Talk:The Funk Brothers

message: Jamerson played the upright bass , too ( for instance on "My guy"(Mary Wells), and "Uptight" (S. Wonder)
Were they not also featured on American Idol? (205.250.167.76 22:22, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The birth dates from the members are wrong, aren´t they? James Jamerson for example was not only 23 years old, wasn´t he? ;) and William Benjamin was only 10 years old, as he died?
--78.52.233.155 (talk) 09:11, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong life dates 

message: This one : The opening titles of the film proclaim the Funk Brothers as "having played on more number-one records than The Beatles, Elvis, The Rolling Stones, and The Beach Boys combined." 
According to Wikipedia's list of Billboard No 1's these 4 acts have grossed 20 + 17 + 8 + 4 = 49 No 1 hits. Checking Motown's Billboard No 1 hits 1959 to 1972 (when the Funk Bros were disbanded, and minus the Jackson 5 on whose hits they weren't used) I find there were 23 No 1 hits. A lot, but not as huge as the claim. So this should in some way be qualified
Pbryant 20:48, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In fact, many (if not virtually all) Funk Brothers recordings feature mutiple drummers and multiple guitarists.  It's part of what gives them their distinctive sound. (Multiple bassists occured less often, as James Jamerson often overdubbed two or more bass parts.)   172.130.199.229 (talk) 21:09, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Your list of No. 1 hits differs from the one in the article, and is more likely to be correct.  For instance, The Funk Brothers did NOT play on Jr. Walker's hit 'Shotgun': it was performed by Booker T. and the MG's, with Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald 'Duck' Dunn, etc. 70.112.79.142 (talk) 14:53, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outrageous claim 

message: Many lists have been compiled regarding the many outstanding musicians who played on Motown tracks during Motown's Detroit heyday.  To set the record straight, the accepted number of actual "Funk Brothers is 13.  Those members include
Joe Messina
Robert White
Eddie Willis
James Jamerson
Bob Babbitt
Joe Hunter
Earl VanDyke
Johnny Griffith
Jack Ashford
Eddie "Bongo" Brown
Benny Benjamin
Richard "Pistol" Allen
Uriel Jones
These are the Funk Brothers featured in the film Standing In The Shadows Of Motown, and are the members recognized by the rest of the ensemble.  There were many other fine musicians who played significant roles in the development of The Motown Sound, however, they have not been recognized by the rest of their peers as actual Funk Brothers.  Many lists which have been compiled represent some other Motown players as Funk Brothers, and some lists refer to virtually every musician who ever played a note on a Motown recording as Funk Brothers, however, only the 13 members listed above have been recognized by NARAS (The Grammys) and as reciepients of the star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame as Funk Brothers, and most importantly, by the rest of The surviving Funk Brothers themselves.
12.221.152.99 (talk) 03:46, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  There are 13 actual Funk Brothers 

message: Why was this man's name left out of the amazing history that he participated in?  Is name is in the credits of the movie but not mentioned anywhere in this article?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.73.192.2 (talk) 00:37, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thomas "Beans" Bowles  - Flute/Piccalo during the Motown Sound days