this plot description is much superiorcomments joliet jake blues is released from the joliet correctional center after serving three years of a prison sentence after being convicted of armed robbery jake is irritated at being picked up by his brother elwood in a battered former mt prospect illinois police car instead of the cadillac the blues brothers used to own the blues brothers visit their childhood home a roman catholic orphanage saint helen of the blessed shroud orphanage from sister mary stigmata kathleen freeman the blues brothers learn that a property tax lien on the orphanage property will be foreclosed upon unless five thousand dollars in property taxes is remitted on its behalf to the county the associated church has elected instead to sell the building to the board of education rather than pay the tax assessment at the advice of their childhood mentor curtis cab calloway the blues brothers attend an evangelical church service at triple rock baptist church led by the reverend cleophus james james brown where jake has an epiphany the blues brothers can legitimately raise the funds by re forming their rhythm and blues band the blues brothers band as the blues brothers drive past a doughnut shop and nelson funeral home in the bluesmobile elwood s driving alerts two illinois state police troopers trooper daniel armand cerami and trooper mount steven williams who after pursuing the blues brothers into a quiet secluded residential area learn from their in car scmods state county municipal offender data system computer terminal of elwood s suspended driver's license when trooper daniel and trooper mount attempt to place elwood under arrest elwood speeds off escaping by driving and crashing through with the illinois state troopers in pursuit the dixie square mall after parking the bluesmobile in an alley end compartment next to a high voltage transformer hence the bluesmobile s remarkable magical abilities and arriving at elwood s home a hotel for transients the blues brothers are mysteriously unharmed from a bazooka attack launched by a mystery woman carrie fisher the next morning just as the illinois state troopers who attempted to arrest elwood the previous evening with the help of parole officer burton mercer john candy as to the true address of the elegant abode of one elwood blues because elwood had falsified his renewal and put down ten sixty west addison the street address of wrigley field attempt to serve an arrest warrant at elwood s tiny room the mystery woman detonates a bomb that demolishes the building which inadvertently saves the blue brothers from another attempted arrest elwood proceeds to his straight job on the assembly line at an aerosol can manufacturer takes several cans from the line and places them in his briefcase and visits the plant manager quitting his job citing a decision to become a priest curiously elwood s supervisor s office is adorned with a u s flag and an illinois state flag suggesting that the aerosol can manufacturer in an enterprise owned by the government of the state of illinois or else simply that elwood s supervisor thought it would be cool to adorn his office with a u s flag and an illinois flag jake and elwood begin tracking down members of the band trombonist tom bones malone and the rhythm section of the group willie too big hall steve the colonel cropper donald duck dunn and murphy murph dunn known as murph and the magictones are playing in an empty holiday inn lounge the armada room and are readily convinced to rejoin the blues brothers band trumpeter mister fabulous alan rubin now ma tre d' at a restaurant is more of a challenge to persuade you ain t never gonna get em outta those high payin gigs but jake and elwood rudely convince him with some dining room hijinks en route to meet saxophonist louis blue lou marini and guitarist matt guitar murphy the blues brothers drive through a rally of neo nazis upon whom jake comments illinois nazis i hate illinois nazis and adding another enemy to the the blues brothers growing list of pursuing parties marini and murphy are working at the soul food restaurant on maxwell street in calumet city illinois which murphy owns with his wife aretha franklin against her advice the two musicians leave and rejoin the band the reunited group obtain new musical instruments and associated equipment from ray ray charles of ray s music exchange in calumet city illinois on loan pending payment from the proceeds of the blues brothers s band s pending triumphant return jake is unable to book a gig in advance a