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  The Funk Brothers
Known as "Funk Brothers", they were utterly unknown.
Since they could call for a session seven days a week the Funk Brothers were always on call.
However because the Funk Brothers were an in-house band the Union was never around.
www.history-of-rock.com /funk_brothers.htm   (481 words)

  
  Let the Funk Brothers roll
If you knew it was the Funk Brothers, either you're a very dedicated audiophile or you've seen the new movie Standing in the Shadows of Motown, which is currently in selected US theaters.
The Funk Brothers were the house band behind Motown's greatest hits: Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, and Smokey Robinson were only some of the singers who fronted the band's rhythm and counterpoint.
To be fair, of course the Funk Brothers are not the whole story.
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 The Funk Brothers - Music Downloads - Online
Bio: The Funk Brothers were the brilliant but anonymous studio band responsible for the instrumental backing on countless Motown records from 1959 up to the company's move to Los Angeles in 1972.
In more recent years, the Funk Brothers' legacy has begun to receive proper attention, most notably in Allen Slutsky's 1989 book {-Standing in the Shadows of Motown}, which focused on bass genius James Jamerson, and the 2002 documentary film of the same name, which covered the group as a whole.
The surviving core members of the Funk Brothers reunited for Paul Justman's documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown, which was released in 2002 to generally excellent reviews; the same year, however, Richard "Pistol" Allen and Johnny Griffith both passed away.
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 the Brothers Funk ::> the brothers funk
Check out the websites of the radio stations to see when the re-runs are scheduled.
Dame - Meu Piano (Born to Funk remix)
Tracklist the Brothers Funk - Sunshinelive.nl 5/6 januari 2007
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 New York Press - JESSICA HUNDLEY -
A musician and author (the film is based in large part on his book of the same name), Slutsky has been struggling to bring the Funk Brothers’ tale to the screen for years, searching aggressively for funding and distribution.
The Funk Brothers, underpaid and overworked, contributed enormously to the label’s remarkable success while remaining sadly emptyhanded themselves.
By this time firmly entrenched in Michigan lives and families and debts and mortgages, most of the Funk Brothers were reluctant to follow the label westward.
www.nypress.com /15/47/music/music1.cfm   (789 words)

  
 Buy Funk Brothers Tickets - Cheap Funk Brothers Concert Show Tickets At Onlineseats
Although the Funk Brothers have lately been accorded long-overdue recognition for their crucial contributions to the Motown sound, it is interesting to note that the backing tracks for a number of significant Motown hits (e.g.
The Funk Brothers were the brilliant but anonymous studio band responsible for the instrumental backing on countless Motown records from 1959 up to the company's move to Los Angeles in 1972.
In more recent years, the Funk Brothers' legacy has begun to receive proper attention, most notably in Allen Slutsky's 1989 book Standing in the Shadows of Motown, which focused on bass genius James Jamerson, and the 2002 documentary film of the same name, which covered the group as a whole.
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 The GATE :: Concert Reviews - The Funk Brothers @ Wasaga Beach Bluesfest 2004
All the bands were running a little behind all day, and The Funk Brothers originally scheduled at 8:30pm were delayed until 9:30pm, as the frantic crew set the stage for the 14-person band.
The Funk Brothers were regularly uncredited on albums for the work they did on numerous recordings, which they were responsible for from 1959 to approximately 1972 when they moved from Detroit to Los Angeles.
Tom Scott closed the show by having the audience applaud the memory of the members of the Funk Brothers who are no longer with us, and of course the ones on stage who gave us a night to remember.
www.thegate.ca /concerts/funk-brothers.php   (892 words)

  
  Latest Dance News - Motown's Funk Brothers Dancing in the Street
But the Funk Brothers -- as the core 13 musicians were known -- finally saw their story reach the big screen in "Standing in the Shadows of Motown," an acclaimed documentary that was 16 years in the making.
Just six Funk Brothers are alive now, and watching the DVD is hard for the survivors, whose average age is about 70.
Richard "Pistol" Allen was one of two Funk Brothers to die after the film was completed in 2000, and he was loaded on morphine during the shoot to ease his pain.
www.nydancewear.com /dance_news_may_2_motowns_funk_brothers_dancing_in_the_street.htm   (823 words)

  
 Cover Story
However late the accolades, the Funk Brothers are taking the opportunity to share their memories from the 1960s and how they helped shape RandB into what it is today.
The brainchild of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr., the Funk Brothers were a dynamic group of musicians whose abilities to collaborate and understand rhythm and blues helped cultivate the music scene of the 1960s.
The Funk Brothers were able to churn out a unique sound day after day, and the studio became their stage.
www.afm.org /im/cover/04-03/04-03.htm   (2452 words)

