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 ...

You may not know Eddie “Chank” Willis’ name, but you know his sound. The electric guitarist from the three-time Grammy Award winning Funk Brothers session band played on almost every single Motown hit ...

Soul Sound Revue opens July in Waterford with Motown, funk and R&B at the Summer Concert Series.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Messina was by all accounts, including his own, a soft-spoken guy who was happiest while playing his guitar. But as one of ...

Quick: Think of the guitar riff that opens the Temptations hit "My Girl." Got it? Now, think: Who played it? His name was Robert White and he was a member of the Funk Brothers, the legendary house ...

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 ...

I see joy in the faces of old men. 41 years after the founding members laid their first track for the dream that would eventually grow in to Motown, the Funk Brothers are back together. Though the ...

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A star commemorating Motown's studio band the Funk Brothers has been unveiled in the sidewalk on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Thirteen members of the band, known for their background ...

Eddie Willis, guitarist and original member of the famed Motown Records house band the Funk Brothers, died Monday near his hometown of Grenada, Mississippi. Willis was 82. Willis’ daughter Terez ...

Bob Babbitt, a bassist for Motown Records and key accompanist to some of the recording studio's biggest stars, including Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and the Temptations, died July 16at a hospice near ...

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 ...