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Click It! The Blues Brothers - One Fine Day [The Offspring]
Elwood Blues was born on December 6th, 1953. He was abandoned by his mother, and left at "Peter's Newspaper Stand". The newspaper stand owner called the police, and Elwood was taken to "St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud" orphanage in Calumet City by Patrolman Mike Delaney. As the child had no name, Sister Mary Stigmata named him 'Elwood Delaney'. 'Elwood' came from the fact that he was the fifth abandoned child left at the orphanage, and they were given names alphabetically. 'Delaney' was from the officer who found him.
While Elwood was at the orphanage, he met Jake Papageorge. Jake had a bad influence on Elwood, who was originally a quiet, shy student. After spending more time with Jake he began to cause fights, disrespect authority, commit crimes and pay little attention to his schooling. Elwood preferred to read car magazines. But he also shared a common bond with Jake. They both loved music, and they would spend hours with the orphanage janitor, Curtis. Curtis would teach them to appreciate music, and he also taught Elwood to play the harmonica. Jake and Elwood formed a band called 'The Ravens'.
On March 23, 1962 Elwood changed his name to 'Elwood Jake Blues', and Jake changed his name to 'Jake Elwood Blues'. Elwood was sent to 3 different foster families, but in each case he was sent back to the orphanage for being too much of a problem child! Elwood hated being separated from Jake, and he would do anything he could to stay with him. In 1970 he stole a car when Jake was moved away from the orphanage, and he was put on probation for 7 months.
In June 1971 Elwood Blues finished high school, and toured with Jake in the Blues Brothers. Both he and Jake committed many crimes along the way, and their police records became very large. In 1977 Jake robbed a gas station to pay for a room service bill, and was sentenced to 5 years prison. During this time Elwood stayed in regular contact with Jake. He sold the 'Bluesmobile' for a microphone, and bought a 1974 dodge monaco ex-police car instead.
In 1980 Jake was released from prison after 3 years for good behaviour, and he and Elwood decided to reform the Blues Brother to raise money to save their orphanage from being closed down. Elwood quit his job at the propellants factory and, together with Jake, tracked down all the members of the band. After meeting with Maury Sline, their booking agent, they organised a concert at the Palace Hotel Ballroom in Lake Wazapamani, which sold out. While there, they were offered a recording contract by Clarion Records president Michael Glabman, which they accepted. They used part of the money to save their orphanage from being closed, but were arrested shortly afterwards, along with the rest of the band.
Elwood remained in prison until 1998, when he was released. It was then that he learned about the death of his brother Jake. With nowhere else to turn he visited Sister Mary from the orphanage where he and Jake grew up. He found out that Curtis had passed on, and St Helen of the Blessed Shroud Orphanage had closed down. Elwood also discovered that Curtis had a son, Cab, and he immediately set out to find his 'brother'. He was also assigned to be a mentor for an orphan called Buster, who he took under his wing as he set out to 'put the band back together'. Eventually, Elwood succeeded in reforming the Blues Brothers Band, along with Buster, Cab, and 'Mighty' Mack McTeer, the bartender from Willie Hall's Stripster Club.
After meeting with Maury Sline, the Blues Brothers performed at Queen Moussette's Battle of the Bands. After losing the competition to the 'Louisiana Gater Boys', led by Malvern Gasperon, Elwood took Buster and fled from the police, and from Sister Mary.
These days, Elwood Blues lays low as much as possible, but he performs with the band whenever he can get far enough away from the police. Recently, he discovered that Jake actually had a brother, Zee, and asked him to join the band. Zee accepted, and now he and Elwood perform together whenever they can.
*I am in no way affiliated with Elwood J. Blues or The Blues Brothers Band.
Story adapted from here .
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