The Bluesmobile rolled into Stillwater and was met with immediate applause.
There were not any Chicago police officers or Neo-Nazis chasing after it like in the 1980 film “Blues Brothers,” but that does not mean it lacked authenticity. Original cast members Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi, brother of John Belushi, who also starred in the film, arrived at the Bud Brothers Coughy Shop on Hall of Fame Avenue Monday to promote their new cannabis strain, which is appropriately named “Blues Brothers.”
They have promoted this new product across the country this past year. For Aykroyd, being able to promote cannabis so freely has been shocking
“We had the cooperation of the sheriffs to bring us to a cannabis shop in a state that had some of the harshest laws against cannabis in the world,” Aykroyd told The O’Colly. “Thank God for progress, thank God for sanity.”
Before they arrived, a Blues Brothers tribute band from Texas entertained the crowd with songs, jokes and games. When Aykroyd and Belushi exited the Bluesmobile, they welcomed the crowd of hundreds by singing their famous songs.
After performing hit songs such as “Soul Man,” Aykroyd and Belushi went into the store, signed autographs, took pictures with fans and told them about the benefits of their product.
“We just arrived, we’re having a ball, we got up on stage, we’re singing the songs and most importantly, we’re meeting great medical patients,” Belushi told The O’Colly.
Monte Lode, manager of Bud Brothers, said this was an important event for his store – which opened in early 2021.
“We wanted them to reach out and come and meet our patients,” Lode told the Stillwater Newspress.
When asked if all OSU students should buy their new cannabis strain, Aykroyd made his pitch.
“If they’re of age, then absolutely,” Aykroyd said.