The Blues Brothers
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The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live.
Belushi and Aykroyd fronted the band, in character, respectively, as lead vocalist 'Joliet' Jake Blues and harmonica player/vocalist Elwood Blues.
The band was composed of well-known musicians, and debuted as the musical guest in a 1978 episode of Saturday Night Live, opening the show performing "Hey Bartender", and later "Soul Man".
In 1978, the band released their debut album, Briefcase Full of Blues, and opened for the Grateful Dead at the closing of Winterland Arena in San Francisco.
They gained further notoriety after spawning a Hollywood comedy film in 1980, The Blues Brothers.
After Belushi's death in 1982, the Blues Brothers continued to perform with a rotation of guest singers and other band members.
The band reformed in 1988 for a world tour and again in 1998 for a sequel film, Blues Brothers 2000.
The Blues Brothers featured on the National Reconnaissance Office launch number 7 (NROL-7) mission patch1.
png The genesis of the Blues Brothers was a January 17, 1976, Saturday Night Live sketch.
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" sketches.
In 1978, guitarist Arlen Roth was performing on SNL with Art Garfunkel who was that week's host of the show.
Before the actual live show, Belushi and Aykroyd asked Roth and others to join them onstag...
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