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John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd would go on to bring us the greatest cinematic tribute to the low-rent charm of Daley-era Chicago in The Blues Brothers. Hollywood built an exact duplicate of Maxwell Street’s Nate’s Deli on a soundstage for Aretha Franklin’s electrifying performance of “Think”… well, exact except for the fact that it’s changed from a Jewish deli to a soul food restaurant.

Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi once tried to prank Rolling Stone into believing they had mowed down a man while driving high.
The comedy stars had the week off from “Saturday Night Live” after the 1976 Presidential elections and were driving from New York to Jimmy Carter’s victory party in Atlanta and then on to San Francisco. Aykroyd had been assigned to write about the journey for the publication.
Wenner, the magazine’s co-founder, writes in his upcoming memoir, “Like A Rolling Stone,” about receiving a troubling call after midnight.
A voice with a thick Cajun accent introduced himself as the sheriff of Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana, and said he had two men in custody who claimed to work for Wenner. “I had to tell the truth but also avoid liability for whatever John and Danny had done,” writes Wenner, whose book is out Sept. 13. “I didn’t know if they had wrecked a car or burned down a hotel. ‘They are, uh. . . writing an article for us,'” he told the sheriff. “‘As freelancers. They are not my employees. What is the problem?'” The officer went on to explain that there had been an accident: “The vehicle they were driving hit a man earlier this evening. We don’t yet know what will happen, but the man is in the hospital. These gentlemen were driving eighty miles per hour … And Mr. Way-nur, I must also tell you that upon searching their vehicle we found what we suspect to be narcotics.”
Wenner asked to speak to Aykroyd who explained that it was dark and he hadn’t seen the man who “bounced off the hood and went completely over the car.
“He wanted to explain about what the cops found in their car, about what they scored at Carter headquarters” Wenner writes. “I told him not to tell me details over the phone and to give me a few hours to find a lawyer for them in Louisiana.

The Blues Brothers perform in concert at Winterland Arena on December 31, 1978 in San Francisco, California. The duo performed authentic blues and soul music, paying homage to legends like Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin, and helped revive interest in the genre.

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The Blues Brothers, 1980. Operator Steve Yaconelli in between takes. More pics at The Op/Images/The Way It Was.

The Blues Brothers (1980) is a musical comedy film that became a cult classic and solidified John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd's legacy as a comedic duo. Directed by John Landis, The Blues Brothers was based on a musical sketch that originated on Saturday Night Live (SNL), where Belushi and Aykroyd performed as Jake and Elwood Blues two brothers with a passion for blues music. The film is known for its energetic performances, a star-studded cast of musicians, and over-the-top car chases.