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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joe Messina, the original guitarist for legendary Motown Records studio band the Funk Brothers, has died. Billboard reports that Messina died yesterday in Detroit after a 12-year battle with kidney ...

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 ...

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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 ...