  
 Home of the Funk Flyers
The next aircraft produced by the Funk Brothers was thier Model b two-placeairplane.
The Zeakley powered Funk mono-plane proved to be extemely unreliable as far as the engine was concerned.
Funk Brothers then launched the Model E engine program.This was an engine adapted from automotive parts and adapted to aircraft use.
www.funkflyers.org /company.htm   (229 words)

  
 November 2002 | blackfilm.com | features | interviews | in their own words : standing the the shadows of motown : an ...
I heard that a lot of piano players and drummers claim they were also members of the Funk Brothers and that they should have been included in the film.
A bongo player from California claimed that she was a Funk Brother.
He had visions that he can take the Funk Brothers and do with something with it on a count that he had wrote a book about the base players and the book did so well that he figured he could take further than that.
www.blackfilm.com /20021115/features/funkbrothers.shtml   (1303 words)

  
 Funk Brothers show really sizzles from the get-go
Alan Slutsky, author of "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" and the driving force behind the movie of the same name, has paired the six surviving Funk Brothers with some hot players from Philadelphia, a city that was once Detroit's biggest rival, for this touring version of Motown's legendary studio band.
Periodically, one of the original Funk Brothers interrupted the flow of hits to share an anecdote.
They rejoined the group for "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," a tribute to the Funk Brothers who are no longer with us, among them Johnny Griffith and Pistol Allen, both of whom were living when "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" was filmed.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /pop/151428_funkq.html   (558 words)

  
 Metroactive Music | The Funk Brothers
The common musical thread tying all the recordings together—from the early Detroit days of Motown in the very late '50s until the influential label moved to Hollywood in 1972—was a fraternity of studio players who dubbed themselves the Funk Brothers.
The accompanying recording won a pair of Grammys in 2003, and the Brothers themselves were awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the following year's Grammy ceremony.
He did a local club show with heavyweight Funk Brother bassist James Jamerson (his bass line on "My Girl" is part of the collective unconscious) and was brought into the fraternity soon after.
www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/09.01.04/funk-brothers-0436.html   (530 words)

  
 The Bulletin Online
Uriel Jones was a drummer for the legendary band The Funk Brothers, who will perform a June 12 concert at the McKimmon Center.
Winners of the 2004 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, The Funk Brothers have played on more number one hits than the Beatles, the Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones and Elvis combined.
The Funk Brothers played on “Bernadette,” “Stop in the Name of Love,” “My Girl,” and many more songs in their eventful career.
www.ncsu.edu /BulletinOnline/06_04/funkbrothers.htm   (235 words)

  
 WNCU 90.7 FM Station News - 2005 - Funk Brothers Fundraiser Sept. 24 '05   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The band's leader Jack Ashford was one of the original Motown Funk Brothers, backing acts such as The Supremes, The Temptations and Marvin Gaye.
Following the concert, The Funk Brothers and Freda Payne greeted fans and signed autographs before capping off the night at Dooley's Restaurant and Piano Lounge at the Best Western Crown Park Hotel, where concertgoers danced the rest of the night away.
The Funk Brothers even took the stage again at the after-party, giving the audience another set of classic Motown.
www.nccu.edu /campus/wncu/news05_funks_rprt.htm   (504 words)

  
 The Funk Brothers Page   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Formed in 1959 by Berry Gordy, the Funk Brothers were essential to the Motown Sound of the 1960's
The Funk Brothers were considered the unsung heroes of the Motown label, playing on hundreds of hits such as the Supremes' 'Stop in the Name of Love' and Marvin Gaye's 'I Heard it through the Grapevine.'
He was a large contributor to the Motown sound and to the group of musicians who comprised the Funk Brothers.
www.soulwalking.co.uk /Funk%20Brothers.html   (306 words)

  
 The Best of the Funk Brothers - The Funk Brothers - Pandora Internet Radio
While it is tempting to write for literally days about the contribution of the Funk Brothers to the Motown legacy, it would be redundant.
This tiny volume is the only title ever issued under the Funk Brothers moniker, and as such it is woefully inadequate as an accurate reflection of the massive amount of music these 13 men made between the years 1960 and 1972.
And who knows, if it sells, perhaps there is at least another volume or someone with enough vision and fire in his or her belly at Motown to produce the only thing that could eclipse this: a box set.
www.pandora.com /music/album/16ea0a59ae559359   (321 words)

