The band then began to take on a life beyond the confines of the television screen, releasing an album, Briefcase Full of Blues, in 1978, and then having a Hollywood film, The Blues Brothers, created around its characters in 1980.
After the death of Belushi in 1982, the Blues Brothers have continued to perform with a rotation of guest singers and other band members. The original band reformed in 1988 for a world tour and again in 1998 for a sequel to the film, Blues Brothers 2000. It makes regular appearances at musical festivals worldwide.
While not all members appeared in the original film, the full band included:
* "Joliet Jake" E. Blues – lead vocals
* Elwood J. Blues – harmonica, vocals
* Steve "The Colonel" Cropper – lead/rhythm guitar (former Booker T & the M.G.'s)
* Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar (former Booker T & the M.G.'s)
* Murphy Dunne – piano (brought in to act in the film due to Paul Shaffer's commitment to perform with Gilda Radner in Gilda Live!)
* Willie "Too Big" Hall – drums (formerly of the Bar-Kays, Isaac Hayes' band, appears in the movie)
* Steve "Getdwa" Jordan – drums (Saturday Night Live Band, appears only on the albums)
* Tom "Bones" Malone – trombone, trumpet, saxophone (Saturday Night Live Band)
* "Blue Lou" Marini – saxophone (Saturday Night Live Band)
* Matt "Guitar" Murphy – lead/rhythm guitar (Howlin' Wolf, other artists)
* Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin – trumpet (Saturday Night Live Band)
* Paul "The Shiv" Shaffer – keyboards, arrangements
* Tom "Triple Scale" Scott – saxophone (doesn't appear in the movie, though his horn can still be heard on the soundtrack)
While the music of the Blues Brothers is based on R&B, blues, and soul, it also drew heavily on rock and jazz elements, usually taking a blues standard and bringing a rock sound and style to it. The band could be drawn into three sections: the four-man horn section, the traditional rock instruments of the five-man rhythm section, and the two singing brothers. The sound of the band was a synthesis of two different traditions: the horn players all came from the clean, precise, jazz-influenced sound of New York City; while the rhythm section came from the grittier soul and blues sound of Chicago and Memphis. The success of this meld was due both to Shaffer's arrangements and to the musicians' talents.
In Stories Behind the Making of The Blues Brothers, a 1998 documentary included on some DVD editions of the first Blues Brothers film, Cropper noted that some of his peers thought that he and the other musicians backing the Blues Brothers were selling out to Hollywood or using a gimmick to make some quick money. Cropper responded by stating that he thought Belushi was as good as (or even better than) many of the singers he had backed; he also noted that Belushi had, early in his career, briefly been a professional drummer, and had an especially keen sense of rhythm.
The Blues Brothers recorded their first album, Briefcase Full of Blues, in 1978 while opening for comedian Steve Martin at Los Angeles' Universal Amphitheatre. The album was #1 on the Billboard 200 went double platinum, and featured Top 40 hit covers of Sam and Dave's "Soul Man" and The Chips' "Rubber Biscuit."
The album liner notes fleshed out the fictional back story of Jake and Elwood, having them growing up in a Roman Catholic orphanage in Calumet City, Illinois and learning the blues from Curtis (played in the film by Cab Calloway), the orphanage janitor. Their blood brotherhood was sealed by cutting their middle fingers with a string said to come from the guitar of Elmore James.
On March 5, 1982, John Belushi died in Hollywood of an accidental overdose of heroin and cocaine.
After Belushi's death, updated versions of the Blues Brothers have performed on SNL and for charitable and political causes. Aykroyd has been accompanied by Jim Belushi and John Goodman in character as "Zee" Blues and "Mighty Mack" McTeer. The copyright owners have also authorized some copycat acts to perform under the Blues Brothers name; one such act performs regularly at the Universal Studios Florida theme park in Orlando, Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood.
Aykroyd has continued to be an active proponent of blues music and parlayed this avocation into foundation and partial ownership of the House of Blues franchise, an international chain of nightclubs. In character as Elwood, he also hosts the syndicated House of Blues Radio Hour.
John Belushi's brother, James Belushi, toured with the band for a short time as "Zee Blues," and recorded the album, Blues Brothers & Friends: Live from House of Blues, with Dan Aykroyd but he didn't appear in Blues Brothers 2000. It's rumored he was approached to play not the role of "Mighty Mack" (played by John Goodman), but the role of the local Sheriff "Cab" Chamberlain (which eventually went to Joe Morton). Jim would later reunite with Aykroyd to record yet another album, not as the Blues Brothers but as themselves: Belushi/Aykroyd - Have Love Will Travel (Big Men-Big Music).
