The Blues Brothers

{{Infobox musical artist| | name = The Blues Brothers | image = BluesBrothers.jpg | caption = Elwood and Jake Blues and the Bluesmobile | background = group_or_band | origin = Calumet City, Illinois, U.S. | genre = Blues, rhythm and blues, soul, blues rock | years_active = –1982, 1988-present | label = Atlantic | website = | current_members = *Elwood J. Blues Zee Blues Blues Brothers Band: Steve Cropper Lou Marini* Alan Rubin* Jonny Rosch Eddie Floyd Jake Blues Donald "Duck" Dunn Steve Jordan Willie Hall Tom Malone Matt Murphy Paul Shaffer Murphy Dunne Tom Scott "Mighty Mack" McTeer Larry Thurston Tommy McDonnell }}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 were lead vocalist 'Joliet' Jake Blues and harmonica player and vocalist Elwood Blues, respectively, donning black suits with matching trilby hats and sunglasses. 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 "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 fame after spawning the Hollywood comedy film The Blues Brothers in 1980. Belushi died in 1982, but the Blues Brothers continued to perform with a rotation of guest singers and other band members. The band re-formed in 1988 for a world tour and again in 1998 for the sequel film Blues Brothers 2000. Band history Origins