THE BLUES BROTHERS
Film 1980. Written by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis. Directed by John Landis. Starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, James Brown and John Candy.
Source Features: BBB (15) TIMELINE (5) MAP (2) OTHER (2) THEMES (1)

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1Al Bennett SalesVehiclesAutomotive Services

Al Bennett Sales
Automotive parts store referencing car dealer Al Bennett, popularly known as the "dealing man" from Flint, Michigan, in the 1970s.

2American Socialist White People's PartyOrganizationsActivist Groups

American Socialist White People's Party
Acronym = "ass wipe". Nazi group that taunts the assembled counter protesters. The pledge of allegiance to Adolf Hitler was taken almost word-for-word from the 1975 movie The California Reich.

3The Blues Brothers BandMusicMusicians

The Blues Brothers Band
Jake and Elwood Blues reunite their old R&B band to save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.

4BluesmobileVehiclesMotor Vehicles

Bluesmobile
The Blues Brothers' car - an old Mount Prospect police car. It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters, so it'll run good on regular gas.

5Bob's Country Bunker NightlifeNightclubs

Bob's Country Bunker
The Blues Brothers perform as The Good Ol' Boys.



6Curl Up & Dye Beauty CareBeauty Salons

Curl Up & Dye
Beauty salon where Carrie Fisher's Mystery Woman works.



7The Good Ol' Boys MusicMusicians

The Good Ol' Boys
The Blues Brothers pretend they're The Good Ol' Boys and perform at Bob's Country Bunker.



8Lloyd's Tire Clinic VehiclesAutomotive Services

Lloyd's Tire Clinic
When the Bluesmobile runs out of gas, Jake and Elwood push it to the closest gas station.



9M-79 Flamethrower WeaponsMiscellaneous Weapons

M-79 Flamethrower
Carrie Fisher's Mystery Woman's weapon. There is a real M-79 Grenade Launcher, but no M-79 Flamethrower.



10Murph and the Magic Tones MusicMusicians

Murph and the Magic Tones
Lounge act playing the Holiday Inn Armada Room before rejoining The Blues Brothers band. Members include Murphy Dunne, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, Willie "Too Big" Hall and Tom "Bones" Malone.



11Palace Hotel TravelHotels

Palace Hotel
The Blues Brothers Band performs its climactic concert at the Palace Hotel Ballroom, a country club at the time of filming, but later became the South Shore Cultural Center, named after the Chicago neighborhood where it is located. The interior concert scenes were filmed in the Hollywood Palladium.



12Ray's Music Exchange MusicMusic Stores

Ray's Music Exchange
There never was an actual store called Ray's Music Exchange. The mural on the Prairie Avenue side of the building at 300 E. 47th St. was painted during production in 1979 and remained until May of 2020, when fire damage to the building forced the city to demolish the empty store and two others attached to it.



13See You Next Wednesday CinemaMovies

See You Next Wednesday
Movie starring Donald Sutherland and directed by Carl La Fong, advertised on the billboard that Jake and Elwood pass when they leave Bob's Country Bunker. Reference to Frank Poole's father's last line in his video letter, from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.



14Soul Food CafeDiningCafes and Delis

Soul Food Cafe
Filmed at what was Nate's Deli on Maxwell Street in Chicago. It is now a parking lot.

15Triple Rock Church ReligionChurches

Triple Rock Church
Church in which Jake and Elwood receive the divine intervention. The actual location is modern day Pilgrim Baptist on the South Side of Chicago.





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