He was also responsible for organizing and establishing the company's in-house studio band, which came to be known as The Funk Brothers.

The Funk Brothers: instrumentation (tracks 2 through 6 on side one, side two)

Rather, this movie focuses on the optimism that brought the Funk Brothers to Detroit to stake their musical claim.

(*) Instrumentation on these versions performed by The Funk Brothers.

As discussed above, the name "The Funk Brothers" was a loosely-applied designation.

She has worked with the Motown group, The Funk Brothers.

That was certainly the case with the Funk Brothers, at least when they started working together in the late 50's.

"The hardest part was keeping the Funk Brothers believing," he added.

The personal chemistry and wide-ranging musical backgrounds that the Funk Brothers brought to bear were at the core of their sound.

But its true stars are the Funk Brothers, whose surviving members perform on a bandstand with five empty chairs that hold photographs of the missing.