Matt “Guitar” Murphy DEAD @ 88
Blues Brothers Guitarist And Noted Sideman
Murphy gained his biggest audience as a member of the band in the Blues Brothers movies, the 1980 film and its follow-up, Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), both directed by John Landis.
He also played in the Blues Brothers Band with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd when the group played its eventual top 20 pop hit “Soul Man” on Saturday Night Live in 1978. He would perform with the band until the early 2000s, when he was slowed by a stroke.
He was also a renowned sideman with Howlin’ Wolf, Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, James Cotton and many others.
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