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The Funk Brothers
Got turned on to The Funk Brothers about four years ago, when I was down with Legionnaire's Disease and had time to work down my "movies to see" list by renting and viewing "Standing in the Shadows of Motown". Was blown away by the story of The Funk Brothers. The 2-disc companion soundtrack is incredible, with naked instrumentals of a variety of Motown sounds as bonus tracks. I've become an amateur FB expert, have read everything I can get my hands on - books, websites, blogs - and have even had phone conversations with the movie's producer, Alan "Dr. Licks" Slutsky in Philly.
Anybody that can expand the dialogue or increase the base of the fans of the movie (affectionately know by the acronym SITSOM), please join the discussion.
Anybody that can expand the dialogue or increase the base of the fans of the movie (affectionately know by the acronym SITSOM), please join the discussion.
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Permalink Reply by Dr. Rock on -
Mrs. Rock and I rented SITSOM several weeks ago. Great documentary about the guys who made Motown! And the companion soundtrack is well worth the $10.00 (or $20.00 for the deluxe edition).
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Three things that struck me about the Funk Bros: it's all about the tamborine (who woulda knowed?), they were integrated for all the right reasons and 3) they could make almost any singer sound good.
On the more news from Detroit front: the Tigers are hitting on all cylinders, the Wings are ahead 2-0, and my nephew is having a CD release party next week. He gave up a really promising stint as an indy singer/songwriter (seriously, he's good) to move to Atlanta and become a white rapper. Things didn't work out there so he moved back to Detroit, where there is still a thriving music scene amidst the city's collapse (or maybe because of). He's either a musical genius or completely insane.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Bogucki on -
Extra features on SITSOM are well worth looking for. Deluxe soundtrack is well worth it - has all the extra naked instrumentals that Dr. Licks remixed, to highlight certain FB sections and musicians. Sadly, Johnny Griffith (keyboard player who died after completion of the film but before the accolades started rolling in), "Pistol" Allen (drums), and Joe Hunter (keyboards), are gone since the film's release. Glad that the film got made (after the guys being put on hold for 12 years), before these three had passed on.
Dr. Rock said:
Mrs. Rock and I rented SITSOM several weeks ago. Great documentary about the guys who made Motown! And the companion soundtrack is well worth the $10.00 (or $20.00 for the deluxe edition).
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Jack Ashford played the tambourine, but picked it up completely by chance - was a vibrophone player by training. 3 drummers, 1 bongo player, 3 keyboard players, 2 bassists, 3 guitar players made up the core group from 1959-1972. Amazingly, they played at Motown to supplement their jazz and blues club gigs in and around Detroit - because they worked out their music before the vocals and the philharmonic dubs, they almost never actually played with a vocalist, and they rarely ever heard the finished song in its totality. Motown's Studio A - "The Snake Pit" - had cinder block walls and a dirt floor. For 13 years, being the house band at Motown was merely a sideline for them, and they never got a song or album credit until Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On" album in '72. . Like one of the music producers interviewed in SITSOM said, "No disrespect to the vocalists at Motown, but these guys could have made Deputy Dog (the cartoon character) sound good". Amen, brother......
Michael Bogucki said:Extra features on SITSOM are well worth looking for. Deluxe soundtrack is well worth it - has all the extra naked instrumentals that Dr. Licks remixed, to highlight certain FB sections and musicians. Sadly, Johnny Griffith (keyboard player who died after completion of the film but before the accolades started rolling in), "Pistol" Allen (drums), and Joe Hunter (keyboards), are gone since the film's release. Glad that the film got made (after the guys being put on hold for 12 years), before these three had passed on.
Dr. Rock said:
Mrs. Rock and I rented SITSOM several weeks ago. Great documentary about the guys who made Motown! And the companion soundtrack is well worth the $10.00 (or $20.00 for the deluxe edition).
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Listening to a great interview with Gamble and Huff who were the producers that made Philly International Records (what could be better than Back Stabbers?)
(Major trivia: Expressway to Your Heart is about the Schuykill)
So where are the great producers now? Nashville still does it but I can't give their crap much respect. Are all the great producers doing Hip Hop? Seems like such a waste (really, I've tried over and over to get to love Rap and I just can't find the way.)
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Permalink Reply by Dr. Rock on
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"Expressway" was/is a great blue-eyed soul tune. One of the best! Dr. Rock
Snipe said:Listening to a great interview with Gamble and Huff who were the producers that made Philly International Records (what could be better than Back Stabbers?)
(Major trivia: Expressway to Your Heart is about the Schuykill)
So where are the great producers now? Nashville still does it but I can't give their crap much respect. Are all the great producers doing Hip Hop? Seems like such a waste (really, I've tried over and over to get to love Rap and I just can't find the way.)
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Permalink Reply by Dr. Rock on
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"They smile in your face/All the time the want to take your place/the back stabbers/Oooh, yeah" Great Philly soul! Dr. Rock
Snipe said:Listening to a great interview with Gamble and Huff who were the producers that made Philly International Records (what could be better than Back Stabbers?)
(Major trivia: Expressway to Your Heart is about the Schuykill)
So where are the great producers now? Nashville still does it but I can't give their crap much respect. Are all the great producers doing Hip Hop? Seems like such a waste (really, I've tried over and over to get to love Rap and I just can't find the way.)
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