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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.
Paul Riser (born September 11, 1943) is an American trombonist and Motown musical arranger who was responsible for co-writing and arranging dozens of top ten hit records. [peacock prose] His legacy as one of the "Funk Brothers" is similar to that of most of the other "Brothers", as his career has been overlooked and overshadowed by the stars of Motown that became household names.
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.
INSIDE EDITION -- Talk about in-flight entertainment! Read: Singing Airplane Passengers Make Light of a Long Day Some unsuspecting passengers on a Virgin Atlantic flight from London to Detroit got ...
In the Standing in the Shadows of Motown documentary, Joe Hunter stated that the name "The Funk Brothers" came from Benny Benjamin. Hunter said that Benjamin was leaving the studio (known as the "Snake Pit", due to all the cable runs out of the ceiling) after session work, paused on the stairs, turned and said to his fellow musicians, "You all ...
Brown became Motown's leading percussionist and for a decade was on almost every key release from the label. [3] He was known for his sense of humor and for being the "studio clown". [ 4 ] Despite being an excellent musician, he could not read music and when handed sheet music by the producers, he would replace it with an adult magazine.
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What We Do in the Shadows may be over for good, but its cast members will always have the memories — and a few souvenirs they took from the set. “I took a lot,” Harvey Guillén, who played ...