John Landis Director, Writer, Producer Dan Aykroyd Elwood Blues Actor, Writer, Producer John Goodman Mack McTeer, Mighty Mack Blues Actor Joe Morton Commander Cabel Chamberlain, Cab Blues Actor J. Evan Bonifant Buster Blues Actor Nia Peeples Lieutenant Elizondo Actor Kathleen Freeman Mother Mary Stigmata Actor Frank Oz Warden Actor Steve Lawrence Maury Sline Actor Erykah Badu Queen Mousette Actor Darrell Hammond Robertson Actor Aretha Franklin Mrs. Murphy Actor James Brown Reverend Cleophus James Actor B.B. King Malvern Gasperon Actor Leslie Belzberg Producer Grace Gilroy Associate Producer David Herrington Cinematographer Dale Beldin Film Editing Paul Shaffer Original Music John Popper Original Song Bill Brodie Production Design Dan Yarhi Art Director Diane Hughes Art Director Steve Shewchuk Set Decoration Clive Thomasson Set Decoration Deborah Nadoolman Costume Design Judi Cooper-Sealy Key Hair Stylist Richard Cowan Assistant Director Ross Clydesdale Casting Joanna Colbert Casting