The Blues Brothers
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
The Blues Brothers are:
John Belushi - Lead Vocals
Dan Aykroyd - Vocals and Harmonica
Curtis Salgado - Vocals and Harmonica
Cab Calloway - Vocals
Paul 'The Shiv' Shaffer - Piano
Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper - Guitar
Matt 'Guitar' Murphy - Guitar
Donald 'Duck' Dunn - Bass Guitar
Willie 'Too Big' Hall - Drums
Steve 'Getdwa' Jordan - Drums
Lou 'Blue Lou' Marini - Saxophone
Alan 'Mr. Fabulous' Rubin - Trumpet
Tom 'Triple Scale' Scott - Saxophone
Tom 'Bones' Malone - Saxophone, Trombone, and Trumpet
Saturday Night Live
The Blues Brothers started out doing short sketches on Saturday Night Live in the mid-70s.The Blues Brother have performed the following songs on Saturday Night Live:
King Bee (this was performed in Bee costumes)
I Don't Know
Soul Man
(Everything I Need) Almost
"B" Movie Box Car Blues (also known as Get Back To You)
Hey Bartender
Rubber Biscuit
Flip, Flop and Fly (Aykroyd and Goodman, 1995)
Superbowl
The Blues Brothers performed the half time entertainment for the 1997 Superbowl.Movies
Their first movie, called The Blues Brothers, was made in 1980 and cost 38 million U.S. dollars to make. It didn't do very well at the box office but has become a lasting cult classic. The sequel to The Blues Brothers, Blues Brothers 2000 was released in 1997 and didn't do very well.The Albums
The Blues Brothers
A Briefcase Full of BluesMade in America
The Original Blues Brothers Soundtrack
The Blues Brothers 2000 Original Soundtrack
The Best of the Blues Brothers
The Definitive Collection
Live In Montreux
Everybody Needs the Blues Brothers (released in Europe, a re-release of old stuff)
Winterland, Live In San Francisco
Groove Me
The Elwood Blues Review
Red, White, and Blues (post-Belushi, just the band with one appearance by Elwood)Land Of A Thousand Dances
Great Outdoors Soundtrack
Blues Brothers and Friends
Live From the House of BluesOther Things About The Band
Dan Aykryod
Dan Aykroyd was born in Ottawa, Canada. He has stared in films such as:- The Blues Brothers
- Blues Brothers 2000
- Indiana Jones - The Temple Of Doom
- Twilight Zone - The Movie
- Coneheads
- 1941
- Spies Like Us
- Trading Places
- Ghostbusters
John Belushi
John Belushi was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 24, 1949. He stared in movies such as:- The Blues Brothers
- Neighbors
- 1941
- Animal House
- Continental Divide
- Shame Of The Jungle
John Belushi died in March 5th, 1982.
The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brother drive a Black and White 1974 Dodge Monaco Four Door Sedan. The original Bluesmobile was a 1958 Cadillac with MantaRay fins.Instruments For A Concert
This is a list of the instruments The Blues Brothers used for a concert.Amps
- 1 Roland JC 120
- 2 Fender TWIN
- 1 Gallien Krueger GK 2000
- 1 Ampeg SVT III Pro Stack
- 2 Hartke XL 410
- 1 Hartke XL 115
Keyboards
- 1 Kurzweil PC88
- 1 Hammond B3 with 122-Leslie
Drums
- 1 Yamaha Maple Custom with:
- Snare 14x8
- Toms 10x8, 12x10, 14x12
- Bassdrum 22x16
- 7 Yamaha Boom-Stands
- 1 HH-Stand
- 2 Snare-Stands
- 1 BD-Pedal
- 1 Drum stool
- Drum heads: Remo Clear Ambassador on top of toms, Remo Diplomat Ambassador on bottom of toms, Remo Powerstroke 3 on BD
- Sabian Crash 15, Crash 18, Chinese 20, Ride 20, Hihat 14
There will be more! Stay tuned... I finally got someone to help me! It's Jamie D'Eath! Thank You Jeremy FS for the list of their instruments! I hope there's more help coming!
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