# Matt "Guitar" Murphy dead at 88 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [June 16, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190 "2018-06-16T03:51:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/1 "2018-06-16T03:51:03Z")
[Link.](https://deadline.com/2018/06/matt-guitar-murphy-dies-blues-brothers-guitarist-and-noted-sideman-was-88-1202411826/) Another Blues Brother band member gone. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/2 "2018-06-16T03:55:56Z")
☹ Ddamn, he was good. RIP Mr. Murphy; you totally fucking rocked. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/3 "2018-06-16T10:41:06Z")
RIP. You know a guitar player is old-school when his nickname is “Guitar”. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/4 "2018-06-16T12:07:22Z")
Damn. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/5 "2018-06-16T13:34:02Z")
He ain’t goin’ back on the road no more, and he ain’t playin’ in those old two-bit sleazy dives… RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/6 "2018-06-16T13:45:09Z")
Damn and double damn. You better think he was one of the best. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/7 "2018-06-16T14:06:52Z")
So who is left from the group? ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/8 "2018-06-16T14:12:35Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > So who is left from the group? Good question. I though they were all gone, and this was a bump of a 3 year old thread. Gathering legends for the final song at the end of **Blues Brothers 2000** was something of a “last gasp” at getting everyone together. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/9 "2018-06-16T14:24:40Z")
Dead Blues Brothers: Joliet “Jake” Blues (John Belushi), died March 5, 1982 Alan “Mr. Fabulous” Rubin, died June 8, 2011 Donald “Duck” Dunn, died May 13, 2012 Matt “Guitar” Murphy, died June 15, 2018 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/10 "2018-06-16T15:33:12Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Dead Blues Brothers: > > Joliet “Jake” Blues (John Belushi), died March 5, 1982 > Alan “Mr. Fabulous” Rubin, died June 8, 2011 > Donald “Duck” Dunn, died May 13, 2012 > Matt “Guitar” Murphy, died June 15, 2018 And Curtis (Cab Calloway) if you count him as a member of the band. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/11 "2018-06-16T17:01:25Z")
Other actors from the original Blues Brothers movie who have since died and date of death: John Candy as Burton Mercer (March 4, 1994) Cab Calloway as Curtis (November 18, 1994) John Lee Hooker as Street Slim (June 21, 2001) Kathleen Freeman as Sister Mary Stigmata (August 23, 2001) Ray Charles as Ray (June 10, 2004) Jeff Morris as Bob of Bob’s Country Bunker(July 12, 2004) James as Reverend Cleophus James (December 25, 2006) Henry Gibson as the head Nazi (September 14, 2009) Charles Lewis Napier as Tucker McElroy (October 5, 2011) Carrie Fisher as Jake’s ex-girlfriend (December 27, 2016) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/12 "2018-06-16T18:10:04Z")
Along with Duck Dunn the band had Steve Cropper and Willie Hall from Booker T and the MGs. Hall and Cropper are still with us. Mr Fabulous is gone but Blue Lou Marini is still around. Musical director Paul Schaffer is alive and well. Damn what a great band. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/13 "2018-06-16T19:16:20Z")
The way he throws down his apron as he walked out the door was priceless. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/14 "2018-06-16T19:54:44Z")
Dan Ackroyd is still around (I think? There was a death rumor that I believe was debunked). ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/15 "2018-06-16T20:20:43Z")
I got everything I need… almost. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/16 "2018-06-16T20:39:40Z")
> [@Arkcon](#): > > Good question. I though they were all gone, and this was a bump of a 3 year old thread. Gathering legends for the final song at the end of **Blues Brothers 2000** was something of a “last gasp” at getting everyone together. I know that BB2K catches a lot of shit, but I thought it was an enjoyable movie with lots of great music, and that big number at the end was incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/17 "2018-06-17T03:35:51Z")
* * * > [@Gatopescado](#): > > The way he throws down his apron as he walked out the door was priceless. I found the long version on YouTube that didn’t cut that off. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WY66elCQkYk/hqdefault.jpg "Aretha Franklin - Think (The Blues Brothers 1980)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY66elCQkYk) “Well, go ahead, dammit!!!” Damn, I needed to see and hear that today. ---
**Author:** ![Batano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/18 "2018-06-17T10:23:52Z")
I saw him play at Bridgewater State College on the early 70s, before the movie. I remember he had those huge biceps and I recognized him immediately in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/19 "2018-06-17T19:38:02Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Along with Duck Dunn the band had Steve Cropper and Willie Hall from Booker T and the MGs. Hall and Cropper are still with us. > > Mr Fabulous is gone but Blue Lou Marini is still around. > > Musical director Paul Schaffer is alive and well. > > Damn what a great band. I saw Blue Lou Marini on Austin City Limits playing in James Taylor’s band a year or two ago. I kept looking at the sax player thinking “I know I’ve seen this guy before” and it took me a bit to connect the dots. Damn that movie was a long time ago now… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190/20 "2018-06-18T13:25:38Z")
[Blue Lou’s finest moment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYbavuReVF4)(STARTS at 1:58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-guitar-murphy-dead-at-88/816190.md?page=2)