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Blues Brothers Guitarist Matt 'Guitar' Murphy Dead at 88
Rollingstone ^ | 16 June 2018 | Daniel Kreps

Posted on 06/16/2018 3:39:55 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Murphy is best remembered as the indispensable guitarist in the 1980 comedy classic The Blues Brothers; in the film, soul food chef Murphy and his waitress wife Aretha Franklin have a disagreement about him reuniting with the Blues Brothers, resulting in Franklin's iconic "Think" performance:

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To: Grammy

Saw the mall driving/demolition derby scene the other night. Laughed my butt off.

One of the cops was a “Deep Throat” in the “X-Files”. Believe his last name was Williams.

This scene gave birth to the concept of “Mall drive-in shopping”.


61 posted on 06/16/2018 8:36:41 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Grammy

I went to college with a guy. In the summer he had a job collecting garbage in Chicago. In the big chase scene and they are in the underground section they drive by a dumpster.

Every time we would watch the movie - “Hey - there’s my dumpster! I picked that up every Thursday!!”

My kids have watched the BB a few times. I mentioned “Animal House” to them today and they didn’t know what I was talking about. IMHO it doesn’t begin to compare to BB, but still something they should watch.


62 posted on 06/16/2018 8:40:48 PM PDT by 21twelve
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To: Mears

Titanic...I won’t even watch it for free when it’s on The Dish. Such tripe. I’ve seen and been very interested in documentaries about The Titanic, but that has to be one of the most over-rated movies of all time.


63 posted on 06/16/2018 8:41:06 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty ( Trump is The Storm)
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To: TheConservativeParty

The old movie,”A Night to Remember” was much better-—it still puzzles me that “Titanic” won so many awards.

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64 posted on 06/16/2018 8:43:48 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Mears

Me too.
I must have tried to watch Titanic for free on the Dish but couldn’t get past very many minutes before hurling. I’ll take The Blues Brothers.


65 posted on 06/16/2018 8:47:36 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty ( Trump is The Storm)
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To: TheConservativeParty

The Blues Brothers (1980) Filming Locations

Then and now.
http://www.themoviedistrict.com/the-blues-brothers-1980/

Now an empty lot; Location #16: Curl Up & Dye Beauty Salon.


66 posted on 06/16/2018 8:53:08 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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To: TheConservativeParty

Saw Cab Calloway at Disneyland way back when. Got his signature on his autobiography.


67 posted on 06/16/2018 8:55:10 PM PDT by Lee Enfield (We aren't tired of winning, they aren't tired of whining. I'm comfortable with that.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

That is a very cool website!
Thanks for posting it, I have saved it to my favorites list.


68 posted on 06/16/2018 8:57:14 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty ( Trump is The Storm)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Orange whip? orange whip? Orange whip? 3 orange whips


69 posted on 06/16/2018 10:20:20 PM PDT by sharkhawk (Chelsea Dagger)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Well, thank you, pal. The day I get out of prison, my own brother picks me up in a police car.
It's got a cop motor, a four hundred and forty cubic inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters, so it'll run good on regular gas. What do you say? Is it the new Bluesmobile or what? Fix the cigarette lighter.
70 posted on 06/16/2018 10:23:24 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

I’ve actually driven through a couple of malls. They don’t let regular folk do that anymore. Too many liability problems.

It was for car shows way back. Had my Mustang in a couple of shows.


71 posted on 06/16/2018 11:15:42 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

RIP.


72 posted on 06/17/2018 5:02:14 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: Lee Enfield

He was great.


73 posted on 06/17/2018 7:23:19 AM PDT by TheConservativeParty ( Trump is The Storm)
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To: TheConservativeParty

Of course, the music is great and the highlight of the movie, but the dialog is so great too. I love it when Jake and Elwood are trying to escape under the tunnel and run into Carrie Fisher who’s threatening them with a machine gun. Jake fakes her out with excuses of why he stood her up at their wedding, gives her a big kiss, and then drops her in the mud and says, “Let’s go!”


74 posted on 06/17/2018 11:54:42 AM PDT by murron
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I remember that scene and how he approaches her and finally takes of his dark glasses to give her his irresistible look and she falls for him. The whole movie is a gem. Can’t wait to see it again.


75 posted on 06/17/2018 12:01:15 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty ( Trump is The Storm)
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