Heavy Blues Connections from Eugene Oregon
Did you know that some of the greatest Blues History in the USA came out of Eugene Oregon? Yep, you read that right: Eugene Oregon Beyond the Saturday Night Live skit, I always thought The Blues Brothers act was inspired by Chicago Blues. Wow, was I wrong. I learned that Jim Belushi got the inspiration for The Blues Brothers from a musician playing Blues in a hotel bar in Eugene Oregon. Belushi met the musician when Belushi was taking a break from filming Animal House and he went the Eugene Hotel Lounge to chill out. The inspiration came from Curtis Salgado, all the way down to the soul patch and shades. At that time, Curtis Salgado's main gig was with Robert Cray (based out of Eugene in the '70s). http://www.curtissalgado.com/images/belushi/article.pdf