Since the 1980s, many motion pictures have been filmed in the city, most notably The Blues Brothers ; Ferris Bueller's Day Off ; Home Alone ; The Fugitive ; I, Robot ; Wanted ; Batman Begins ; The Dark Knight ; and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Despite a fallout from record sales, Brown enjoyed something of a resurgence in this period starting with cameo roles in the feature films The Blues Brothers, Doctor Detroit and Rocky IV, as well as guest starring in the Miami Vice episode " Missing Hours " ( 1988 ).

*" Joliet " Jake Blues ( John Belushi ), member of the Blues Brothers band

The trio, along with Leroy Jones formed a defensive frontline that was locally nicknamed The Bruise Brothers, coined from a popular act at the time, The Blues Brothers.

The halftime show was titled " Blues Brothers Bash " and featured actors Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, and James Belushi as the Blues Brothers.

In January 2007, a tribute album, entitled Endless Highway: The Music of The Band, was released which included contributions by My Morning Jacket, Death Cab for Cutie, Gomez, Guster, Bruce Hornsby, Jack Johnson and ALO, Lee Ann Womack, The Allman Brothers Band, Blues Traveler, Jakob Dylan, and Rosanne Cash, amongst others.

Additional significant trends of the 1980s include Headbands, Ray-Ban Aviator sunglasses ( popularized in the film " Top Gun "), Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses ( popularized in the films " Risky Business " and " The Blues Brothers "), Swatch watches, Slap bracelets ( popular fad among children, pre-teens and teenagers in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was available in a wide variety of patterns and colors ), and the Rubik's Cube ( became a popular fad throughout the decade ).

* In a scene set at the Chez Paul restaurant in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers, the Maître d ' ( Alan Rubin ) is seen talking on the phone: " No, sir, Mayor Daley no longer dines here, sir.

The classic " use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers has been approved " line delivered by a police dispatcher is an obvious homage to Daley's 1968 order during the riots following Martin Luther King's assassination.

By the end of the 1980s, the influence of the successful action film could be felt in almost every genre-hybrids were becoming the norm ; war-action hybrids ( like First Blood and Missing in Action ), science fiction action ( like The Terminator, and RoboCop ), horror-action ( like Aliens and Predator ), and even the occasional musical-action-comedy hybrid ( like The Blues Brothers ).

Examples of action comedies include The Blues Brothers ( 1980 ), 48 Hrs.

The sound still lives on in the Blues Brothers movie, in which many of the players themselves starred.

He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers ( with John Belushi ) and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.

During a couple of his guest appearances he resurrected the Blues Brothers musical act with frequent host John Goodman in place of Belushi.

During his monologue, he did a musical bit with James Belushi that was similar to the Blues Brothers, but neither Aykroyd nor Belushi donned the famous black suit and sunglasses.

According to Aykroyd, it was his first meeting with Belushi that helped spark their popular Blues Brothers act.

Aykroyd educated Belushi on the finer points of blues music and, with a little encouragement from then-SNL music director Paul Shaffer, it led to the creation of their Blues Brothers characters.

Backed by such experienced professional R & B sidemen as lead guitarist Steve Cropper, sax man Lou Marini, trumpeter Alan Rubin and bass guitarist Donald " Duck " Dunn, the Blues Brothers proved more than an SNL novelty.

Early in the incarnation of the Blues Brothers, Belushi joined the Grateful Dead on stage on April 2, 1980, for a rendition of " Good Morning Little School Girl " at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, N. J ( coinciding with the Dead performing on SNL that weekend ).

* 1947 – Rob Townsend, English drummer ( Family, The Blues Band, The Manfreds, and Axis Point )

Joplin first rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the psychedelic-acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist with her more soulful and bluesy backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band.

* February 26 – The Original Dixieland Jass Band records their first commercial record, with the tunes " Livery Stable Blues " and " Dixie Jazz Band One Step ".

* April 6 – Louis Armstrong makes his first recording, " Chimes Blues ," with King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band.

* " New York Really Has The Blues " LP-1018 with Victoria Spivey, Dicey Ross Band, Washboard Doc, Sugar Blue, Brooklyn Slim ( Paul Oscher ) on Spivey Records 1976.

In mid 1999, Jennings assembled what he referred to as his " hand-picked dream team " – and formed Waylon & The Waymore Blues Band.

* Party Line, an album by the Powder Blues Band

Their two sides that day included " Fidgety Feet ," written by Nick LaRocca and Larry Shields from the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, and " Jazz Me Blues.

* " At the Jazz Band Ball " / " Jazz Me Blues ", recorded on October 5, 1927, in New York and released as Okeh 40923

Telluride is mentioned in the song " Smuggler's Blues " by Glenn Frey, and is the subject of and eponymous songs by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1985, Kate Wolf, and Tim McGraw in 2001, which was re-recorded by Josh Gracin in 2008.

Robbie Laws Bigger Blues Band at the Mural Amphitheater ( 2007 )

The band then recorded two sides for the Victor Talking Machine Company, " Livery Stable Blues " and " Dixie Jass Band One Step ", on February 26, 1917, for the Victor label.

#" Dixie Jass Band One Step "/" Introducing That Teasin ' Rag "/" Livery Stable Blues ", 1917, Victor 18255

#" At the Jazz Band Ball "/" Barnyard Blues ", 1917, Aeolian Vocalion A1205

#" Oriental Jazz " ( or " Jass "), 1919, recorded November 24, 1917 and issued as Aeolian Vocalion 12097 in April 1919 with " Indigo Blues " by Ford Dabney's Band

Robinson composed the jazz standard " Eccentric " (" That Eccentric Rag "), " Margie ", " Jazzola ", " Singin ' the Blues ( Till My Daddy Comes Home )", which was recorded by Bix Beiderbecke, Frankie Trumbauer, and Eddie Lang, " Mary Lou ", " Pan Yan ( And His Chinese Jazz Band )", " How Many Times?

Jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke recorded nine compositions by ODJB in various bands and orchestras from 1924 to 1930: " Fidgety Feet ", his first recording in 1924, " Tiger Rag ", " Sensation ", " Lazy Daddy ", " Ostrich Walk ", " Clarinet Marmalade ", " Singin ' the Blues " with Frankie Trumbauer and Eddie Lang, " Margie ", and " At The Jazz Band Ball ".

He was inspired by the music of many of the rock artists of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including Genesis, Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues, Yes, Van der Graaf Generator, The Kinks, T. Rex, David Bowie, Argent and The Alex Harvey Band.

Will Shade's Memphis Jug Band and Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers recorded the great songs that became the basis for the later jug band revival: " Stealin '," " Jug Band Music ," " On the Road Again ," " Whoa, Mule ," " Minglewood Blues ," " Walk Right In ", and many others.

Monaghan continues to host one of Ireland's most prestigious and established blues festivals in the country ; the Harvest Time Blues Festival.

Blues guitarist Jeff Healey hosted a weekly program on the station, My Kinda Jazz, from 2005 until his death in 2008 ; the program continues to air in repeats.

The Blues on Broadbeach Music Festival, began in 2002 and continues to draw significant crowds each year.

Following his tenure with Dallas, Doug became the Executive VP and General Manager of the St. Louis Blues and continues to serve in that capacity.