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VVN Music
Music City Walk of Fame to Enshrine Steve Winwood, Funk Brothers' Bob Babbitt
VVN Music
Stars number 59 and 60 will be presented on June 6 when British rock icon Steve Winwood and Bob Babbitt of Motown's Funk Brothers are enshrined. Butch Spyridon, president of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau, said of Winwood's selection "We ...
Bob Babbitt to join Music City Walk of FameThe Tennessean (blog)

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Sydney Morning Herald
Donald 'Duck' Dunn dead at 70: A soul rhythm-section great
Chicago Tribune
The Funk Brothers: The Motown rhythm section during the '60s and '70s had a busier but no less potent and influential style than the MG's, with more of a jazz background bubbling through in the playing of bassist James Jamerson and drummer Benny ...
With Donald Dunn gone, the bottom falls out of the bluesGlobe and Mail
Famed Bass Player For Stax Records, Donald "Duck' Dunn, Dies at 70Forbes
RIP Donald "Duck" Dunn of Booker T. And The MGsA.V. Club
Sydney Morning Herald
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PopMatters
Donald 'Duck' Dunn dead at 70: A soul rhythm-section great
PopMatters
—The Funk Brothers: The Motown rhythm section during the '60s and '70s had a busier but no less potent and influential style than the MG's, with more of a jazz background bubbling through in the playing of bassist James Jamerson and drummer Benny ...
Donald "Duck" Dunn, RIPBrooklyn Vegan (blog)

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Soul Festival in Morecambe
Lancaster Today
The Apollo cinema will also be joining the festival on the Saturday, with a 4pm showing of soul film Standing in the Shadows of Motown – The Funk Brothers. * The Midland Hotel will host a two-hour soul show from noon until 2pm on Sunday from the ...


 
The Visitor
Festival is good for the soul
The Visitor
The Apollo Cinema will also be joining the festival on Saturday with a 4pm showing of a must-see soul film: Standing in the Shadows of Motown – The Funk Brothers. The film recognises the people behind the hit records produced by the Motown label of the ...


 
Five questions for Steve Berndt
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
The veteran Ottawa singer/ trombonist Steve Berndt has had many high-energy exploits – there's his long-time band The Jivewires for one, and his stints with the group Rudeboy and those Motown legends The Funk Brothers. But at the National Arts Centre's ...


 
jambands.com
What The World Needs Now
jambands.com
Where earlier records seemed more determined to make a definitive statement of soul and/or funk, this newest release showcases a sound more akin to instrumental tracks from old-school label house bands such as Motown's Funk Brothers or the Muscle ...