House of Blues
By Tim Bullard, part 2

Fred Williamson of ESPN, former pro football player, looks on as Belushi smokes a cigar during longest drive contest at Glen Dornach golf club in Little River.

With little sleep The Blues Brothers met celebrity golfers Monday morning at Glen Dornoch Golf Links near Calabash for The Blues Brothers Smokin' Tees Celebrity Golf Classic in association with The International House of Blues Foundation, Sun Microsystems Inc. and Callaway Golf Inc. Ponytailed Alice Cooper (6 handicap) was wearing leather - on his hands, nailing a sailing drive in the longest drive contest, won by Rudy Gatlin of The Gatlin Brothers Theatre in Myrtle Beach. "I've got a live album coming out next month," said Cooper. "And a European tour and an Australian tour, so I'm still working."

There was a chunky Gil Gerard ("Buck Rogers"), a trim, svelte Peter Weller ("Robocop"), sexy Elke Sommer swinging and looking marvelous in yellow, Edwin Moses drilling his ball, Alan Thicke, Joey Pantoliano "Bound," John Michael Montgomery, former Charlotte mayoral candidate and WAYS DJ Jay Thomas ("Ink"), Fred "The Hammer" Williamson yelling "HAMMERTIME!" before slicing; and Jim Colbert, the Senior PGA tour's top money winner giving a one-hour clinic.

The charity event benefits the John Belushi Scholarship Fund, the T.J. Martell Foundation, the Tiger Woods Foundation and the International House of Blues Foundation. Richard "Cheech" Marin ("Nash Bridges") when asked about Tommy Chong's recent comment about his hobby being a "sissy sport," Marin responded, "What would he know?" Chong just laughed the next week when he heard the tale.

Father Guido Sarducci performed a "blessing of the balls" before the longest drive contest, saying he had called the Vatican. "Things kind of got screwed up. The Pope answered the phone, and he's kind of hard of hearing. He said, 'G,' you've got to go to the Blue House and bless some balls. I found out it was the House of Blues and felt a whole lot better. Make sure and keep the correct score. Every time you lie, that's about two cents, and believe it or not, that adds up after a while."

Some stars skulled balls; others connected, like Robert Loggia ("Independence Day") and Edwin Moses. Aykroyd said he doesn't play golf but was an excellent cart mechanic and "shaft advisor." He talked about the Blues Brothers movie was to begin shooting in June but will not star Belushi because of a scheduling conflict.

"Well, Elwood gets out of jail 18 years later," said Aykroyd. "Then he's on a quest to find his family and in the process gets the band back together and plays a battle of the bands down in New Orleans, a witch queen's battle of the bands contest. We're shooting it all in Canada, and we're shooting Canada for Chicago, Kentucky, Mississippi and Louisiana, so we're not worried about that. You know, 'The Wizard of Oz' was not shot in Oz, but shot on the sound stages of MGM, and "Casablanca' was shot in Hollywood, so we feel we can pull it off up there. We have excellent location managers."


Aykroyd and Belushi cutting up with Tim Bullard opening night.

Belushi, having smoked more cigars than you've got fingers, had logged no shuteye by Monday morning ("a couple of hours.") "It was wild. Last night was wild," Belushi said. "It was one of the most exciting openings we've had because it's the largest house, and the audience was so responsive." Belushi has several films in the works including one release coming in September. "It's called 'Criminal Intent,' said Belushi. "It's myself, Tupac Shakur, Dennis Quaid, James Earl Jones and Gary Cole. There's a lot of people in this movie.

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