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Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Documentary telling the story of the Funk Brothers, the Motown session musicians who were behind the sound that defined a generation.
Documentary telling the story of the Funk Brothers, the Motown session musicians who were behind more number one hits that the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined. Drawn together from Detroit's jazz and blues scene, the film recounts their evolution of the Motown sound from its origins to its demise in LA during the 1970s, and reunites the surviving Funk Brothers for the first time in thirty years.
Last on
Sat 30 May 2009
21:00
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Director | Paul Justman |
| Performer | Chaka Khan |
| Performer | Montell Jordan |
| Performer | Jack Ashford |
| Performer | Bootsy Collins |
| Performer | Ben Harper |
| Performer | Joe Hunter |
| Performer | Joe Messina |
| Narrator | Walter Dallas |
| Narrator | Ntozake Shange |