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Apr 29, 2004 · THE BLUES BROTHERS REVIVAL, Chicago Center for the Performing Arts. The Blues Brothers began as a lighthearted homage by two white blues fans, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, on Saturday Night Live.
- Jack Helbig
Blues Brothers Revival is foremost an homage to Chicago’s rich history of Blues, Gospel and traditional Soul music. The theme of Revival is the dream of salvation. Jake has spent most of the last several years stuck in Purgatory and the Blues Brothers are on a mission: to get Jake into the ” Kingdom of Heaven.”
The Toronto-based Downchild Blues Band, co-founded in 1969 by two brothers, Donnie and Richard "Hock" Walsh, served as an inspiration for the two Blues Brothers characters. Aykroyd modeled Elwood Blues in part on Donnie Walsh, a harmonica player and guitarist, while Belushi's Jake Blues character was modeled after Hock Walsh, Downchild's lead singer, and Curtis Salgado . [ 5 ]
The home of the Blues Brothers Revival Band. Videos old and new from the hardest working showband from Tasmania, Australia.
Audible calls the Aykroyd-led oral history of the Blues Brothers "a joyous celebration of the legendary band who kick-started a blues revival and launched a lasting legacy that has endured for ...
The Blues Brothers, more formally called The Blues Brothers' Show Band and Revue, are an American blues and rhythm and blues revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedy actors Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd, in character as lead vocalist "Joliet Jake" Blues (named after Joliet Prison) and harmonica player/backing vocalist ...
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John Belushi. John Belushi, the co-founder of The Blues Brothers, played the character of Jake Blues. He was with the band from its inception in 1978 until his death in 1982. Belushi’s powerful vocals and charismatic stage presence were key elements of the band’s early success. He also starred in the film The Blues Brothers.