In 2004, the musical, The Blues Brothers Revival, premiered in Chicago. The story was about Elwood trying to rescue Jake from an eternity in limbo/purgatory. The musical was written and composed with approval and permission from both the John Belushi estate (including his widow, Judith Belushi-Pisano) and Dan Aykroyd.
The Blues Brothers featuring Elwood and Zee regularly perform at House of Blues venues and various casinos across North America. They are usually backed by James Belushi's Sacred Hearts Band.
The Blues Brothers Band tours the world regularly. The only original members still in the band are Steve Cropper, Lou Marini, and Alan Rubin. The lead singer is Rob "The Honeydripper" Paparozzi, and they are frequently joined by Eddie Floyd.
The Thrill Is Gone
The Blues Brothers Band Lyrics
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Thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
I know the thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
Now you've done me wrong
You'll be sorry someday
It's gone away from me
Yeah the thrill is gone
Thrill is gone away from me
Don't know if I'll still live on
But so lonely I'll be
The thrill is gone
It's gone away for me
Oh the thrill is gone baby
It's gone away for good
Someday I know I'll be over it all
Just like I know a man should
Now I'm free free
Now baby, free from your spell
Well I'm
Free free free
Now free from your spell
And I know it's all over
All I can do is wish you well
The Thrill Is Gone is a blues song written by Rick Darnell and Roy Hawkins, which became famous through B.B. King's rendition. This song is a lament of a lover who has lost the excitement and passion in a relationship. The lyrics are clear about the singer's feelings—"The thrill is gone, it's gone away from me." The tone of the song is sad and nostalgic, with a mournful guitar accompanying the lyrics to emphasize the sense of loss.
The song gradually builds up to the climax with the repetitive chorus, "The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone away," over and over again. It signals the singer's final acceptance of the situation and his willingness to move on, as he declares, "Now I'm free, free from your spell." While the lyrics talk about an unhappy ending, they do not express any anger or bitterness towards the lost lover. Instead, the singer wishes his former lover well, showing his maturity and emotional growth.
Line by Line Meaning
Thrill is gone
The excitement and happiness of our relationship is no longer present
The thrill is gone away
The enjoyment and stimulation from our time together has disappeared
I know the thrill is gone
I am aware that the fun and pleasure in our union has vanished
The thrill is gone away
The enticement and joy of our companionship has departed
Now you've done me wrong
You have hurt me or caused me harm in some way
You'll be sorry someday
The consequences of your actions will catch up to you and you will regret them
It's gone away from me
The exhilaration and gratification of our connection has left me completely
Yeah the thrill is gone
Indeed, the charm and enthusiasm of our liaison has disappeared
Thrill is gone away from me
The passion and excitement of being with you has completely evaporated
Don't know if I'll still live on
I am uncertain whether I will continue to survive
But so lonely I'll be
However, I will certainly be experiencing an immense amount of solitude
It's gone away for me
The fervor and enjoyment of our bond has left me completely
Oh the thrill is gone baby
Oh, the fervency and joy of our relationship has substantially disappeared
It's gone away for good
The stimulation and satisfaction of being with you is gone for all time
Someday I know I'll be over it all
Eventually I will be completely recovered from the sadness and distress of this relationship
Just like I know a man should
I am aware of the social norm that expects men to be tough and strong-willed in such scenarios
Now I'm free free
Now I am liberated from the constraints and ties that kept me bound to you
Now baby, free from your spell
I am now released from the emotional hold and influence that you had on me
Well I'm
Indeed, I am
Free free free
Completely free of any attachment or obligation to you
And I know it's all over
I am aware that our relationship has come to an end
All I can do is wish you well
The best I can do is hope that you experience nothing but positivity in the future
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: LEW BROWN, RAY HENDERSON
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@jasmineshuhaimi8071
...best "Big Band Combo"
@carlosparodi5526
Matt GUITAR Murphy !!🤩👏👏
@nagylajosnecsilla3507
Ős tehetségek!
@robertosozio3425
Nice version good voices and nice guitars 👌👌
@user-hh4bm9hi9l
👍👏
@ddrogba2206
Tour organised by my father, Didier Tricard :)
@claudiovallese40
God bless you and your father Guillaume... thrill maybe gone, but chills stay... thank you man... thank you forever
@aponcapone
very good concert. there's a cd from it but not shure theres a dvd.
@claudiovallese40
You're possibly right. I still can vividly remember havin' cassette and vhs... never came across no dvd version out of it tho'