" Jake Blues and harpist/vocalist Elwood Blues,
fronted the band, which was composed of well-known and respected
musicians. The band made its debut as the musical guest on the April
22, 1978, episode of Saturday Night Live.
The band then began to take on a life beyond the confines of the
television screen, releasing an album, Briefcase Full of Blues, in
1978, and then having a Hollywood film, The Blues Brothers, created
around its characters in 1980.
After the death of Belushi in 1982, the Blues Brothers have continued
to perform with a rotation of guest singers and other band members.
The original band reformed in 1988 for a world tour and again in 1998
for a sequel to the film, Blues Brothers 2000. They make regular
appearances at musical festivals worldwide. The Blues
Brothers film is a 1980 musical comedy directed by John Landis and
starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as "Joliet" Jake and Elwood
Blues, characters developed from a "Saturday Night Live" musical
sketch. It features musical numbers by R&B and soul legends James
Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and John Lee Hooker,
and car chase scenes.
The story is a tale of redemption for paroled convict Jake and his
brother Elwood, who take on "a mission from God" to save from
foreclosure the Roman Catholic orphanage in which they grew up. To do
so they must re-form their rhythm and blues band, the Blues Brothers,
and organize a performance to earn $5,000 to pay the tax assessor.
Along the way they are targeted by a destructive "mystery woman",
Neo-Nazis, and a country and western band – all while being
relentlessly pursued by the police, and eventually the military and a
SWAT team.
The film is set in and around Chicago, Illinois, and also features
non-musical supporting performances by John Candy, Carrie Fisher and
Henry Gibson. |
