Blues Brothers
Sunglassed soul act
The Blues Brothers refers to a musical duo portrayed by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, originating on Saturday Night Live in the late 1970s and immortalized in the 1980 film.
Jake and Elwood Blues are characters in black suits, fedoras, and sunglasses who perform rhythm and blues.
The term often evokes their iconic look or their anarchic, car-chase-filled "mission from God": They showed up in matching suits like the Blues Brothers.
- ChicagoMajor Illinois metropolis
- soulInnermost animating essence
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- sunglassesTinted eye protection
- fedoraSoft creased felt hat
mission · God · car · car chase · chase · Aretha · Ray · James · Brown · band · soul music · orphanage · police · saxophone · harmonica · Illinois · Nazis · shopping mall
- Road MoviesEasy Rider, Thelma and Louise, National Lampoon's Vacation, Rain Man, Dumb and Dumber
- Sibling ActsBee Gees, Hanson, Jackson 5, Pointer Sisters, Andrews Sisters
- 1980 highlightsPac-Man, Empire Strikes Back, Mount St. Helens, Moscow Olympics, Iran hostage crisis
Blues BrothersMuddy Waters
Chicago blues founding figure
B.B. King · Robert Johnson · John Lee Hooker · Etta James · Ray Charles
Blues BrothersFrank Sinatra
Dean Martin · Rat Pack · Tony Bennett · crooners · lounge singers
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