Favorite "Color" Bands #14 - The Blues Brothers
@teamfreak16 (43421)
Denver, Colorado
March 15, 2018 9:47am CST
Me thinks that @JolietJake will highly approve of #14 in my countdown of my favorite bands with a color in their name: The Blues Brothers. The Blues Brothers, Joliet Jake (John Belushi) and Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) Blues, started out as a sketch on Saturday Night Live. It spawned an album (Briefcase Full of Blues,) and a successful movie, The Blues Brothers.
But oh, WHAT a band! Belushi and Aykroyd were backed up by a world class group made up of a who's who of musicians that helped shape the early days of rock and roll.
Check out this roster: guitarist's Steve Cropper and Matt "Guitar" Murphy, bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn, drummer Steve Jordan, and a boffo horn section made up of Lou Marini, Alan Rubin, Tom Scott, and Tom Malone. We're talking a Hall of Fame lineup.
The joke wouldn't have worked with a subpar band. Those guys made what started as a comedy sketch into some serious music.
I've linked to a performance from the movie.
Enjoy!
(Sunglasses and a full tank of gas info verified by Wikipedia)
The Blues Brothers movie clips: http://j.mp/1J9zzxj BUY THE MOVIE: https://www.fandangonow.com/details/movie/the-blues-brothers-1980/1MV5e85e359a5df4a372913c...
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@FourWalls (61951)
• United States
16 Mar 18
Having just recently completed a countdown of my ten favorite lines from The Blues Brothers movie, you know I think this selection sucks. 
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@FourWalls (61951)
• United States
16 Mar 18
@teamfreak16 -- shame on you. Now go shake a tail feather.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
16 Mar 18
I know, what the hell was I thinking? 
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
15 Mar 18
A couple of the greatest SNL characters ever, as far as I'm concerned.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
16 Mar 18
@FayeHazel - A true classic song!
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
16 Mar 18
@teamfreak16 True hard to beat. Not to mention, I think that movie was the first place I heard "Minnie the Moocher" thanks to Cab Calloway's guest appearance
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
16 Mar 18
a great band as well as its lead performers being so funny
The Blues Brothers movie clips: http://j.mp/1J9zzxj BUY THE MOVIE: https://www.fandangonow.com/details/movie/the-blues-brothers-1980/1MV5e85e359a5df4a372913c...
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
17 Mar 18
@teamfreak16 one of the best ever - so many great moments and lines, and of course, the music
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Mar 18
I knew JJ would be happy over this one.
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@dgobucks226 (34300)
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16 Mar 18
I liked their SNL skit better than their music. But "Soul Man" was the exception. They did Sam & Dave justice on that tune! 
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