Flashback

In 1978, Ottawa comic Dan Aykroyd makes his first ever appearance with John Belushi as The Blues Brothers on Saturday Night Live, opening the show with Hey Bartender with an intro by Paul Shaffer acting as Don Kirschner.

In 1979, Rolling Stone Keith Richards performs a benefit concert for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind as part of his 1977 release on drug charges. Richards’ band, the New Barbarians, features Rolling Stone guitarist Ron Wood, bass player Stanley Clarke, Ian McLagan on keyboards and drummer Ziggy Modeliste. They leave shortly on a big US tour, but never make a record.