The Blues Brothers 25th Anniversary

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Description: From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers - "The genesis of the Blues Brothers was a January 1976 Saturday Night Live skit. In it, "Howard Shore and his All-Bee Band" play the Slim Harpo song "I'm a King Bee," with Belushi singing and Aykroyd playing harmonica, dressed in the bee costumes they wore for the "Killer Bees" sketch. Following tapings of SNL, it was popular among cast members and the weekly hosts to attend Aykroyd's Holland Tunnel Blues bar, which he had rented not long after joining the cast mainly for the purpose of parking his Harley Davidson motorcycle. The bar cost less than a parking spot.[citation needed] Dan and John filled a jukebox with songs from many different artists such as Sam and Dave and the Viletones punk band. John bought an amplifier and they kept some musical instruments there for anyone who wanted to jam. It was here that Dan wrote a lot of the initial story draft of the Blues Brothers movie, better known as the "tome" because it contained so many pages. It was also at the bar that Aykroyd introduced Belushi to the blues. Even though Belushi was from Chicago he was not familiar with such music. An interest soon became a fascination and it wasn't long before the two began singing with local blues bands. Jokingly, SNL band leader Howard Shore suggested they call themselves "The Blues Brothers." Belushi's budding interest in the blues solidified in October 1977 when he was in Eugene, Oregon, filming National Lampoon's Animal House. He went to a local hotel to hear 25-year-old blues singer/harmonica player Curtis Salgado. After the show, Belushi and Salgado talked about the blues for hours. Belushi found Salgado's enthusiasm infectious. In an interview at the time with the Eugene Register-Guard he said: I was growing sick of rock and roll, it was starting to bore me...and I hated disco, so I needed some place to go. I hadn't heard much blues before. It felt good. Salgado lent him some albums by Floyd Dixon, Charles Brown, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, and others. Belushi was hooked. Belushi began to appear with Salgado on stage, singing the Floyd Dixon song "Hey, Bartender" on a few occasions, and using Salgado's humorous alternate lyrics to "I Don't Know".
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CultofNalts ::: Favorites kewl beans wally, I especially liked the text in the description, a lot of that I didn't know before. 07-08-11 10:40:29 _____________________________________________________
KenwoodKlown ::: Favorites Good ol' Jake and Elwood! Fun movie to watch even if it is from the 70's or 80's. I agree with CultofNalts and I didn't know Aykroyd wrote it. 07-08-11 10:55:57 _____________________________________________________
wallyworld ::: Favorites Belushi died in his suite at Chateau Marmont, Hollywood from massive amounts of cocaine and heroin. During the night Robin Williams popped in and snorted a few lines of coke with him. Williams bolted and told Belushi, "If you ever get up again, call." Sometime after 3:00 AM, actor Robert DeNiro knocked on Belushi's door. He had been playing tag with Belushi all night. The scene inside the room was not pretty, so DeNiro decided to not stick around. 07-08-11 11:18:56 _____________________________________________________
KenwoodKlown ::: Favorites Ugh nice to have friends eh? I think we talked before about that side of showbiz. That sort of fucked up shit doesn't surprise me at all. 07-08-11 14:05:05 _____________________________________________________
katalina2007 ::: Favorites Good times--this brings back some memories--Doesn't it?! HMMM--I wonder if Robin Williams has some RESIDUAL GUILT probably being one of the last celebs to literally see John Belushi alive...Williams has had some trouble staying clean & sober...I am guessing it is his conscience! 07-08-11 15:27:47 _____________________________________________________
woodenshoesjeroen ::: Favorites Thanks for the inside-information. 07-08-11 19:01:12 _____________________________________________________
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marquisdejolie ::: Favorites I thought Jim Morrison of The Doors ODed at the Marmont and Belushi bit it at a Bevely Hills Hotel bungalow. I've stayed at both places. Parking is easier at the Bev. 07-08-11 19:40:27 _____________________________________________________
marquisdejolie ::: Favorites Robin Williams killed John John? I thought George Bush did that. 07-08-11 19:41:27 _____________________________________________________
wallyworld ::: Favorites Jim Morrison bought it here in Paris. ODed in a club but they took his body back to his apartment and put it in the bath. A book about it has just been published. 07-08-12 01:53:48 _____________________________________________________
wallyworld ::: Favorites Williams is bi-polar to boot. But nothing was gonna stop Belushi that night - he was snorting for Africa. 07-08-12 01:55:12 _____________________________________________________
marquisdejolie ::: Favorites Paris? Why would anyone want to die in Paris? 07-08-12 10:51:52 _____________________________________________________