Elwood's Blues: Interviews with the Blues Legends & Stars

by Dan Aykroyd, Ben Manilla

Elwood's Blues is an entertaining and informative collection of conversations with the legends and rising stars of blues and rock music, drawn from the popular syndicated radio series, The House of Blues Radio Hour . Host Dan Aykroyd, in character as Elwood Blues of the legendary Blues Brothers, has interviewed over 900 blues and rock greats since 1993. This book compiles the best of those, including discussions with living legends B.B. King and Buddy Guy, past masters John Lee Hooker and Stevie Ray Vaughan, rising stars Keb' Mo' and Susan Tedeschi, and blues-rooted rock stars such as Robert Plant and Bill Wyman.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

274 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2004

Reviews

[Mark Farley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful interview transcripts from the House of Blues Radio Hour as Dan performs in character as Elwood Blues with such luminaries and legends as Ray Charles, BB King, John Lee Hooker and Robert Plant. Dan stays in character throughout all the interviews which gives the text a unique innocence and honesty s each interviewee opens up more to Dan as e is in the body of Elwood. For all fans of Elwood or the film but blues fans will get a hard on too...

[Elwood D Pennypacker · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Elwood who made me adopt the name Elwood for certain purposes (not totally unrelated either and much to the horror of my Bubbe) interviewed Blues greats on his radio show and here are the transcripts. Picked this up at the Memphis Blues Hall of Fame Museum. Fine stuff.

[David Gagen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating interviews with legends of the Blues. Very insightful.

[Pete · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just interviews but you can feel the importance of these early pioneers and a sense that it captured something special.

[Carolyn Korman Jacobs · Rating 5 out of 5]

❤️ Favorite.