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After he found out about the Edwin Starr session, Gordy fined members of the Funk Brothers band for moonlighting for another label; Eddie Wingate, owner of the Ric-Tic and Golden World labels, which released Starr's "Agent Double-O Soul", subsequently attended that year's Motown staff Christmas party and personally gave each of the fined ...
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.
Wingate and Bratton formed separate record labels within the Golden World brand, including Wingate, J&W, and Ric-Tic. They also set up their own recording facilities and launched local artists. In 1968, after five years of operation, Golden World and Ric-Tic were acquired by Berry Gordy and absorbed into Motown.
The Funk Brothers Musical artist Edward James " Bongo " Brown (September 13, 1932 – December 28, 1984) [ 1 ] was an American percussionist known for his work with The Funk Brothers , Detroit -based session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown recordings from 1959 to 1972.
A number of its members also played in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, while others were members of the Motown backing band, The Funk Brothers. [1] Their albums were released on Ric-Tic, Motown and Gordy labels. They scored two hits in the U.S. in 1965: "Hungry for Love" (U.S. Pop #27, U.S. AC #3) and "I'm Satisfied" (U.S. Pop #89). [2]
In the early 1960s Hamilton played on such recordings as John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" (1961), as well as many recordings for Gordy's Motown label and associated labels. He was an early member of the loose aggregation of studio musicians at Motown who later became known as "The Funk Brothers".
The Motown piano is an 1877 Steinway & Sons Model D grand piano, used by many musicians including the Funk Brothers studio band, at the Hitsville U.S.A. Studio B from 1967 to 1972. On July 24 2011 Paul McCartney was in Detroit for a performance at Comerica Park , as part of his On the Run Tour ; he visited the Motown Museum for a private guided ...
The song ends, after its fourth verse, with the Funk Brothers backing band going into a jam session as the song fades out. Keyboardist Earl Van Dyke remembers "Psychedelic Shack" as one of his favorite recording sessions. [ 1 ]