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Jun 20, 2020 · EDITOR’S NOTE: The “Blues Brothers” was released nationwide on June 20, 1980. To mark the 40th anniversary of the movie, a watershed film for Chicago that spread the city’s soul around the ...
- Dave Newbart
Jun 16, 2020 · The mural may be gone now, but important work related to keeping the music alive will go on, said Jeff Pinzino, of Chicago Blues Revival, a group focused on supporting blues on the South and West sides. “Considering current circumstances, there are other ways we can do blues programming in that area that don’t involve the mural.
Jun 20, 2020 · 40 years ago, Jake Blues (John Belushi) was released from Joliet Correctional Centre. Despite being a zany musical-comedy, opens with landscapes of smoke-filled industrial skies, and long silent scenes as Jake is being escorted out of prison. But once the gates open, the bassline of “She Caught the Katy” begins the play, and a magnificent ...
Jun 21, 2020 · The now 103-year-old Pilgrim Baptist church (pictured in 2005) is still alive and well at 3235 E. 91st, although it has gone through changes since the Blues Brothers went to “get wise” and ...
- Dave Newbart
Jun 22, 2020 · Saturday marked the 40th anniversary of the release of “The Blues Brothers,” a watershed film for Chicago that spread the city’s soul around the world.
- Miriam Di Nunzio
Jul 23, 2024 · Aykroyd writes and narrates the Audible Original “Blues Brothers: The Arc of Gratitude,” which starts with him meeting John Belushi in 1973. (AP Photo/Sarah Hummert, File) NEW YORK (AP) — The shades are on, the skinny tie is knotted and the fedora is perched just so — Dan Aykroyd is ready to look back. The actor-comedian is revving up ...
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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 ]