  
 Poynter Online - Gerald Ford and James Brown: Brothers in Funk
For Gerald Ford, the word "funk" derived from an old Flemish word, according to The American Heritage Dictionary, would have meant "a state of cowardly fright; a panic; a state of severe depression." Something we should declare war against.
When James Brown offered us the "funk," he was not only describing a musical style filled with a strong bass line, heavy rhythm, and syncopation, but prescribing a remedy for our ennui.
His word goes back at least to the founding of the country in a reference to "musty, old, moldy cheese," a word that could also be used to describe the smell of human sweat.
www.poynter.org /content/content_view.asp?id=115811   (1050 words)

  
 The Funk Brothers
Definitely better late than never, the Funk Brothers, the previously unheralded Motown musicians who have thankfully come to recent prominence, made their New York concert debut Friday night, a mere forty years or so since they originally got together.
There was a joyous camaraderie between the performers and the audience, the happiness of the occasion only dampened by Ashford's moving tribute late in the show to the many Funk Brothers who have passed away.
The Funk Brothers return to their hometown of Detroit to play the Opera House on April 18 and will be playing the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles on April 23.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1865186   (393 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Motown's Funk Brothers cast long 'Shadows'   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Unlike the galaxy of beloved Motown stars, songwriters and producers, the Funk Brothers were rarely recognized for their contribution to what became "the sound of young America."
But Slutsky was determined to get the Funk Brothers' story told, and only coincidental meetings with businessmen Paul Elliott and David Scott, amateur musicians who financed the movie, got it done.
Then there was pianist Earl "Chunk of Funk" Van Dyke, who banged the keys so hard that his instrument had to be constantly retuned.
www.usatoday.com /life/music/news/2002-11-28-funk-brothers_x.htm   (1158 words)

  
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They had written and performed their own song, Please Mr Postman (backed by the Funk Brothers), and it hit the top spot in the American chart in the autumn of 1961.
The Funk Brothers: An overview of the contributions of the Funk Brothers to the Motown parade of hits is outlined on this webpage.
When the surviving Funk Brothers were inducted at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, they felt Benny Benjamin's spirit was with them as they took their seven-minute standing ovation.
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 The Funk Brothers
Or, raised during the era of "The Originators of Music", as one scholar has described the Funk Brothers.
I have reverence for the Funk Brothers, and proudly proclaim that the late great James Jamerson was my idol.
I can tell my grandchildren "I was there," and you likewise will be able to tell your children and grandchildren "I grew up in the era of the Funk Brothers." If by chance you hear me play bass InConcert, you will hear their influences, along with other styles of music such as jazz.
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 Book The Funk Brothers - Booking Corporate Event, Private Party - Your Booking Agent for The Funk Brothers
To Motown's stars, the four wooden steps leading down to Hitsville's basement were a bridge to a land of dreams.
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 Disputes Fracturing Motown's Funk Brothers
Each of those four musicians owns an equal share in the Funk Brothers name, along with guitarists Eddie Willis and Joe Messina (who is now retired) and the estates of the late Richard "Pistol" Allen and Johnny Griffith.
In recent interviews with Billboard.com, Babbitt and Jones claimed Ashford is breaching that agreement by billing his upcoming shows as the Funk Brothers, and that they have sent cease-and-desist letters to the venues.
Babbitt and Jones acknowledge that for financial reasons, the Funk Brothers were recently forced to fire their manager, against whom they have taken legal action.
www.billboard.com /bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000808573   (975 words)

  
 Big Mo Productions: Rock, Jazz, Funk, Reggae, Newgrass: Booking Agent, Corporate and Private Party Entertainment, Tour ...
A WILLIAMS BROTHERS show features intertwining songs and extended improv induced jams fueled by any and all audatory stimulus to have ever sounded, there is no genre or barrier that is considered unusuable, all previous artists are an influence in one way or another, it is true old school original jam music.
Over the past 17 years the brothers have helped start several music venues, put together some of the earliest jam band festivals, and have tirelessly promoted the genre.
THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS BAND has a weekly half hour radio segmant dedicated to them during the local scene show on KMSA 91.3 fm in Grand Junction, Co. & were recently voted one of the top ten bands to see in Colorado by "Emmitts Tops in America" website.
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 Grand Funk Live at Del Mar
While Zeppelin, Sabbath and Deep Purple were busy churning out some great records during that same period of the late 60's and early 70's, Grand Funk was still the biggest and baddest band at the time.
Was it enough to even appease Homer Simpson who may have sounded the call when he went on a rave about GFR during a Simpsons' episode.
First of all, after laying out $40 to see the Funk at the Greek, I couldn't believe these guys were even playing the fair.
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 The Funk Brothers Concert Tickets - Buy Tickets for the The Funk Brothers Concert   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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