Blues Brothers All Over Joliet This Weekend (Well, at the Prison Anyway)-- Part 2

The whole Blues Brothers Con is being hosted by the Joliet Area Historical Museum.

Today, you can hear the sounds of Toronzo Cannon and Curtis Salgado.  (I am listening to Curtis Salgado right now on You Tube.  How'd I ever miss him?  Some great blues and reminds me of St. Paul & the Broken Bones.  And, he has a definite connection to the movie "Blues Brothers" as the film's character "Curtis," played by Cab Calloway, is named after him.  

Other convention attractions will be a vintage car show featuring the Chicago Bluesmobile, Mount Prospect's Pre-Bluesmobile, vintage Chicago police cars and Illinois State vehicles from the film era (1980), Blues Brothers merchandise, live country and western music from Bob's Country Bunker Beer Garden (hopefully with a chicken wire cage and please remember they have both kinds of music: country and western.)

Also, food at the Maxwell Street Market pop-up.  And art demonstrations and repurposed artwork from the damaged areas of the Joliet Prison.

Plus, today, the Blues Brothers band will play a 90 minute set, starring Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belshi as well as original band members Thomas "Bones" Malone and Steve Cropper

--RoadBlues