The 1980 film 'The Blues Brothers' had a love for soul and R&B music at its heart, and it recruited the likes of James Brown and Aretha Franklin in cameo roles.

He’d been in the Rockin’ Roulettes, the Jacks, and was a founding member of the Beat Farmers. The Buddy Blue Band came about in 1991, and their specialty was jump jazz. “We’re true to the ...