false 2025-11-08 09:46:11 1978-12-31: The Closing of Winterland: Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA, USA 1 0001-01-01 0001-01-01 50 Blues bca49144-df3d-44b5-95f4-7bb057a63d82 7252abc2-dfc8-4aa6-889f-2d168b265403 595ed078-b701-3bce-8337-9e7cfc253896 /media/data/media2/Music/Blues Brothers/1978-12-31_ The Closing of Winterland_ Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA, USA/folder.jpg Blues Brothers Blues Brothers 1 1 [intro] 01:34 1 2 Hey Bartender 03:18 1 3 Messing With the Kid 03:33 1 4 Almost 02:47 1 5 [band intro 1] 01:07 1 6 Rubber Biscuits 03:17 1 7 Shot Gun Blues 05:43 1 8 Groove Me 03:50 1 9 I Don’t Know 05:07 1 10 [band intro 2] 00:53 1 11 Soul Man 03:04 1 12 [band intro 3] 00:48 1 13 “B” Movie Box Car Blues 04:44 1 14 Flip Flop & Fly 04:01 1 15 Jailhouse Rock 05:00 1 16 [outro] 01:21 The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd were lead vocalist 'Joliet' Jake Blues and harmonica player and vocalist Elwood Blues, respectively, donning black suits with matching trilby hats and sunglasses. The band was composed of well-known musicians and debuted as the musical guest in a 1978 episode of Saturday Night Live, opening the show performing "Hey Bartender" and "Soul Man".In 1978, the band released their debut album Briefcase Full of Blues and opened for the Grateful Dead at the closing of Winterland Arena in San Francisco. They gained further fame after spawning the Hollywood comedy film The Blues Brothers in 1980. Belushi died in 1982, but the Blues Brothers continued to perform with a rotation of guest singers and other band members. The band reformed in 1988 for a world tour and again in 1998 for the sequel film Blues Brothers 2000.