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The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revue band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, who met and began collaborating as original cast members of Saturday Night Live. The Blues Brothers Musical Revue consisted of lead vocalist "Joliet" Jake Blues (Belushi) and his brother, Elwood (Aykroyd), who played a ...
The documentary examines the late-night sketch program Saturday Night Live and its musical guests across its 50-year run. Dozens of cast and crew members are interviewed as well as musical guests and the show's house band. The film examines the show's relationship to the New York music scene, as well as changing and evolving popular styles.
Musician and future Academy Award winning film composer Howard Shore was the original musical director and bandleader from 1975 until 1980. Paul Shaffer (himself, one of the original band members from 1975-1980) recounted that Jean Doumanian (who was taking over as the executive producer for season 6 of Saturday Night Live) offered him to be the new musical-director in light of Howard Shore ...
Aykroyd was part of the blues and soul band The Blues Brothers with his “Saturday Night Live” co-star John Belushi. He also co-wrote and starred as Dr. Raymond Stantz in “Ghostbusters” and ...
From 1975 to 1983, he was a member of the Saturday Night Live house band. He was a member of The Blues Brothers band, appearing in The Blues Brothers movie and its sequel, Blues Brothers 2000, playing the part of "Blue Lou", a moniker given by Dan Aykroyd.
Baby, Don't Hurt Me: Stories and Scars from Saturday Night Live. BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1944648763. Tropiano, Stephen (2013). Saturday Night Live FAQ: Everything Left to Know About Television's Longest-Running Comedy. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1480366862.
The 50th season of "SNL" premiered last month. Since the first show in 1975, 165 comedians and actors have been a part of "SNL.". Three new comedians joined for season 50. "Saturday Night Live" is ...
The Blues Brothers open the show with "Soul Man", and perform a medley of "Got Everything I Need, Almost" and "'B' Movie Box Car Blues". [1] Special Guest: Father Guido Sarducci; Writers Al Franken, Tom Davis, Alan Zweibel, Brian Doyle-Murray, and future cast member Harry Shearer appear in the Beach Blanket sketch. Mr. Bill Goes Fishing.