The Blues Brothers

by Mitchell Glazer

The Blues Brothers reform their band, hoping to raise money to save an orphanage. In the process they run amok in Chicago!

Contains: The stories behind the making of THE BLUES BROTHERS documentary, featuring interviews with director John Landis, actor Dan Aykroyd, the Blues Brothers Band and producer, Robert K. Weiss.

Genres: Fiction

245 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1980

About the author

Mitchell A. Glazer (born 1953) is an American movie producer, writer, and actor.

Reviews

[Manny]

“You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic — you name it. And unfortunately there are people like that. And he has lifted them up. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people — now 11 million. He tweets and retweets their offensive, hateful, mean-spirited rhetoric. Now some of those folks — they are irredeemable, but thankfully they are not America.”

I don't get it. People keep calling Hillary a liar, apparently because she tells about a tenth as many lies as Lyin' Crooked Donald Trump. So now she makes a special effort to be truthful and say exactly what's on her mind, and she gets even more criticism.

I suppose the problem is that Hillary hasn't been straightforward enough. She still sounds too much like a DC insider, doesn't she? Perhaps a clip from The Blues Brothers can help her improve her phrasing next time she wants to make this particular point.

[TheGeeksAttic]

This novelization was a wild one for sure! Extremely different than the film!

The Blues Brothers Novelization Review
https://youtu.be/K3kxAq02sh8

[Arin Brutlag]

I wanted to love this book as much as I love the movie, but I can't. The amount of continuity errors and inaccuracies, shoehorned German and song titles, and bad dialogue are too distracting. I thought the story was interesting, and it would have been neat to see some of these extras integrated into the final film. But I guess I shouldn't have counted on a guy named Miami Mitch to write the novelization of the quintessential Chicago movie.

[Bob Schnell]

Great novelization of the movie with wonderful extra details. I most remember Elwood's obsession with spray glue and how that came into play only briefly in the film.

[Ann O'Brien]

It took me a while to get through this. I needed to put it down and come back to it but I'm glad I did.
Its not just about the film itself, it chronicles the life stories of both Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi alongside the comedy circuits of the US coast to coast.
Some of the finer details of the film making and ludicrous background activities of all concerned is an eye opener to more innocent readers but anyone who knew about Belushi will take that in their stride.
I liked the fact that equal attention was given to the talents of Dan Ackroyd especially in the closing pages. I hadn't realised how much he had written (eg Ghostbusters) and the clarification of Carrie Fishers relationship with both him and Belushi.
Some of the tech detail is overwhelming but stick with it. The fact is it did so much to promote Chicago as a city, the older blues and jazz singers who were being overlooked (Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, and Cab Calloway) also Muddy Waters et al, and restarted interest in them as singers/artists. And also the plethora of comic talent that was around in the 80's.
The list of comedians they acted with is mind blowing (Williams, Chase Murray and more)
It is a dip back in time when artists had a lot more freedom (and budgets were massive lol).
Even if you don't recall all these people, it's an informative read with a huge amount of detail.
The ending is as you expect, sad and thought provoking.