Detroit, MI (CBS Detroit) - In this, our second installment of the celebration of Motown, Lisa Germani sits down with Beth Griffith-Manley, daughter of legendary Funk Brother Johnny Griffith. As a ...

You can tell a lot about a time period by its pop charts, and in April 1970, the US top five featured The Beatles, John Lennon, and Simon and Garfunkel.

Eddie Willis, the original Motown Funk Brother whose muted, propulsive guitar style earned him the nickname "Chank," died Monday (Aug. 20) at age 82. Eddie Willis, the original Motown Funk Brother ...

DETROIT (AP) - A drummer with a passion for the "Motown Sound" and experience working with many of its artists has released a benefit record for a guitarist with the Funk Brothers, the label's house ...

The Funk Brothers step out of the shadows and into the open Friday night at Chateau Ste. Michelle. The R&B and soul group -- members of the legendary studio band at Motown Records in the label's ...

The Mothership will officially land at the Detroit Opera House on Saturday, Jan. 31, when funk god and godfather of modern ...

HOLLYWOOD — Artisan Pictures has acquired North American rights to “Standing in the Shadows of Motown,” a documentary about a group of backup musicians known as the Funk Brothers who provided the ...

Joe Messina was by all accounts, including his own, a soft-spoken guy who was happiest while playing his guitar. But as one of Motown’s legendary Funk Brothers studio band, Messina spoke loudly with ...

Joe Hunter, 79, Motown’s first bandleader and a three-time Grammy winner with the Funk Brothers, was found dead Friday at his Detroit apartment. Hunter was diabetic, but the cause of his death was not ...

Joe Messina, the prolific guitarist whose work with the Funk Brothers can be heard on an array of Motown classics, died Monday, April 4, the Detroit Free Press reports. He was 93. Messina died at his ...

A funeral home director says Eddie Willis, a key session guitarist for Motown Records, has died at his Mississippi home. Clark-Williams Funeral Home Director Clinton Williams said Willis died Monday ...