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The Blues Brothers Back in Black

Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi tried to use their celebrity to focus attention on black musicians

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Blues Brothers: a new DVD/BluRay release

Bring home brothers Jake and Elwood Blues, and Ray Charles, for a little musical get together. — Photo: Universal/courtesy Everett Collection

As the classic 1980 musical/comedy/road movie/buddy picture gets a new DVD/BluRay release, director John Landis recalls the challenge of filming the greatest soul singers of all time...and what The Blues Brothers has in common with The Sound of Music.

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