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John Belushi Confronts ‘Blues Brothers’ Critics in Never-Before-Heard 1979 Interview, Refutes Claim He Was Capitalizing Off Blues Music as a White Man
A never-before-heard interview with John Belushi from 1978 has been released in which the comedian rails against critics of The Blues Brothers.
The group became popular due to their recurring sketch appearances on “Saturday Night Live” and the 1980 film “The Blues Brothers.” During the 1979 interview, Bloom read Belushi headlines from articles that criticized The Blues Brothers for being a group in which two white men were capitalizing off a music genre fundamentally tied to African-American history and spearheaded by Black artists. “Blues Brothers: The Arc of Gratitude” premieres exclusively on Audible on July 25, nearly 50 years after the duo’s earliest appearance on “Saturday Night Live” in 1976.
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