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Not mentioned anywhere in the article, but I've always wondered if this was the inspiration for the final (and first) scenes in The Blues Brothers[1] (which tak
by woodruffw 3y ago
Not mentioned anywhere in the article, but I've always wondered if this was the inspiration for the final (and first) scenes in The Blues Brothers[1] (which takes places almost entirely in Cook County).
[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Ny6zn59x8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Ny6zn59x8
- fipar 3y agoIt may have been! It’s not mentioned on this article, but it is mention ed on this other one I also read today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Blue_Can_You_Get https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Blue_Can_You_Get (Scroll down to BB King versions; I couldn’t figure out how to link to that headline while on the phone).
- fipar 3y agoI should have watched the video you linked before answering, but I still think the fact that BB King performed as part of a fictional band for the movie means his (by then long) experience playing in jails could have inspired the scene you linked to.
- Kon-Peki 3y agoIt’s probably a good bet that the scene was inspired by the album/concert. But just to be pedantic, all the prison scenes were from the Joliet State Prison, which is definitely not in Cook County. The Joliet prison has its own history - it was built in the 1850s by prison labor, who quarried limestone from the site, and was open up until the early 2000s! There are tours from time to time, and a supposedly very good haunted house around Halloween.