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The film covers the Funk Brothers’ career via interviews with surviving band members, archival footage and still photos, dramatized re-enactments, and narration by actor Andre Braugher. The film also features new live performances of several Motown hit songs, with the Funk Brothers backing up Gerald Levert, Me’shell Ndegeocello, Joan Osborne, Ben Harper, Bootsy Collins, Chaka Khan, and Montell Jordan.
The impetus behind making the film was to bring these influential players out of anonymity. In addition to bassist James Jamerson, The Funk Brothers consisted of the following musicians: Jack Ashford (percussion); Bob Babbitt (bass); Joe Hunter (keyboards); Uriel Jones (drums); Joe Messina (guitar); Eddie Willis (guitar); Richard “Pistol” Allen (drums); Benny “Papa Zita” Benjamin (drums); Eddie “Bongo” Brown (percussion); Johnny Griffith (keyboards); Earl Van Dyke (keyboards); and Robert White (guitar).
The Funk Brothers (with Motown from 1959 thru 1973) produced more hits than The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys and Elvis Presley combined.
‘Standing In The Shadows of Motown’, released today, November 2002.
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Source: Standing In The Shadow Of Motown (film); Wikipedia
Sung by Montell Jordan and Chaka Kahn. Introduction by Jay Butler
The title for this documentary was based on The Four Tops song “I’m Standing In The Shadows Of Love”.