The Blues Brothers Band

The Blues Brothers Band was the backing band for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd's Saturday Night Live side-project, The Blues Brothers.

Related Topics:
John Belushi - Dan Aykroyd - Saturday Night Live - Blues Brothers

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Led by SNL keyboardist, Paul Shaffer, the band consisted of some of soul music's most powerful players and some SNL band regulars.

Related Topics:
Paul Shaffer - Soul music

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The Original Line up consisted of:

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• Elwood Blues on Blues Harp and Vocals,
• "Joliet" Jake Blues on Lead Vocals,
• Steve "The Colonel" Cropper on Guitar,
• Donald "Duck" Dunn on Bass,
• Matt "Guitar" Murphy on "Guitar,
• Paul "The Shiv" Shaffer on Keyboards,
• Steve "Getdwa" Jordan on Drums,
• Tom "Triple Scale" Scott on Sax,
• Tom "Bones" Malone on Trombone and Sax,
• Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin on Trumpet and
• Lou "Blue Lou" Marini on Sax.

In the film,

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• Murphy "Murph" Dunne played Keyboards
• Willie "Too Big" Hall played Drums,

replacing Shaffer and Jordan, who by that time were in the house band on Late Night with David Letterman.

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• Tom Scott is heard on the recordings for the film, but doesn't appear on screen