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 ...
Host Larry Mantle discusses the new documentary about the Funk Brothers, the musicians who created the Motown sound behind the most famous songs of the time. Joining Larry is the director and producer ...
If Motown Records was the lifeblood of American pop music for much of the 1960s and '70s, then the Funk Brothers served as its heart and soul. "The Funk Brothers" was the nickname given to the group ...
Motown as a sit-down concert experience? Certainly - when the band on stage includes the talented musicians who originated Detroit's timeless pop sound of the 1960s. The surviving half-dozen members ...
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)," has ...