Before he arrived at the Old Joliet Prison south of Chicago, now the Joliet Area Historical Museum, Erik Devereux made sure his ensemble was in appropriate Blues Brothers order. The basics weren’t a ...

The following is adapted from “The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic,” published March 19 by Atlantic Monthly Press. The author ...

The Dixie Square Mall that stood at the junction of 151st Street and the Dixie Highway in Harvey, Illinois had its grand opening in November 1966. By November 1978 it was abandoned. That’s not to say ...

Fans of “The Blues Brothers” have been looking forward to the return of a festival billed as the world’s greatest tribute to the iconic 1980 film. After being postponed in 2023 due to the Screen ...

On the movie's 35th Anniversary, Dan Aykroyd shares his favorite memories. — -- "The Blues Brothers" is a timeless classic that still holds up more than three and a half decades after the film ...

Read up on the latest The Blues Brothers News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. Ha. It's a Sing. Change my pitch up, slap my stick up. Here's the poster child of audience participation.

The Blues Brothers is a 1980 musical comedy film directed by John Landis, featuring comedy legends John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as Jake and Elwood Blues. These characters were initially created for ...

Saturday Night Live didn’t appear to be the type of television series that would spawn a major motion picture when it debuted in 1975. But, as the show evolved, many of its most legendary sketches ...

The Blues Brothers began as a project founded by Belushi and Aykroyd in 1976. Although they appeared as the characters on Saturday Night Live, the act didn’t originate with the sketch show. They ...

Everyone has their favorite car chase movie. Many gravitate towards the "Mad Max" films because of their Frankenstein vehicles (all of which were built practically with real car parts) and wasteland ...

Aykroyd and Jim Belushi, John’s brother, continue to perform as the Blues Brothers at corporate events, private parties, and now Blues Brothers Con. Elsewhere around the country, or even the globe, ...