An archival recording of the original Blues Brothers — John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd — performing live, The Lost Recordings, will arrive this October. The release coincides with a new graphic novel, The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake, written by Aykroyd’s daughter Stella, Luke Pisano (son of Belushi’s …
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Jake and Elwood are back! On Tuesday, the family of The Blues Brothers‘Dan Aykroydand the lateJudy Belushi-Pisano‘s estateannounced they are releasing a graphic novel inspired by the group, called The Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake, on Oct. 7. Stella Aykroyd, Luke Pisano, and James Werner co-wrote the book, …
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In the history of Saturday Night Live, was anything as secretive and anticipated as the moment this season right before Timothée Chalamet appeared onstage to sing the first of three Bob Dylan numbers? Which songs would they be? How would he sound? For me, it was all strangely familiar — …
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As Dan Aykroyd reminds us in his enjoyable new Audible Original, Blues Brothers: The Arc of Gratitude, there was a moment in 1978 when his friend and collaborator John Belushi was at the center of a smash-hit album, movie, and TV show, all at once. The album in question was …
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