Category: Eddie Willis

MOTOWN FUNK BROTHER EDDIE WILLIS, DEAD AT 82

Eddie Willis, famed Motown guitarist, died this morning in his home in Gore Springs, Miss. He was 82.

Eddie Willis

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June 3, 1936 – August 20, 2018

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Funk Brothers Motown guitarists Eddie Willis and Joe Messina, pictured together here, circa early 2000s. Joe Messina is the last surviving member of the original Funk Brothers, according to today’s Detroit Free Press article, 8/20/2018.

A special thank you to Ric Allen, Michigan Music historian, for directing this Detroit Free Press story (printed this afternoon 3:25 p.m; online) with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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