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Standing in the Shadows of Motown.(Movie Review)
(Artisan, 2002)
Uriel Jones, Joe Messina, James Jamerson, Earl Van Dyke, Benny Benjamin, Robert White ... and so many, many more. It's the impoverished fan and ignorant musician who asks, "Who are they?" They were the Funk Brothers, the Motown house band during its glory years, who played on every single Motown hit from The Miracles' "Shop Around" to Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" and everything in between. The Marvelettes, The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, Junior Walker, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, The Four Tops--all monster acts. All used the very same band in Motown's infamous Studio A, the snake pit. Standing in the Shadow of Motown assembles the survivors for a stirring and affectionate tribute, interspersing vintage video with interviews and live performances. The brainchild of Alan "Dr. Licks" Slutsky, the guitar and bass technical ...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Stout, Gene September 10, 2004 700+ words
...collaboration with the Funk Brothers resulted in a book...the Shadows of Motown," and later the...Dinner With the Funk Brothers," filled with...stories about life at Motown. The storytelling...dozen surviving Funk Brothers and hooked them...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times November 11, 2002 700+ words
...is simple - the Funk Brothers. Unlike many studio...constant on the Motown scene, giving...don't hear a Motown record." In press...Slutsky says that the Funk Brothers have been on more...CAPTION(S): Funk Brothers Jack Ashford...the Shadows of Motown." [NO ...
- Join the Funk Brothers in Motown's Legendary Studio With New Disc of 'Naked...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 14, 2004 700+ words
...half ago, The Funk Brothers were unsung heroes...house band" at Motown that played on...honoring The Funk Brothers and Chaka Khan...album featured The Funk Brothers teaming with singers...Montell Jordan on Motown hits. Disc One...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Koltnow, Barry November 14, 2002 700+ words
...other former Motown studio musicians...themselves the Funk Brothers _ are celebrated...members of the Funk Brothers backed singers on familiar Motown hits. The...said he loved Motown music when...knew about the Funk Brothers. "Nobody...
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- Magazine article from: Newsweek Ansen, David November 18, 2002 700+ words
...heard of the Funk Brothers, and neither...anybody who loves Motown (and who in...danced to the Funk Brothers' beat. These...the sound of Motown; it was their...riffs into the Motown sound. Some of the Funk Brothers were white...
- Legendary Musician Johnny Griffith of Motown's Funk Brothers Dies at the Age of...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 10, 2002 700+ words
...Griffith of the Funk Brothers, the band that...the music of the Motown sound, died on...contributor to the Motown sound and to the...proudly known as the Funk Brothers." Griffith marked...the Shadows of Motown," a new film...achievements of the Funk Brothers. ...
- For the First Time, Original Instrumental Recordings From the Greatest Hit...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 19, 2004 700+ words
...THE BEST OF THE FUNK BROTHERS (Motown/UMe) edition of...Rounding out the Funk Brothers' extraordinary run at Motown's Hitsville U...IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN reunited the surviving Funk Brothers in Detroit to tell...
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- Magazine article from: Video Store Wolf, Jessica February 8, 2004 700+ words
...Standing in the Shadows of Motown shined a light on the Funk Brothers, a group comprised of...Standing in the Shadows of Motown followed the Funk Brothers' extensive career backing up artists throughout Motown's golden era. The group...
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