Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Funk Brothers guitar players Eddie Willis, left, of Grenada, Mississippi, and Joe Messina, right, of Warren, share a laugh during ...

The WWE Universe might remember the Funks for their tenure in the mid-1980s, including a tag team appearance at WrestleMania ...

Joe Messina, one of the original guitarists for Motown Records' in-house backing band the Funk Brothers, died on Monday at the age of 93. Born on Dec. 13, 1928, in Detroit, Messina began playing ...

The Funk Brothers played on more number 1 singles than any other band in history. Sadly, their status as sidemen for Motown Records largely consigned these unsung pioneers to the forgotten corners of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eddie Willis at a ceremony in 2013 for The Funk Brothers to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Credit: Angela George, Wikimedia Creative Commons Eddie “Chank” Willis, one of the original ...

Some say that it's the singer, not the song. The reverse was the case at the Moore Theatre Friday night, when the greatest hit machine in the history of recorded music led a near-capacity crowd ...

They played in one of the greatest pop-music bands ever assembled, the only real complaint being that they never got any public recognition. Yet in recent years - as they're past retirement age, and ...

Prominent Motown studio musician and Funk Brothers member Bob Babbitt, whose bass playing pounded through the Temptations hit “Ball of Confusion” and Marvin Gaye’s “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology),” died ...

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 ...