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Paroled after nine months, he continued playing in Chicago clubs and later taught guitar. Robinson died of complications from brain cancer, [8] in Rockford, Illinois. His signature song, "Somebody Loan Me a Dime", was used in the film The Blues Brothers; the song is playing on the radio when Jake (John Belushi) is being transported and paroled.
The Toronto-based Downchild Blues Band, co-founded in 1969 by two brothers, Donnie and Richard "Hock" Walsh, served as an inspiration for the two Blues Brothers characters. Aykroyd modeled Elwood Blues in part on Donnie Walsh, a harmonica player and guitarist, while Belushi's Jake Blues character was modeled after Hock Walsh, Downchild's lead ...
His guitar work influenced young musicians playing the same venues in the Philadelphia/Reading area where the Comets were based, among them the guitarist and future legendary comic-book writer-artist Jim Steranko. [1] Beecher first worked with the Comets in fall 1954 as a session musician, replacing the recently deceased guitarist Danny Cedrone ...
Frehley's Comet was an American rock band formed and led by ex-Kiss lead guitarist Ace Frehley. [4] The group released two studio albums and one live EP before Frehley left the band to release his 1989 solo album, Trouble Walkin' .
Jeff Beck, one of the most innovative and influential guitar gods of the 1960s’ British Invasion and the No. 5 entry on Rolling Stone’s ranking of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time, has ...
Barry Goldberg, a blues-rock keyboard player whose work with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band led to playing with Bob Dylan in the 1960s, including the notorious 1965 Newport Folk Festival concert ...
Matthew Tyler Murphy (December 29, 1929 – June 15, 2018), [1] [2] known as Matt "Guitar" Murphy, was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. He was associated with Memphis Slim , The Blues Brothers and Howlin' Wolf .
Mac McAnally said he saw the late musician just 24 hours before his death.