It was the early 1980's. Lip sync contests were everywhere. Bob Masewicz was sitting at the bar of his favorite college haunt. A preliminary round of a local lip sync contest was being held on the main stage. Bob started slicing on the talent of the band entries in a drunken condescending barrage of gibberish. The manager of the bar challenged Bob to try to outperform what was on stage. He thought about the test for a minute and told the manger to sign him up for the next week's contest.

 Bob then needed to find out what band to actually do. He found the answer in his best friend Bill LaRue. Bill was a dead ringer for the late John Belushi. Bob and Bill were huge fans of Saturday Night Live. They had all The Blues Brothers albums, knew all of the songs by heart, and they even saw the movie six times in the theater. The Blues Brothers was an obvious choice for their lip sync and performing debut. It also was just about the only artists they could impersonate which allowed them the opportunity to split the $500.00 first prize money the least number of ways.

The boys searched for black suits, but in the early eighties the style was Miami Vice and Punk Rock so there were none to be found. The inspiration came from above as the guys figured out to call upon two priests that Bob knew. One was tall and thin and the other was on the portly side, so the match was perfect. The guys practiced steps, acquired the harmonica and briefcase and went to a professional make up person. They were ready.

The day arrived. The place was packed. The show started. Every band before them got up on stage, stood and stared at the audience in silence, then tried to catch up with the music once it started. Now it was Bob and Bill's turn. The boys planned their entrance. They stayed hidden off stage. The music started. They let it build. The audience knew the Blues Brothers intro music. The energy surged through crowd in anticipation. Bob and Bill leapt onto stage as Jake and Elwood. The place erupted. "We won the contest at that moment" Bob reflects. "before we even started singing we had them in our pockets. We nailed the words, but were so nervous that we screwed up all our steps. But it didn't matter because the crowd was on fire; they were on their feet screaming, dancing and cheering. You must remember that John had recently died, the Blues Brothers were incredibly famous, and no one in those days put on choreographed stage shows. We learned about showmanship that day, and have used it ever since."

They won the contest. A general manger of the local Holiday Inn invited them to play his lounge that night. He kept them on; playing every week for two years. They started touring the Midwest lip sync contests. It took them all the way to Hollywood where they performed on the number one syndicated show "Puttin On The Hits". Their two priest friends finally told the boys to keep the suits.

Upon return from Tinseltown, the guys found themselves performing at halftime for The LaCrosse Catbirds, a CBA team. They happened to be playing the Catbirds at the same time as a very popular sports entertainment act "The Famous Chicken". The Blues Brothers Act and The Chicken pared up to do a rendition of "Everybody". It was a hit! The Chicken invited the guys to do a show with him the following week at the Milwaukee Bucks NBA team. A couple of weeks later they were at the Chicago Bulls doing their song and dance. The Bulls asked Bill and Bob to come back to do the show without The Chicken. They started doing more and more professional basketball, all of the while perfecting the timing and showmanship it takes to play at sporting events. They started really singing the songs. They came up with comedy skits. They mastered crowd improvisational comedy. Word of mouth spread throughout the sports industry. Soon the act was playing all over North America, Europe, and Asia at over 150 events yearly.

The act started in 1984 on a dare in a bar. It was supposed to be for one night. Now it is an internationally known Sports Entertainment Act with over twenty years of success.