The Blues Brothers (or, more formally, The Blues Brothers' Show Band and Revue) are an American blues and rhythm and blues revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedy actors 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 harmonica player and backing vocalist Elwood Blues, fronted the band, which was composed of well-known and respected musicians. The Blues Brothers first appeared on Saturday Night Live on January 17, 1976.[1] The band made its second appearance as the musical guest on the April 22, 1978, episode of SNL. They would make their third and last appearance on November 18, 1978. The band began to take on a life beyond the confines of television, 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. The band reformed in 1988 for a world tour and again in 1998 for a sequel film, Blues Brothers 2000. They make regular appearances at musical festivals worldwide. On August 31, 2011, it was announced that Dan Aykroyd and Judith Belushi Pisano were pitching a new Blues Brothers TV series to primetime networks. Original lineup: Aside from the "brothers", all members performed under their real names. The full band included: "Joliet" Jake E. Blues -- lead vocals Elwood J. Blues -- harmonica, backing vocals Steve "The Colonel" Cropper -- lead and rhythm guitar (formerly with Booker T & the M.G.'s) Donald "Duck" Dunn -- bass guitar (formerly with Booker T & the M.G.'s) Murphy Dunne -- keyboards (brought in for the film due to Paul Shaffer's commitment to perform with Gilda Radner in Gilda Live!, toured with the band in the summer of 1980) Willie "Too Big" Hall -- drums, percussion (formerly of the Bar-Kays, Isaac Hayes' band) Tom "Bones" Malone -- trombone, trumpet, saxophone (Saturday Night Live Band) "Blue" Lou Marini -- saxophone (SNL Band) Matt "Guitar" Murphy -- lead and rhythm guitar (Howlin' Wolf, other artists) Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin -- trumpet (SNL Band) Steve "Getdwa" Jordan -- drums, percussion (SNL Band) (does not appear in movie) Birch "Crimson Slide" Johnson -- trombone (does not appear in movie) Paul "The Shiv" Shaffer -- keyboards, arranger (does not appear in first movie, but appeared in the 1998 sequel in a cameo appearance) Tom "Triple Scale" Scott -- saxophone (L.A. Express) (does not appear in movie) PLEASE NOTE: I divided my uploads among multiple channels, Bookmark this link in your browser for instant access to an index with links to all of John1948's oldies classics. LINK: http://tinyurl.com/Channel-Index

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