Blues Brothers Band ( US )
 
Den 5. juli står The Original Blues Brothers Band med Steve Cropper, Donald «Duck» Dunn & Co på scena på Skånevik Bluesfestival.  Det er ikkje ofte dette verdskjende bluesbandet gjester Noreg og alle bluesfan har verkeleg noko å sjå fram til. I 1996 kåra det engelske Mojo Magazine Steve Cropper til verdas nest beste gitarist - berre slått av Jimi Hendrix.  Dette seier mykje om kva vi har har å sjå fram til.   Bandet stiller med full besetning på Skånevik Bluesfestival.

 I fjor haldt bandet ein konsert i Norge i Oslo konserthus. Her er litt av den strålande omtalen:

Blues Brothers-party på Konserthuset
Blues Brothers Band innfridde foran et fullsatt Oslo Konserthus den 18. februar - den eneste Norges-opptredenen på denne turnérunden. Det var riktig så trivelig å være tilstede å oppleve en kveld med musikkhistorie presentert av bluesbrødre som fortsatt utstråler glede og entusiasme i framføringen av sine klassikere. I spissen for festen sto gitarlegenden, komponisten og produsenten Steve Cropper, en meget opplagt Eddie «Knock on Wood» Floyd og sprellemannen, sangeren og munnspilleren Rob "Honeydripper" Paparozzi.  Bandet ble klappet inn igjen to ganger før publikum ville forlate «festen».

Les om dei sentrale medlemmene av bandet:

Steve "The Colonel" Cropper
Whenever one hears Sam or Dave or Jake Blues shout "Play it, Steve" in the towering 60's hit "Soul Man", it can only mean Steve Cropper, producer and author of more than 400 songs. One of the legends of rock'n'soul, Cropper has collaborated with Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Booker T. Jones, and Eddie Floyd among others. In January 1992, Cropper and the MGs were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Donald "Duck" Dunn
Whenever "Duck" Dunn steps on stage, he brings a slice of pop music history. As a member of Booker T. and the MGs with Steve Cropper, he was a major architect of Stax records' sound. Dunn describes himself as the eyes and ears for the band. "I pick the songs according to the mood of the crowd, because I love to play for the people."

Matt "Guitar" Murphy
The first musician hired by John Belushi to play in the Blues Brothers band, Matt Murphy is one of the great blues guitar players (Even though, just between you and me, he's not the best actor Hollywood has ever seen!). Born in Mississippi, raised in Memphis and musically bred in post-war Chicago, he has played behind stellar talent, including Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dexton, Etta James, Sonny Boy Williamson, Chuck Berry, and many others.

"Blue" Lou Marini
Founding Blues Brothers member Lou Marini started out playing clarinet in his native Ohio. "I was a jazzer until I went to school in Texas", Marini recalls. "Then I tasted the R&B scene in Dallas and I fell in love with the way the R&B crowd love to bop." In New York, Marini became a sought after session player, recording with such diverse artists as Dr. John, The Band, Eric Clapton, Woody Herman et al.

Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin
Like Lou Marini, Alan Rubin was hand picked to be a Blues Brothers horn by John Belushi. Classically trained, but self-schooled in the music of Clifford Brown and Miles Davis, Rubin in the 1970's stalked out a lucrative career as a session player, (Blood, Sweat & Tears, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington and Paul Simon, among others) and joined the Saturday Night Live band.