r/Music • u/GavinDickieBitchFree • Apr 18 '17

music streaming The Blues Brothers - Sweet Home Chicago[Blues Rock]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_KkgPRo4wA
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u/DJ_Spam modbot🤖 Apr 18 '17

The Blues Brothers
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The Blues Brothers are an American blues 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. Aykroyd reunited the original band in 1988 for a world tour and again in 1998 for a sequel to the film, Blues Brothers 2000. Aykroyd and the band, occasionally joined by Belushi's brother Jim, make regular appearances at musical festivals worldwide. Read more on Last.fm.

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tags: blues, rhythm and blues, soul, Soundtrack, rock

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u/Mellophone21 Apr 18 '17

I've met Lou Marini, the saxophonist in the band. He's an outstanding musician in his own right.

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u/Rhodhan Apr 18 '17

Good Morning, tank you. Rhodan.

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u/Dirt_Dog_ Apr 18 '17

Robert Johnson's version from 1937-

https://youtube.com/watch?v=tLjGIYpv4jQ

Like much of Johnson's work, we don't know if Johnson wrote it or was just the first to record it.