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On March 5, 1982, John Belushi died in Hollywood of an accidental overdose of heroin and cocaine.ДЄfter Belushi's death, updated versions of the Blues Brothers have performed on SNL and for charitable and political causes. Their blood brotherhood was sealed by cutting their middle fingers with a string said to come from the guitar of Elmore James. The album liner notes fleshed out the fictional back story of Jake and Elwood, having them growing up in a Roman Catholic orphanage in Calumet City, Illinois and learning the blues from Curtis (played in the film by Cab Calloway), the orphanage janitor. The album was #1 on the Billboard 200 went double platinum, and featured Top 40 hit covers of Sam and Dave's 'Soul Man' and The Chips' 'Rubber Biscuit.'

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The Blues Brothers recorded their first album, Briefcase Full of Blues, in 1978 while opening for comedian Steve Martin at Los Angeles' Universal Amphitheatre.

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Cropper responded by stating that he thought Belushi was as good as (or even better than) many of the singers he had backed he also noted that Belushi had, early in his career, briefly been a professional drummer, and had an especially keen sense of rhythm. In Stories Behind the Making of The Blues Brothers, a 1998 documentary included on some DVD editions of the first Blues Brothers film, Cropper noted that some of his peers thought that he and the other musicians backing the Blues Brothers were selling out to Hollywood or using a gimmick to make some quick money. The success of this meld was due both to Shaffer's arrangements and to the musicians' talents. The sound of the band was a synthesis of two different traditions: the horn players all came from the clean, precise, jazz-influenced sound of New York City while the rhythm section came from the grittier soul and blues sound of Chicago and Memphis. The band could be drawn into three sections: the four-man horn section, the traditional rock instruments of the five-man rhythm section, and the two singing brothers. While the music of the Blues Brothers is based on R&B, blues, and soul, it also drew heavily on rock and jazz elements, usually taking a blues standard and bringing a rock sound and style to it. * Tom 'Triple Scale' Scott вЂ“ saxophone (doesn't appear in the movie, though his horn can still be heard on the soundtrack)

* Paul 'The Shiv' Shaffer вЂ“ keyboards, arrangements Fabulous' Rubin вЂ“ trumpet (Saturday Night Live Band)

* Matt 'Guitar' Murphy вЂ“ lead/rhythm guitar (Howlin' Wolf, other artists) * 'Blue Lou' Marini вЂ“ saxophone (Saturday Night Live Band) * Tom 'Bones' Malone вЂ“ trombone, trumpet, saxophone (Saturday Night Live Band) * Steve 'Getdwa' Jordan вЂ“ drums (Saturday Night Live Band, appears only on the albums) * Willie 'Too Big' Hall вЂ“ drums (formerly of the Bar-Kays, Isaac Hayes' band, appears in the movie) * Murphy Dunne вЂ“ piano (brought in to act in the film due to Paul Shaffer's commitment to perform with Gilda Radner in Gilda Live!) * Donald 'Duck' Dunn вЂ“ bass guitar (former Booker T & the M.G.'s) * Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper вЂ“ lead/rhythm guitar (former Booker T & the M.G.'s) While not all members appeared in the original film, the full band included: It makes regular appearances at musical festivals worldwide. The original band reformed in 1988 for a world tour and again in 1998 for a sequel to the film, Blues Brothers 2000. The band then began to take on a life beyond the confines of the television screen, releasing an album, Briefcase Full of Blues, in 1978, and then having a Hollywood film, The Blues Brothers, created around its characters in 1980.ДЄfter 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 made its debut as the musical guest on the April 22, 1978, episode of Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd, respectively in character as lead vocalist 'Joliet' Jake Blues and harpist/vocalist Elwood Blues, fronted the band, which was composed of well-known and respected musicians. The Blues Brothers Band are an American rhythm and blues band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live.

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