THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SCREENING OF
" STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN" MOVIE
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"Standing in the Shadows of Motown", is the documentary film that tells the story of Motown's legendary studio band, the Funk Brothers.
The Funk Brothers gathered in Detroit last November 2000 for filming. They are: Bob Babbitt, Richard ''Pistol'' Allen, Jack Ashford, Uriel Jones, Joe Hunter, Eddie Willis, Joe Messina and Johnny Griffin.
Listen and watch the introduction to
STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN
The Music Division of the Library of Congress presented a movie screening of "Standing in the Shadows of Motown," a documentary film from the Rimshot LLC production company on December 14th, 2001 as part of "I Hear America Singing," a major initiative to celebrate this nation's rich musical heritage.
Here are the pictures that I took from the Question and Answer period after the movie was screened. ~ke
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Joe Hunter |
Funk Brothers Library of Congress 12/01 | Uriel Jones Drums "I Heard It Through the Grapevine." by Marvin Gaye |
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| Eddie Willis Guitar "My Cherie Amour" |
Joe Messina Guitar "Ain't Too Proud to Beg." Read a Message from Joe Messina |
Johnny Griffith Keyboards Electric piano "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" |
Left --> Allan Slutsky, Joe Messina, Eddie Willis, Johnny Griffith, Paul Justman, Uriel Jones, Joe Hunter
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Producer Allan Slutsky by Allan "Dr. Licks" Slutsky; (1989, Dr. Licks Publishing) |
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| Allan Slutsky Visionary, Musician, Author, Arranger, Producer Karen Ellis Founder of Educational CyberPlayGround |
The Funkmasters : The Great James Brown Rhythm Sections 1960-1973 |
Guest Vocalists in the movie are:
Chaka Kahn, Ben Harper, Joan Osborne, Montell Jordan, Bootsy Collings, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Gerald Levert. Guest Saxophone Soloist Tom Scott
Director Paul Justman
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"STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN"
MOVIE CREDITS SPECIAL THANKS TO: Karen Ellis
PICTURES FROM THE APOLLO 11/7/02 SCREENING
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Jack Ashford |
Jack Ashford & Uriel Jones |
Allan Slutsky Announcing the Movie |
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| Joe Messina Guitar and Karen Ellis |
Mary Wilson "Stop In The Name of Love" |
Bob Babbitt, Allan Slutsky, Eddie Willis and Joe Messina |
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| Tom Scott |
