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That same year, the Funk Brothers' surviving members recorded Live in Orlando, an album and video. In 2010, surviving members of the Funk Brothers accompanied Phil Collins on his Motown covers album, Going Back, and appear in the live Going Back concert DVD. In 2010, the Funk Brothers were voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of ...
The Funk Brothers recorded and performed on Motown's recordings from 1959 to 1972. [1] The film was inspired by the 1989 book Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson, a bass guitar instruction book by Allan Slutsky, which features a biography of James Jamerson along with his bass lines.
The Funk Brothers Musical artist William "Benny" Benjamin (July 25, 1925 – April 20, 1969), [ 1 ] [ a ] nicknamed Papa Zita , [ 4 ] was an American musician, most notable as the primary drummer for the Motown Records studio band The Funk Brothers . [ 5 ]
In 1958, Motown Records founder Berry Gordy recruited Messina for his Hitsville U.S.A. studio musicians group, known as The Funk Brothers. In the 1960s and early 1970s, they recorded the instrumentals for hundreds of Motown hit records.
Although a nearly eleven minute long backing track was recorded by the Funk Brothers, only slightly more than four minutes was used for the Temptations' version of the song. The full backing track can be heard on the 1971 self titled debut album of the Motown group the Undisputed Truth.
In 2004, he published a memoir, Guitars, Bars and Motown Superstars. In 2008, he co-produced the Carl Dixon sessions at Studio A, Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Four tracks were recorded featuring some of the Funk Brothers including Uriel Jones, Bob Babbitt, Coffey and Ray Monette, plus other distinguished Detroit session musicians.
The lifelong jazz guitarist was a staple of Soupy Sales' TV shows before his time at Motown, where he and the Funk Brothers played on countless hits. Funk Brothers guitarist Joe Messina, part of ...
Robert White (November 19, 1936 – October 27, 1994) [1] was an American soul musician and a guitarist for Motown's in-house studio band, the Funk Brothers. [2] Born in the small town of Billmeyer, Pennsylvania, [3] [4] he received music lessons from his uncle. He toured with The Moonglows and played bass prior to making Detroit his home in 1960.